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Duke Ellington Plays Kabul

In September 1963, the jazz legend gave a concert in the Afghan capital.

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Re-education in Communist China

Hear from a British man who spent five years being 're-educated' in China in the 1950s

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Baywatch

Executive producer Michael Berk on the birth of a global hit TV show in September 1989

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The Death of Paquirri

The fatal goring of the legendary bullfighter Francisco Rivera P茅rez in September 1984

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Siege of Vukovar

In 1991 the Yugoslav army pounded the Croatian town of Vukova for 87 days

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The Kinsey Report into Female Sexuality

Sex, 60 years ago: The Kinsey Report revealed all in 1953

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Re-education in China

In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment - hear one man's story.

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Appeasement

In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.

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Mao's American Comrade

Mao declares the formation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949

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Australia's Asylum Stand-off

In 2001, Australia refused entry to more than 400 refugees aboard a Norwegian freight ship

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Israel's Nuclear Secrets

In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme

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The Betty Ford Center

How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic

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The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya

The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006

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Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust

During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps

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Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall

In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany

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Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar

In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris

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Thomas Sankara African Revolutionary

When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso

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Escape from Sobibor Death Camp

Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943

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The Brighton Hotel Bombing

The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984

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Walter Sisulu is Released

In October 1989, anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu was freed from jail after 26 years.

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The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US

In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.

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Death of Grenada's Revolution

The day Maurice Bishop leader of Grenada was killed. Six days later the US invaded

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The Death of Grenada's Revolution

In October 1983 Grenada's leftist prime minister was killed. Six days later the US invaded

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The Opening of Sydney Opera House

In 1973 Sydney Opera House finally opened its doors to the public, 10 years late

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Spying for the Stasi

The secret life of Sascha Anderson, an avant-garde poet who informed for the Stasi

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Beirut Barracks Bombing

In 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on American and French bases in Lebanon

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A Heroine of Burundi's Civil War

In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war

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The 麻豆约拍's First Man in Moscow

In 1963, Erik de Mauny became the first 麻豆约拍 correspondent based in the Soviet Union.

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The Wall Street Crash of 1987

On Black Monday, Wall Street prices fell by a record rate in October 1987

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Tokyo Rose - The Most Hated Woman in America

In 1949 Iva Toguri was falsely accused of making Japanese propaganda during World War Two

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