The authorities said he'd starved himself to death, but he died from head injuries
Published on Friday, 4th October 2013.
Over 50 years ago a white journalist tried living as a black man in America's Deep South.
Published on Thursday, 3rd October 2013.
The people of South Central Los Angeles took to the streets in fury at police brutality
Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2013.
Debra Hocking was taken from her indigenous Australian family as a baby.
Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2013.
During World War II, African soldiers were a vital part of the Allied forces in Burma
It is 40 years since a video game was invented which would change the way we play.
Published on Monday, 31st December 2012.
In December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
Published on Friday, 28th December 2012.
In 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
Published on Thursday, 27th December 2012.
40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
Published on Wednesday, 26th December 2012.
On December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
Published on Tuesday, 25th December 2012.
The British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
Published on Monday, 24th December 2012.
In the 1990s it became clear that a brain disease could be passed from cows to humans.
Published on Friday, 21st December 2012.
In December 2003 Colonel Gaddafi announced Libya was giving up trying to make WMD
Published on Thursday, 20th December 2012.
The story of the last US space mission to the moon 40 years ago
Published on Wednesday, 19th December 2012.
In 1912, Britain's top palaeontologists were hoaxed by a "missing link" in human evolution
Published on Tuesday, 18th December 2012.
How exiles from the Nazis helped British intelligence listen in on German prisoners-of-war
Published on Monday, 17th December 2012.
Twenty years ago underwater excavations began which unearthed a 2000 year old palace.
Published on Friday, 14th December 2012.
In the late 1960s a young black American woman rolled up in 'Swinging' London.
Published on Thursday, 13th December 2012.
How a huge cache of papers showed the true extent of torture across 1970s South America.
Published on Wednesday, 12th December 2012.
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
Published on Monday, 10th December 2012.
A German teenager managed to evade Soviet defences to land in Moscow's Red Square.
Published on Friday, 7th December 2012.
On 6 December 1989, a college shooting in Canada left 14 women dead.
Published on Thursday, 6th December 2012.
How the worst smog in living memory lasted five days and killed thousands of Londoners.
Published on Wednesday, 5th December 2012.
In 1932 a row between England and Australia over cricket became a diplomatic incident.
Published on Tuesday, 4th December 2012.
In December 1984 thousands of people in the Indian city were killed by a chemical leak.
Published on Monday, 3rd December 2012.
The story of Christine Jorgensen who had surgery to change her sex from a man to a woman.
Published on Friday, 30th November 2012.
In November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran.
Published on Thursday, 29th November 2012.
The story of one of the most prolific art forgers of the 20th Century.
Published on Wednesday, 28th November 2012.
In November 2005, doctors in France carried out the first ever face transplant.
Published on Tuesday, 27th November 2012.
In November 1975, an incredible mutiny took place aboard a Soviet warship in the Baltic.
Published on Monday, 26th November 2012.
20 years ago the world's first webcam was set up - and it was pointed at a pot of coffee.
Published on Friday, 23rd November 2012.
Lee Harvey Oswald had spent two years living in the USSR after serving there as a Marine
Published on Thursday, 22nd November 2012.
In 1969 the first President of Uganda, Edward Mutesa, died in exile in London.
Published on Wednesday, 21st November 2012.
How a fire devastated Queen Elizabeth's weekend home in 1992.
Published on Tuesday, 20th November 2012.
In November 1971 a young American artist decided to get a friend to take a shot at him.
Published on Monday, 19th November 2012.
How the Mexican-American trade union leader Cesar Chavez inspired Latinos in the 1960s.
Published on Friday, 16th November 2012.
The Filipino stone-age cave dwellers who fooled the scientific community.
Published on Thursday, 15th November 2012.
Created to tackle China's expanding population, but how was the one-child policy enforced?
Published on Wednesday, 14th November 2012.
It's 27 years since over 20,000 people died when a volcano erupted in western Colombia.
Published on Tuesday, 13th November 2012.
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby girl.
Published on Monday, 12th November 2012.
The memories of a German Jew who grew up across the street from Adolf Hitler.
Published on Friday, 9th November 2012.
The original story of betrayal at sea - from contemporary eyewitness testimonies.
Published on Thursday, 8th November 2012.
One of the longest-serving leaders of the Soviet Union died on the 10 of November 1982.
Published on Tuesday, 6th November 2012.
