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The Opening of Euro Disney
Twenty-one years ago, Disney finally opened a park near Paris after years of negotiations.
Conflict in Congo
The Congolese student who saw war come to his small hometown of Uvira
Scientists Flee Nazi
How the rise of Hitler forced great physicists such as Max Born out of 1930s
The Battle of the Potato Beetle
In 1950, East claimed American planes were dropping beetles over their fields.
The Omagh Bombing
In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
Stanley Kubrick
Set designer Sir Ken Adam recalls working with the famously difficult director
The Nepali Royal Massacre
In 2001, the Crown Prince of Nepal killed nine people and then turned the gun on himself.
Saddam Hussein's 'Human Shields'
The British family who were held as 'human shields' in Iraq before the First Gulf War
Prague Spring
The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia
The Assassination of Benigno Aquino
On August 21 1983, the opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, was shot dead in the Philippines
Legionnaires' Disease
In August 1976 more than 200 people developed a mystery illness at a hotel in Philadelphia
Brazil Protests: Caras Pintadas
In 1992, a huge wave of protests forced President Collor of Brazil from office.
The Ballerina and the Coup
In 1959, Dame Margot Fonteyn was part of a bizarre plot to overthrow the Panama government
Krakatoa
In 1883, the Indonesian volcano caused one of the world's biggest disasters
The Sherri Finkbine Abortion Case
How one Arizona couple's campaign for a termination split America in 1962
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King made his historic plea for racial equality at the March on Washington
Aboriginal Strike
The first ever strike by Australian Aborigines to help free them from virtual slavery
Women Murdered in Mexico
In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Eritrea's Long War
A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia
Jack The Ripper
In September 1888, the most famous serial killer in history stalked the streets of London.
Fleeing from Laos
In 1973 the American war against communism in Laos ended leaving their allies behind
Special Operations Executive
During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe
HMS Trinidad
George Lloyd, a young English composer, wrote a march for the ship he served on in WWII
The Chile Coup
In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.
The Attica Prison Riot
In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards
US Airman Shot Down by Syria
In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon
Military Coup in Chile
On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile
Saving the Tiger
In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Four young black girls were killed in a racist bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
US Airman Shot Down by Syrian Forces
In 1983, Lt Robert Goodman was captured while attacking Syrian positions in Lebanon.
Evita's Odyssey
The disappearance of the remains in 1955 of Evita Peron, the revered Argentine first lady
