麻豆约拍

Irina Ratushinskaya

The dissident poet was released from a labour camp on the eve of a US-Soviet summit

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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic

In 1918, more than fifty million people died in a global flu pandemic.

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Chile Votes Against Pinochet

In 1988 Chileans voted to end the brutal 15-year military rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

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The Last Day of Lebanon's Civil War

In October 1990, Syrian jets ousted their main opponent in Lebanon ending the civil war

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The Hoover Free Flights Promotion

How an advertising campaign for vacuum cleaners went badly wrong.

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Bugging the US Embassy in Moscow

The row over hi-tech spying in America's new diplomatic building in the USSR

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Father Charles Coughlin - America's First Radio Priest

How a controversial Catholic priest had millions of listeners in the 1930s.

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The Mau Mau Rebellion

During the 1950s in Kenya, rebels known as the Mau Mau were fighting against British rule

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Marcel Duchamp and His Fountain

The story of the great French conceptualist artist Marcel Duchamp and his art

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The Aberfan Disaster

On 21st October 1966, tragedy struck a village in Wales when a landslide crushed a school

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Marvel Comics and 'The Fantastic Four'

In 1961 a new generation of comic-book super heroes was launched in the US

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Shell Shock

Veterans talk about their experience of 'shell shock' in recordings from the 麻豆约拍 archive

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The Hungarian Uprising

In October 1956 Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule.

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The Big Bang

In 1986 London's Stock Exchange underwent one of the biggest shake-ups in its history.

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The Abduction of Mehdi Ben Barka

In 1965 French agents helped kidnap and disappear the Moroccan dissident in Paris

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Harry Houdini

How a performance in London made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist

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A Black GI in China

How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China

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Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution

A former communist Red Guard recalls his role in China's Cultural Revolution.

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Octavio Paz

In October 1990 the Mexican poet and essayist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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War Photographer, Dickey Chapelle

Photographer Dickey Chapelle was the first woman war reporter to be killed in Vietnam

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The Pitcairn Sex Abuse Trial

In 2004 a child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific shocked the world.

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The First Loebner Prize

On 8 November 1991, a competition which judged artificial intelligence was held.

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Rolling Stone Magazine

Writer and musician Michael Lydon recalls the birth of an iconic magazine.

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Kurdish Singer Ahmet Kaya

The widow of the famous folk singer recalls the night that changed her husband's life.

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The James Bond Theme Tune

In 1962 Monty Norman wrote the music for the first James Bond film, Dr No.

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The Burning of the Satanic Verses

The publication of Salman Rushdie's book outraged many Muslims around the world

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East Timor Massacre

In November 1991 Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in Dili.

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The Madagascar Palace Fire

In 1995 one of Madagascar's most historic sites was destroyed by fire

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Smuggling Endangered Birds

In Nov 1996 leading ornithologist Tony Silva was convicted of smuggling endangered birds.

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The Musical Cabaret

Director Hal Prince remembers the hit musical opening on Broadway in November 1966

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