An incredible plot to kidnap, drug and repatriate Nigerian exile Umaru Dikko in 80s London
Published on Monday, 5th November 2012.
In the 1930s the Nazi party hatched a secret plan to breed an elite Aryan race.
Published on Friday, 2nd November 2012.
The great British war photographer Don McCullin remembers the Vietnam war.
Published on Thursday, 1st November 2012.
In 1985 a Frankfurt theatre attempted to stage a play by the controversial German writer.
Published on Wednesday, 31st October 2012.
It is 95 years since the October Revolution which led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
Published on Tuesday, 30th October 2012.
Allen Ginsberg first read his poem Howl, in San Francisco in October 1955.
Published on Monday, 29th October 2012.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev finally offered to withdraw nuclear missiles from Cuba
Published on Friday, 26th October 2012.
In the autumn of 1980 one of the longest wars of the 20th Century began.
Published on Thursday, 25th October 2012.
It is 10 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage.
Published on Wednesday, 24th October 2012.
On 24 October 1929, the New York Stock Exchange began to plummet.
The gradual build up of weaponry - Soviet built ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads
Published on Monday, 22nd October 2012.
It's 15 years since an extraordinary building was opened in a Spanish industrial city.
Published on Friday, 19th October 2012.
The last serious attempt to end Colombia's long civil war was more than a decade ago.
Published on Wednesday, 17th October 2012.
British troops liberated Greece from the Nazis in October 1944.
Published on Tuesday, 16th October 2012.
CIA expert Dino Brugioni interpreted the ariel photographs of missiles in Cuba
Published on Monday, 15th October 2012.
It is 35 years since the opening of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
Published on Friday, 12th October 2012.
It is 25 years since the most in-depth and expensive survey of Loch Ness.
Published on Thursday, 11th October 2012.
How the Soviet dissident smuggled his writing to the outside world.
Published on Wednesday, 10th October 2012.
In 1965 the Latin-American revolutionary went to fight with rebels in the Congo.
Published on Tuesday, 9th October 2012.
In 1985 a luxury cruise liner was held by Palestinian gunmen in the Red Sea.
Published on Monday, 8th October 2012.
In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua
Published on Thursday, 4th October 2012.
The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.
Published on Wednesday, 3rd October 2012.
It is 16 years since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd October 2012.
At the end of WW2, many ethnic Germans in Central Europe were forced to leave their homes.
Published on Monday, 1st October 2012.
In September 2000 the Israeli opposition leader visited the Al-Aqsa compound.
Published on Friday, 28th September 2012.
In September 1983 a group of IRA prisoners escaped from jail in Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 27th September 2012.
The story of a young girl who survived Ireland's notorious Catholic workhouses for women.
Published on Wednesday, 26th September 2012.
It is 55 years since a groundbreaking musical, West Side Story, opened on Broadway.
Published on Tuesday, 25th September 2012.
How an Oxford academic came up with a story that charmed children for generations.
Published on Friday, 21st September 2012.
In 1998 a Roman Catholic Bishop killed himself in protest at Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
Published on Thursday, 20th September 2012.
Twenty-five years ago, a shipment of mules was sent from the USA to Afghanistan.
The Ethiopian soldier who became a hero in the Korean War
Published on Tuesday, 18th September 2012.
One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War II.
Published on Monday, 17th September 2012.
How the American hip hop star Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting.
Published on Friday, 14th September 2012.
It is 30 years since an Australian woman was accused of murdering her daughter.
Published on Thursday, 13th September 2012.
It is 30 years since a teenage Indian woman spread fear in the North East of the country.
Published on Tuesday, 11th September 2012.
How a London school sports teacher changed the life of the Somali-born Olympic champion.
Published on Monday, 10th September 2012.
How a Yahi Indian called Ishi emerged from the Northern Californian wilderness in 1911.
Published on Thursday, 6th September 2012.
In 1981 anti-apartheid protestors used a plane to attack South African rugby players.
In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest.
Published on Wednesday, 5th September 2012.
The riot that overshadowed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968
Published on Tuesday, 4th September 2012.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and bodybuilding in the 1960s.
Published on Monday, 3rd September 2012.
The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in a car crash on 31 August 1997.
Published on Friday, 31st August 2012.
How East Timor's vote for independence in 1999 sparked violence by pro-Indonesia militias.
