Flying to Freedom

In June 1970 a group of mainly Jewish dissidents tried to escape from the USSR by plane

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Inter-racial Marriage in South Africa

In June 1985 the ban on inter-racial marriage in South Africa was finally lifted.

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Iran's Cultural Revolution

How Iran's Islamic hardliners shut down universities to drive out secular groups

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The Six Day War: A Jewish view

After the Six Day War in June 1967 Jews in Arab countries like Libya had to flee

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Britain's First Black Woman MP

In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament

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Air India Flight 182

On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists

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Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR

In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning his former Soviet ally, Stalin.

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James Salter: Writer and Pilot

The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged 90

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Save the Whale

On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct action against whalers

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The Filming of Jaws

It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a man-eating shark was released

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Helen Keller

A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - but she still learned to speak

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The Berlin Love Parade

On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'

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Red Cross Visits Nazi Concentration Camp

In 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed into Theresienstadt concentration camp

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German Re-Armament

In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.

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Escape from the KGB

In July 1985, Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking Soviet spy defected to the UK

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The Death of General Sani Abacha

The Doctor who tried to save Nigeria's Military Ruler.

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Tamil Doctors and the Sri Lankan War

In July 2009 doctors were forced to re-assess the number of casualties in the war.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

In 1967 the best-selling Latin American novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was published.

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The Death of MKO Abiola

Nigerian opposition leader died suddenly days before his expected release from prison

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The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

In July 1945, the American warship was torpedoed in the shark-infested Pacific Ocean.

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Marie Curie

Winner of two Nobel prizes for her pioneering research into radioactivity

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James Salter: Writer and Pilot

The acclaimed American author recalls his time as a US fighter pilot during the Korean War

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Poison Gas in WW1

Soldiers who witnessed gas attacks recount their experiences in archive recordings

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The Manhattan Project

The first ever nuclear weapon was detonated by scientists in the USA on 16 July 1945

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Ghiggia: Uruguay’s World Cup Hero

Alcides Ghiggia scored a famous goal for Uruguay in a match at Brazil’s Maracana stadium

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CIA Mind Control Experiments

In the 1950s the CIA began attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.

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Tehran's Red Light District

In July 1979 Iran's new Islamic government closed down Tehran's red-light district.

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The Death of Walter Rodney

In 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader Dr Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion.

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The Tulia Drug Bust

A drug sting in a small Texas town in 1999 went badly wrong and caused a national scandal

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Britain's Landslide 1945 Election

In July 1945 Labour won a surprise victory, defeating war-time leader Winston Churchill

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