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Citizen Kane
Archive interviews with Orson Welles about one of the greatest films of all time
Marcus Garvey
In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US urging black people to unite in a new nation.
Paris Protests of 1968
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down 's government.
Dien Bien Phu
The French surrender at the siege of Dien Bien Phu ended their colonial rule of Vietnam
Kia Ora: Maori Rights Breakthrough in New Zealand
Telephone operator Naida Glavish became known for saying good morning to callers in Maori
The Execution of Anne Boleyn
In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII
Hands Across America
The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness
The Israeli Airlift of Ethiopian Jews
In 1991 14000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Solomon
Yeltsin And The Chechen Rebels
In 1996, a Chechen rebel delegation negotiated peace with Russia's President Yeltsin.
The Thalidomide Trial
In May 1968, executives of the German company that made the drug thalidomide go on trial
The Assassination of Trujillo
On May 30th 1961 Rafael Trujillo, the dictator in the Dominican Republic, was shot dead.
Karakoram Highway
In 1979 the Karakoram Highway between Pakistan and China was opened to the public
Concordski Plane Crash
In June 1973 Russia's supersonic rival to Concorde crashed at the Paris Air Show
Tanzania's Ujamaa policy
In the late 1960s Tanzania experimented with a new form of socialism called Ujamaa.
Date Rape
In 1991 Katie Koestner went public with her experience of date rape and divided America.
The Arrest of James Earl Ray
How the man convicted for killing Martin Luther King was detained in London in June 1968.
Ritalin
The drug Ritalin was developed in the 1940s - it's now used to treat ADHD.
Restoring 'The Last Supper'
In 1999 Italian art experts completed an ambitious restoration of da Vinci's masterpiece.
Iraq's Secret Nuclear Programme
In 1981 Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor; it began Iraq's secret nuclear programme
The Battle for Mixed Race Marriage in the US
How a white man and a black woman won the right to marry in America in the 1960s
When TV Came to Bhutan
In June 1999 the tiny Himalayan kingdom broadcast its first TV programme
Moral Majority
In June 1979 the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of American politics
The Eruption of Mount Pinatubo
In 1991 one of the largest volcanic eruptions of recent times occurred in the Philippines
Smoking and Lung Cancer
It was not until the 1950s that the link was proven between cigarettes and lung cancer
The Fall of Paris
In June 1940, most of the residents of Paris fled as German soldiers occupied the city
Black in the USSR
Robert Robinson, a black American engineer, spent 43 years in the USSR against his will.
Jackass Penguin Rescue
An oil spill in June 2000 threatened tens of thousands of African penguins.
Space Crash
Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it
The Bobbitt Story
On 23 June 1993 a young wife cut off her husband's penis in a frenzied attack
The Khobar Towers Bombing - Saudi Arabia
On June 25th 1996 a huge truck bomb was planted at a US housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
Forced Sterilisation in Peru
In the 1990s more than 280,000 women were sterilised in Peru, many against their will.
