The story of our times told by the people who were there.
In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme
How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic
The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006
During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps
In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris
When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso
Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943
The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984
In October 1989, anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu was freed from jail after 26 years.
In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.
The day Maurice Bishop leader of Grenada was killed. Six days later the US invaded
In 1973 Sydney Opera House finally opened its doors to the public, 10 years late
The secret life of Sascha Anderson, an avant-garde poet who informed for the Stasi
In 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on American and French bases in Lebanon
In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war
In 1963, Erik de Mauny became the first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent based in the Soviet Union.
On Black Monday, Wall Street prices fell by a record rate in October 1987
In 1949 Iva Toguri was falsely accused of making Japanese propaganda during World War Two
In 1998 Central America was hit by Hurricane Mitch - more than 18,000 people died
On 31 October 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards
In 1953 the first phone helpline for people considering suicide was set up in London
In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it was seen by millions
In 1963 southern Africa's first multi-racial school opened in Swaziland.