Published on Thursday, 30th August 2012.
The death of a president that shocked Brazil.
Published on Wednesday, 29th August 2012.
In 1972, chess makes headlines as volatile American Bobby Fischer becomes world champion.
Published on Tuesday, 28th August 2012.
In August 1963, thieves stole over £2 million from a London bound Royal Mail train.
Published on Monday, 27th August 2012.
How broadcasting throughout a devastating storm made a Miami weatherman into a local hero.
Published on Thursday, 23rd August 2012.
The year the England cricket captain said he was going to make the West Indies "grovel".
Published on Wednesday, 22nd August 2012.
The assassination of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotksy in Mexico City in 1940.
Published on Tuesday, 21st August 2012.
Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century.
Published on Monday, 20th August 2012.
The parcel bomb attack that killed anti-apartheid activist Ruth First in 1982.
Published on Friday, 17th August 2012.
How a 1968 television special revived the career of the King of Rock and Roll.
Published on Thursday, 16th August 2012.
The daughter of the last British viceroy in India remembers the transfer of power in 1947.
Published on Wednesday, 15th August 2012.
For six years following the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the US.
Published on Tuesday, 14th August 2012.
Shawn Fanning talks about how he founded the file sharing website Napster.
Published on Monday, 13th August 2012.
The Scottish anarchist and the plot to kill General Franco.
Published on Friday, 10th August 2012.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome an Ethiopian athlete stunned the world.
Published on Thursday, 9th August 2012.
It's quarter of a century since the world's most popular cosmetic treatment was discovered
Published on Wednesday, 8th August 2012.
How seven Soviet intellectuals held a pioneering protest in Moscow in 1968.
How an American swimmer crossed the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union.
Published on Tuesday, 7th August 2012.
The story of a survivor of Omarska concentration camp in Bosnia.
Published on Monday, 6th August 2012.
It's 50 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood's ultimate sex symbol.
Published on Friday, 3rd August 2012.
The story of Thor Heyerdahl's crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki.
Published on Thursday, 2nd August 2012.
The first voyage to the North Pole under the icecap. Ken Carr remembers Nautilus's mission
Published on Wednesday, 1st August 2012.
It was one of the defining battles of the First World War
Eighteen years ago a little girl was raped and murdered - her killing changed US law.
Published on Monday, 30th July 2012.
How a mole in the KGB sent secrets to France and the USA in 1981.
Published on Thursday, 26th July 2012.
It is 60 years since the Argentine first lady died.
Published on Wednesday, 25th July 2012.
In July 1978 the first baby to be conceived in a laboratory was born in England.
Published on Tuesday, 24th July 2012.
How the American president Theodore Roosevelt nearly died in the Amazon in 1914.
Published on Monday, 23rd July 2012.
It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.
Published on Friday, 20th July 2012.
Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients.
Published on Thursday, 19th July 2012.
How the killing of a young Basque councillor sparked huge anti-ETA protests in Spain.
Published on Wednesday, 18th July 2012.
In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace, was shot dead.
Published on Tuesday, 17th July 2012.
It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.
Published on Monday, 16th July 2012.
How working with Paul Simon made South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo global stars.
Published on Friday, 13th July 2012.
In July 1976 four foreign mercenaries were executed for their part in Angola's civil war.
Published on Thursday, 12th July 2012.
The BBC World Service is leaving Bush House in central London after 70 years there.
The story of the American businessman who built the home of the BBC World Service.
Published on Wednesday, 11th July 2012.
It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.
Published on Monday, 9th July 2012.
On 7 July 2005, London was thrown into chaos by four bomb attacks.
Published on Friday, 6th July 2012.
It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.
Published on Thursday, 5th July 2012.
Egypt now has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood - hear how it started 84 years ago.
Published on Wednesday, 4th July 2012.
In 1982 4,000 people got married in a mass blessing carried out by Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Published on Tuesday, 3rd July 2012.
In July 1937 the female flyer disappeared in her plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
Published on Monday, 2nd July 2012.
During World War II, Allied bombing raids brought death and destruction to German cities.
Published on Friday, 29th June 2012.
In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule.
It is 15 years since a replica of Shakespeare's Globe theatre was opened in London.
Published on Thursday, 28th June 2012.
It is over 40 years since a brief but bloody war between Honduras and El Salvador.
