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Women and the law in Britain
Over 175 years ago, Caroline Norton began to fight for the rights of married women.
The real Peter Pan
A family of real boys inspired JM Barrie to write the story of Peter Pan.
Operation Babylift
As the Vietnam war ended the US tried to fly thousands of orphans out of the country.
Howard Hughes
The reclusive American billionaire ed by one of the few journalists to meet him.
James Brown Concert at the Boston Garden
Held 24 hours after the death of Martin Luther King, the gig went ahead peacefully
Matabeleland Massacres
In the early 1980s, thousands of civilians were killed in Zimbabwe by the security forces.
The Great Famine in China
When Mao Zedong tried to force an industrial revolution in China millions starved to death
The Guinea Pig Club
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
Black Golfer at the US Masters
How Lee Elder broke one of the last colour barriers in US sport in 1975
Mickey Mouse goes to Europe
When Disney opened a theme park in Europe, just outside Paris it was beset with problems.
The First War in the Air
The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air
The discovery of LSD
It is 70 years since a Swiss chemist stumbled on the controversial hallucinogenic drug.
The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
In January 1965 Britain held a state funeral for the man who led it through World War Two.
The Khmer Rouge take power
In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Jewish fighters in the Polish capital rose up against the German army in 1943
Haile Selassie in Jamaica
Ethiopia's emperor visited Jamaica - the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement - in 1966
Pau Casals
The acclaimed musician who became a symbol of Catalan resistance to General Franco
The Hitler Diaries Hoax
Thirty years ago newspapers spent millions on what they thought were Hitler's diaries
Muhammad Ali and the Draft
How the boxing champion's refusal to go to Vietnam made him a hero to 1960s radicals
The Ballerina and the Coup
In April 1959 Dame Margot Fonteyn was part of a bizarre plot against Panama's government.
The Shooting of Rudi Dutschke
In 1968 German students called for a revolution when their leader Rudi Dutschke was shot
The death of Hitler
On April 30th 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself in a bunker beneath Berlin.
Australia's Aboriginal Referendum
In May 1967 campaigning began across Australia to consolidate Aboriginal rights
The Children's Crusade
Thousands of black American children protest against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama
The White Collar Art Collectors
In 1992 an ex-postal worker and his wife donated a priceless art collection to a gallery
IRA Hunger Strike
In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners on hunger strike
Pavarotti's UK Debut
On May 7th 1963 Luciano Pavarotti first perfomed on a British stage, in Northern Ireland
The Secret US Bombing of Cambodia
In May 1969 the New York Times revealed that US war planes were secretly bombing Cambodia
FA Cup - The Matthews Final
It is 60 years since England's football legend Stanley Matthews led his team to victory
The Arctic Convoys
Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2
The Great Gatsby
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald as ed by two close personal links
