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The first woman in space
In June 1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit.
Ultrasound
It's 55 years since a picture of a foetus inside the womb was first published.
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten
It is regarded as one of the most important pieces in 20th Century English music.
Smoking and Lung Cancer
It took until the 1950s for researchers to connect smoking with lung cancer
JFK in Ireland
Novelist Colm Toibin recalls US President John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963
Iraq's Sectarian Violence
The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07
The Battle of Gettysburg
It is 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil War
Chilean Students Set on Fire
In July 1986 two students were set on fire by Chilean government soldiers
Penguin Rescue
The mission to save thousands of African penguins from an oil spill in July, 2000
Ludwig Wittgenstein
How the publication of Philosophical Investigations in 1953 revolutionised philosophy
Yasser Arafat Arrives in Gaza
When the Palestinian leader was allowed to return from exile to the Gaza strip in 1994
The Crate Escape
In the summer of 1984 a Nigerian exile living in London was kidnapped in a crate.
The Death of Jean Moulin
The day the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces on July 08, 1943
Iran Student Protest
The Iranian student who became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests in 1999
The Death of Thich Quang Duc
In June 1963, a Buddhist monk set himself on fire in central Saigon
Skylab Falls to Earth
The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979
Disco Demolition Night
How a disgruntled Chicago DJ hosted an anti-disco event which turned into a riot in 1979
The Soviet Gulag
Hear one man's story of life in a Soviet labour camp during Stalin's rule.
Women's Baseball in WWII
In 1943, the first and only professional women's baseball league was launched in the US
The Hong Kong Handover
Former Governor General, Chris Patten, re the day the territory returned to China.
Freeze
In 1988 a group of students put on an exhibition called Freeze. It changed British art.
The Birth of Second Life
It is ten years since the launch of Philip Rosedale's online virtual world Second Life
Escape from the KGB
How Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped from under the noses of the KGB in 1985
Haile Selassie visits Jamaica
In 1966, the Emperor of Ethiopia made a state visit to the Caribbean island of Jamaica.
The Lillehammer Hit
In July 1973 a Moroccan waiter was shot dead by an Israeli hit-squad in Norway
Black July
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka
Alcoholics Anonymous
In the summer of 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio
Abducted by Joseph Kony
The woman forced to bear the children of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
The End of the Korean War
On July 27 1953 the Korean War came to an end and thousands of prisoners were released
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
July 1945 - a US warship sinks in the Pacific; its crew face days in shark-infested waters
IRA Decommissioning
In July 2005 the IRA in Northern Ireland promised to put its weapons out of use.