Published on Tuesday, 26th June 2012.
In June 1947 the diary of Anne Frank was published for the very first time.
Published on Monday, 25th June 2012.
Reform in the Soviet Union, known as perestroika, was launched 25 years ago in 1987.
Published on Friday, 22nd June 2012.
A Frenchwoman remembers life under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
Published on Thursday, 21st June 2012.
In June 1948 Soviet troops cut supply lines around West Berlin in Germany.
Published on Wednesday, 20th June 2012.
The biggest refugee camp in the world was established 21 years ago.
Published on Tuesday, 19th June 2012.
On June 18, 1982 an Italian banker was found dead in mysterious circumstances in London.
Published on Monday, 18th June 2012.
It is 90 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published.
Published on Friday, 15th June 2012.
Thirty years ago the war ended between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
Published on Thursday, 14th June 2012.
It is 10 years since Hamid Karzai was first appointed as interim President of Afghanistan.
Published on Wednesday, 13th June 2012.
It is over 50 years since the great Russian ballet dancer left the Soviet Union for good.
Published on Tuesday, 12th June 2012.
The man behind one of the most important security breaches in US history tells his story.
Published on Monday, 11th June 2012.
How Americans lined the route of Senator Robert Kennedy's funeral train in 1968.
Published on Friday, 8th June 2012.
It's 26 years since an American intelligence analyst admitted selling secrets to Israel.
Published on Thursday, 7th June 2012.
It is 35 years since the opening of the iconic modern art centre in Paris.
Published on Wednesday, 6th June 2012.
In 1969 an American psychologist called David Rosenhan put psychiatrists to the test.
Published on Tuesday, 5th June 2012.
In 1977, The Sex Pistols punk rock band mocked Britain's Silver Jubilee celebrations.
Published on Friday, 1st June 2012.
Between 1967 and 1970 there was a civil war in Nigeria over the formation of Biafra.
Published on Thursday, 31st May 2012.
It is 40 years since gunmen attacked an Israeli airport. We hear from a survivor.
Published on Wednesday, 30th May 2012.
In May 1984 a bomber tried to kill an anti-Sandinista rebel leader in Nicaragua.
Published on Tuesday, 29th May 2012.
The story of the "miracle babies" who became global superstars in the 1930s.
Published on Monday, 28th May 2012.
Thirty-five years ago, gunmen took 105 young children hostage in a school in Holland.
Published on Friday, 25th May 2012.
How the legendary Manchester venue launched a dance music revolution.
Published on Thursday, 24th May 2012.
Twenty years ago the anti-mafia judge was assassinated by a bomb under his car.
Published on Wednesday, 23rd May 2012.
The USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive for the first time
Published on Tuesday, 22nd May 2012.
It is 35 years since one of the biggest movie franchises of all time hit cinema screens.
Published on Monday, 21st May 2012.
On May 18th 1980 there was a huge volcanic eruption in Washington state in the USA.
Published on Friday, 18th May 2012.
In May 1998 a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.
Published on Thursday, 17th May 2012.
In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.
Published on Wednesday, 16th May 2012.
In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - one Vienna resident remembers.
Published on Tuesday, 15th May 2012.
In 1964, a TV documentary series introduced a group of seven-year-olds to British viewers
Published on Monday, 14th May 2012.
On May 11th 1812, the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, was killed.
Published on Friday, 11th May 2012.
How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.
Published on Thursday, 10th May 2012.
How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.
Published on Wednesday, 9th May 2012.
The Nigerian military stormed the musician's compound in Lagos, Kalakuta Republic
Published on Tuesday, 8th May 2012.
He was responsible for a series of gruesome murders in the Hollywood hills.
Published on Monday, 7th May 2012.
In May 1926 workers across Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.
Published on Friday, 4th May 2012.
Justin Fashanu, Britain's first openly gay footballer, killed himself in May 1998.
Published on Thursday, 3rd May 2012.
In May 1992 the Bosnian president was taken captive by Serb soldiers.
Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2012.
In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.
Published on Monday, 30th April 2012.
How walkers stormed an English peak in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.
Published on Friday, 27th April 2012.
It is 35 years since the legendary New York night club opened its doors to cool people.
Published on Thursday, 26th April 2012.
One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915
Published on Wednesday, 25th April 2012.
In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War.
