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Singapore Independence

Singapore leaves the Federation of Malaysia and becomes an independent sovereign state

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The Great Iraqi Defection

In 1995 two of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's son-in-laws defected to Jordan.

• 9 mins

The World's Most Valuable T-Rex

Peter Larson tells us how his team discovered the most complete T-Rex fossil in the world

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Devil's Island

A convict's experience of the notorious French penal colony in South America.

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The Man Who Published Harry Potter

In 1996 struggling author JK Rowling finds a publisher at last for wizard Harry Potter.

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The Inuit Children Experiment

Helen Thiesen recalls being taken from her family in Greenland and sent to live in Denmark

• 15 mins

Child Prisoners of the Japanese

The story of one young American girl held prisoner by the Japanese during WW2.

• 8 mins

Korea Divided

In August 1945 Korea is split along the 38th parallel.

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The Tolpuddle Martyrs

How six English farmworkers defied the authorities to form a trade union in 1834.

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The Dieppe Raid

The disastrous raid by Allied forces on the German occupied French port of Dieppe in WW2.

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The Assassination of Leon Trotsky

Esteban Volkov recalls the murder of his grandfather, Leon Trotsky, in Mexico in Aug 1940

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

In August 1915 the Scottish architect was arrested on suspicion of spying.

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A Bizarre Poisoning Plot in Oregon

A clash between a religious commune and the locals leads to the mass poisoning of a town.

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Mass Executions in Iran

In the summer of 1988 thousands of political prisoners were suddenly executed in Iran.

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The Assassination of Benigno Aquino

On 21 Aug 1983, the opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, was shot dead in the Philippines

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Latinos Protest Against Vietnam

How a Mexican-American march against the Vietnam War descended into chaos in 1970.

• 8 mins

The Destruction of Iraq's Marshes

A look at the destruction of southern Iraq's great marshes, overseen by Saddam Hussein.

• 15 mins

The Guinness Book of Records

The first edition of one of the world's best-selling books was published in August 1955.

• 9 mins

Hurricane Katrina

In August 2005 a massive hurricane hit the city of New Orleans in the USA.

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Uri Geller and the Bending Spoon

In 1976, a US magazine tested a psychic's claim that he could bend metal with his mind.

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The Auschwitz Cellist

How the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived the Holocaust by playing music.

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Russia's First DJ

Russia's first radio DJ, Seva Novgorodsev, went on air at the height of the Cold War

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The Heyday of Somali Music

The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .

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The King of Highlife

E.T Mensah's Highlife music took Africa by storm in the 1950s

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Noel Coward Plays Vegas

The English singer, actor and playwright was invited to do a show in Las Vegas

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Umm Kulthum

Millions of Egyptians mourned the death of the legendary singer in 1975

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The Monkees

The Monkees were the world's first 'manufactured' boy band - created especially for TV.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

How the Pakistani Qawali singer became an international music sensation..

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Willie Nelson's Farm Aid

Country music legend Willie Nelson holds the first benefit concert for American farmers

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Miriam Makeba

The story of the great South African singer who spent 30 years in exile

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