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World War Two child evacuees in Britain
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs
Ancient fossils give new insight
A student discovered fossils in 1967 helping our understanding of the world's evolution
The first Pope to visit Africa
Popes rarely left the Vatican City in the 1960s, but in 1969, Pope Paul VI visited Uganda
Iran-Iraq War begins
On 22 September 1980 the Iran-Iraq war began, one of the bloodiest in recent history
Festival of Light
The Nationwide Festival of Light held by Christians protested against societal changes
The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Death pardons and chasing diplomats with sticks
Chiune Sugihara: The Japanese Schindler
In 1940, Chiune Sugihara saved the lives of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Pablo Escobar's pet hippos were found roaming Colombian waterways in 2007
The raising of the Mary Rose
King Henry VIII's warship, The Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed in October 1982
Dassler brothers’ rift
Brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler would go on to create global firms Adidas and Puma.
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
Manchester’s first racially inclusive nightclub
The release of Gilad Shalit
Israeli solider Gilad Shalit was freed after being held hostage for more than five years
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
How the Yugoslavian president was forced from office in October 2000
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
In 1959, Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party, planting the seeds for the famous carnival
UK’s ‘Winter of Discontent’
In 1979, British gravediggers went on strike over pay
Disney animators' strike
In 1941, the animators at Walt Disney's studios went on strike for nine weeks over pay
Torturing strikers in South Korea
A strike for better work conditions became a divisive moment in South Korea's history
Geisha mountain top strike
In 1937, geisha from Osaka sat on a mountain for a week until their union was recognised
Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers
How the leader of a labour movement became a US civil rights hero
Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos
The CIA expert whose job was to interpret photographs of missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown
The final days of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the Pentagon and the Kremlin
The ‘army’ that taught Cuba to read and write
In 1961, Fidel Castro launched a campaign aimed to eradicate illiteracy in Cuba.
Cuba's boxing ban
In 1962, Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, causing some amateurs to defect
Founder of the Cuban National Ballet
In 1959, Cuba’s most famous ballet dancer formed Cuba’s National Ballet Company
Indonesia’s indigenous people take a stand
The first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago of Indonesia in 1999
The Iranian Revolution and women
We hear what life was like during, and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979
Theatre siege in Moscow
It is 20 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage
Arrested for wearing tros in Sudan
In 2002, Amiera Osman Hamed was put on trial after being arrested for wearing tros
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's career-defining speech in 2012
The Little Black Book survival guide
In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police