Published on Tuesday, 24th April 2012.
How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright and wit.
Published on Monday, 23rd April 2012.
In April 1968 a politician put race and immigration at the centre of British politics.
Published on Friday, 20th April 2012.
One of the most successful TV series ever was created by cartoonist Matt Groening.
Published on Thursday, 19th April 2012.
How a group of Jews escaped from a train bound for the Auschwitz death camp in 1943.
Published on Wednesday, 18th April 2012.
In 1997, left-wing rebels held 71 people hostage for over four months in Peru.
Published on Tuesday, 17th April 2012.
How dissidents in the USSR were routinely declared insane and kept in mental institutions.
Published on Monday, 16th April 2012.
It is 100 years since the great ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage.
Published on Friday, 13th April 2012.
In 1981 a Pulitzer Prize was awarded to a young journalist who had made-up her story.
Published on Thursday, 12th April 2012.
It is 25 years since the great Italian author and Auschwitz survivor died.
Published on Wednesday, 11th April 2012.
Castro met Richard Nixon and addressed large crowds to win over critics of the revolution
Published on Tuesday, 10th April 2012.
In 1961, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi in charge of concentration camps, was tried in Israel.
Published on Monday, 9th April 2012.
The frantic negotiations that led to a historic peace deal for Northern Ireland in 1998.
Published on Friday, 6th April 2012.
How thousands of Bosnians tried to stop their capital falling under siege in 1992.
Published on Thursday, 5th April 2012.
In 1982, women took to the streets to demand the right to give birth naturally
Published on Wednesday, 4th April 2012.
An Argentine soldier's account of invading the Falkland Islands in 1982.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012.
It is 30 years since Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands.
Published on Monday, 2nd April 2012.
How thousands of children stranded during war in Sudan were finally resettled in the USA.
Published on Friday, 30th March 2012.
A 100 years ago the British explorer died after failing to be the first to the South Pole.
Published on Thursday, 29th March 2012.
How a young designer became a legend in the world of shoes.
Published on Wednesday, 28th March 2012.
In 1990 an Anglican priest living in Zimbabwe was the victim of a letter bomb.
Published on Tuesday, 27th March 2012.
The Pope's visit changed relations between the Catholic Church and Cuba's government
Published on Monday, 26th March 2012.
In 1961 President Kennedy set up a scheme to send idealistic young Americans abroad.
Published on Friday, 23rd March 2012.
In the 1950s, US engineers were sent to Afghanistan to build a dam.
Published on Thursday, 22nd March 2012.
In March 1995 members of a Japanese cult released nerve gas in the metro.
Published on Wednesday, 21st March 2012.
On 20 March 2003 the US and its allies began their air strikes against Iraq.
Published on Tuesday, 20th March 2012.
Forty five years ago it was the biggest oil spill the world had ever seen.
Published on Monday, 19th March 2012.
On 16 March 1968, US soldiers went on the rampage through a Vietnamese village.
Published on Friday, 16th March 2012.
On 15 March 1990, a young British journalist was executed in Iraq.
Published on Thursday, 15th March 2012.
In 1982 a British director found himself in a court battle over sex and nudity on stage.
Published on Wednesday, 14th March 2012.
Throughout World War II, Myra Hess organised concerts in London's National Gallery.
Published on Tuesday, 13th March 2012.
In 1929 a Russian inventor brought an electronic musical instrument to the USA.
Published on Monday, 12th March 2012.
The daughter of the Soviet dictator, Svetlana defected to the West in 1967
Published on Friday, 9th March 2012.
How scientists turned penicillin into the world's first anti-biotic medicine.
Published on Thursday, 8th March 2012.
In the 1960s, the pop artist Andy Warhol, turned his attention to film-making.
Published on Wednesday, 7th March 2012.
It is 25 years since a car ferry capsized outside the Belgian port.
Published on Tuesday, 6th March 2012.
Californian computer enthusiasts met to share ideas - including the founders of Apple
Published on Monday, 5th March 2012.
On 2 March 1969 the supersonic airliner took to the skies for the first time.
Published on Friday, 2nd March 2012.
It is 10 years since communal violence broke out in the Indian state.
Published on Thursday, 1st March 2012.
The Bulgarian dissident was attacked with a poisoned umbrella on his way to Bush House.
Published on Wednesday, 29th February 2012.
