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The Ascent of Everest
How Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquered the world's highest mountain in 1953.
The New Deal
Eighty years ago, Franklin D Roosevelt promised to rescue the US from the Great Depression
The Queen's Coronation
Two Maids of Honour the crowning of Queen Elizabeth the Second in London in 1953.
The Nepali Royal Massacre
Twelve years ago, the Crown Prince of Nepal massacred his family at the royal palace
Bristol Bus Boycott
How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws
The Oklahoma Bomber
Twelve years ago, Timothy McVeigh was executed for carrying out the 1995 Oklahoma bombing
Stalin's Gulag
Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the USSR under Joseph Stalin
Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train
How huge crowds of Americans mourned Bobby Kennedy after his 1968 assassination.
The Mau Mau Rebellion
Britain's disturbing abuses against the Mau Mau in colonial Kenya
Escape from Alcatraz
In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.
Nigeria's Lost Election
The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military
Post-war Berlin
A child's eye view of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II
The Pentagon Papers
In 1971 one man leaked thousands of pages of secret US government documents to the press.
Gay Marriage
The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.
The Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
It is 60 years since the American couple were executed for spying
Rocky Horror Show
It is 40 years since the opening of a comedy musical which would become a cult phenomenon
Murder in Managua
In June 1979 an American TV reporter was shot dead by government forces in Nicaragua
The first woman in space
In June 1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit.
Ultrasound
It's 55 years since a picture of a foetus inside the womb was first published.
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten
It is regarded as one of the most important pieces in 20th Century English music.
Smoking and Lung Cancer
It took until the 1950s for researchers to connect smoking with lung cancer
JFK in Ireland
Novelist Colm Toibin recalls US President John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963
Iraq's Sectarian Violence
The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07
The Battle of Gettysburg
It is 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil War
Chilean Students Set on Fire
In July 1986 two students were set on fire by Chilean government soldiers
Penguin Rescue
The mission to save thousands of African penguins from an oil spill in July, 2000
Ludwig Wittgenstein
How the publication of Philosophical Investigations in 1953 revolutionised philosophy
Yasser Arafat Arrives in Gaza
When the Palestinian leader was allowed to return from exile to the Gaza strip in 1994
The Crate Escape
In the summer of 1984 a Nigerian exile living in London was kidnapped in a crate.
The Death of Jean Moulin
The day the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces on July 08, 1943
Iran Student Protest
The Iranian student who became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests in 1999