On 28 February 1986, the Swedish Prime Minister was killed on a Stockholm street.
Published on Tuesday, 28th February 2012.
A 2012 episode looks back at the work of the pioneering designer, who has died aged 93
Published on Monday, 27th February 2012.
In the late 1920s Hollywood made the change from silent films to movies with soundtracks.
Published on Friday, 24th February 2012.
Twelve years ago Syria experienced a brief burst of political openness.
Published on Thursday, 23rd February 2012.
Nearly 30 years ago Moose Murders made history as the biggest flop ever on Broadway.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd February 2012.
It is 40 years since the US President went to China and met Chairman Mao.
Published on Tuesday, 21st February 2012.
In February 1989, nine people were sucked out of a plane over the Pacific Ocean.
Published on Monday, 20th February 2012.
In February 1942 all Japanese Americans were ordered to internment camps.
Published on Friday, 17th February 2012.
In February 1942 Japan launched the largest ever attack against Australia.
Published on Thursday, 16th February 2012.
On 15 February 1989, the last Soviet soldiers rolled out of Afghanistan.
Published on Wednesday, 15th February 2012.
In February 2005 a Catholic nun working in the Amazon was murdered.
Published on Tuesday, 14th February 2012.
It was the first time a computer had beaten a reigning world champion chess player.
Published on Friday, 10th February 2012.
In 1962 Timmie Jean Lindsey became the first woman in the world to have the operation.
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2012.
It is 50 years since nine French peace protestors died during a demonstration in Paris.
Published on Wednesday, 8th February 2012.
On 7 February 1985 a US drug enforcement agent was abducted in Guadalajara.
Published on Tuesday, 7th February 2012.
How Britain mourned the death of King George VI in 1952.
Published on Monday, 6th February 2012.
The great Egyptian singer was buried 37 years ago.
Published on Friday, 3rd February 2012.
It is 30 years since thousands of Syrians were killed by their own army.
Published on Thursday, 2nd February 2012.
Winning the chance to conceive a child using sperm from her dead husband
Published on Wednesday, 1st February 2012.
How a visit to America in 1842 became a turning-point in the career of Charles Dickens.
Published on Tuesday, 31st January 2012.
It is 40 years since 13 civil rights marchers were killed in Northern Ireland.
Published on Monday, 30th January 2012.
In January 1986 a space shuttle launch went horribly wrong.
Published on Thursday, 26th January 2012.
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
Published on Wednesday, 25th January 2012.
In January 1972 a Japanese soldier was found in the jungle of Guam.
Published on Tuesday, 24th January 2012.
It is one hundred years since the great American abstract painter was born.
Published on Monday, 23rd January 2012.
It is 70 years since senior Nazi officials met to plan the killing of European Jews.
Published on Friday, 20th January 2012.
In January 1973 abortion was legalised across the USA.
Published on Thursday, 19th January 2012.
On 18 January 1943 German soldiers began a final drive to empty the Polish capital of Jews
Published on Wednesday, 18th January 2012.
In 1950 a Boston gang stole over $2.5m and they almost got away with it.
Published on Tuesday, 17th January 2012.
In January 1977 President Jimmy Carter said draft dodgers could come home.
Published on Monday, 16th January 2012.
In January 1968 the country legend Johnny Cash recorded a concert in a high-security jail.
Published on Friday, 13th January 2012.
In January 1991 the UN Secretary General tried to avert the first Gulf War.
Published on Thursday, 12th January 2012.
In 1898 the novelist Emile Zola took up the cause of a Jewish prisoner - Alfred Dreyfus.
Published on Wednesday, 11th January 2012.
When the Japanese Emperor died in 1989 it marked the end of an era.
Published on Tuesday, 10th January 2012.
Over 2000 years ago Julius Caesar made a decision which changed European history.
Published on Monday, 9th January 2012.
Taking you back 35 years when an opposition movement began in Czechoslovakia.
Published on Friday, 6th January 2012.
Fifty years ago the USA launched an ambitious attempt to control the weather.
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2012.
A list of radicals in the US entertainment industry was published more than 60 years ago.
Published on Wednesday, 4th January 2012.
In January 1968 an American spy ship was captured by North Korean forces.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd January 2012.
How millions of Europeans celebrated the launch of the euro in 2002.
Published on Monday, 2nd January 2012.
