The life of the legendary French singer remembered by her friends and lovers
Published on Tuesday, 31st December 2013.
Millions of people took to the streets of Iran's main cities in December 1978.
Published on Monday, 30th December 2013.
Thousands of foreign civilians were interned when Japanese troops invaded in WW2
Published on Friday, 27th December 2013.
Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin in Rwanda on 26 December 1985
Published on Thursday, 26th December 2013.
A controversial new computer game designed in Scotland became a surprise hit in 1997
Published on Wednesday, 25th December 2013.
British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami and reappeared in Australia
Published on Tuesday, 24th December 2013.
Remembering the Brazilian environmental campaigner Chico Mendes, shot dead in 1988
Published on Monday, 23rd December 2013.
In 1988 a bomb, hidden in the hold, exploded when the airliner was above Scotland
Published on Friday, 20th December 2013.
On December 20 1973, the Spanish PM Luis Carrero Blanco, was killed by a massive bomb.
Published on Thursday, 19th December 2013.
Days after declaring independence East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975
Published on Wednesday, 18th December 2013.
In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom
Published on Tuesday, 17th December 2013.
Bob Cabana and Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station.
Published on Monday, 16th December 2013.
When South Africa hosted - and won - the Rugby World Cup in 1995 it unified the country
Published on Friday, 13th December 2013.
In 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting in Soweto.
Published on Thursday, 12th December 2013.
In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid
Published on Wednesday, 11th December 2013.
Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against
Published on Monday, 9th December 2013.
In December 1993, Hindu activists demolished a Muslim holy site.
Published on Friday, 6th December 2013.
For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2013.
How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness
Published on Wednesday, 4th December 2013.
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.
Published on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013.
In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador
Published on Monday, 2nd December 2013.
Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970
Published on Friday, 29th November 2013.
In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2013.
The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.
Published on Wednesday, 27th November 2013.
In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US
Published on Tuesday, 26th November 2013.
How a preoccupation with coffee became the inspiration for the first webcam in 1993
Published on Monday, 25th November 2013.
On 23 November 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown.
Published on Friday, 22nd November 2013.
In 1974, bombs exploded at two busy pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 - the IRA were blamed
Published on Thursday, 21st November 2013.
In 1995, writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni rights activists were executed in Nigeria
Published on Wednesday, 20th November 2013.
Before he shot President Kennedy, Oswald spent two and a half mysterious years in Minsk
Published on Tuesday, 19th November 2013.
In November 1978 an American cult leader ordered more than 900 people to kill themselves.
Published on Monday, 18th November 2013.
Red Cross doctors tried to help casualties from both sides in Yemen in the 1960s.
Published on Friday, 15th November 2013.
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby.
Published on Thursday, 14th November 2013.
In 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight
Published on Wednesday, 13th November 2013.
In November 1933, one of the first big dust-storms hit central United States
Published on Tuesday, 12th November 2013.
On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent.
Published on Monday, 11th November 2013.
In 1979 a train carrying tonnes of dangerous chemicals crashed in Canada
Published on Friday, 8th November 2013.
In November 1953 Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged just thirty-nine.
Published on Thursday, 7th November 2013.
In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched into disputed territory in the desert.
Published on Wednesday, 6th November 2013.
In 1963 southern Africa's first multi-racial school opened in Swaziland.
Published on Tuesday, 5th November 2013.
In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it was seen by millions
Published on Monday, 4th November 2013.
In 1953 the first phone helpline for people considering suicide was set up in London
Published on Friday, 1st November 2013.
On 31 October 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards
Published on Thursday, 31st October 2013.
In 1998 Central America was hit by Hurricane Mitch - more than 18,000 people died
Published on Wednesday, 30th October 2013.
In 1949 Iva Toguri was falsely accused of making Japanese propaganda during World War Two
Published on Tuesday, 29th October 2013.
On Black Monday, Wall Street prices fell by a record rate in October 1987
Published on Monday, 28th October 2013.
In 1963, Erik de Mauny became the first BBC correspondent based in the Soviet Union.
Published on Friday, 25th October 2013.
In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war
Published on Thursday, 24th October 2013.
In 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on American and French bases in Lebanon
Published on Wednesday, 23rd October 2013.
The secret life of Sascha Anderson, an avant-garde poet who informed for the Stasi
Published on Tuesday, 22nd October 2013.
In 1973 Sydney Opera House finally opened its doors to the public, 10 years late
Published on Monday, 21st October 2013.
The day Maurice Bishop leader of Grenada was killed. Six days later the US invaded
Published on Friday, 18th October 2013.
In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.
Published on Thursday, 17th October 2013.
In October 1989, anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu was freed from jail after 26 years.
Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2013.
The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984
Published on Tuesday, 15th October 2013.
Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943
Published on Monday, 14th October 2013.
Four young black girls were killed in a racist bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Published on Friday, 11th October 2013.
When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris
Published on Thursday, 10th October 2013.
In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2013.
Thousands of black American children protest against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama
During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps
Published on Tuesday, 8th October 2013.
The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006
Published on Monday, 7th October 2013.
Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960
Published on Saturday, 5th October 2013.
How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic
Published on Friday, 4th October 2013.
In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme
Published on Thursday, 3rd October 2013.
It wasn't until 1974 that American Vogue put a black model on its cover for the first time
Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2013.
How Lee Elder broke one of the last colour barriers in US sport in 1975
In 2001, Australia refused entry to more than 400 refugees aboard a Norwegian freight ship
Ethiopia's emperor visited Jamaica - the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement - in 1966
Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2013.
How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws
Mao declares the formation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949
In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
Published on Monday, 30th September 2013.
Sex, 60 years ago: The Kinsey Report revealed all in 1953
Published on Friday, 27th September 2013.
In 1991 the Yugoslav army pounded the Croatian town of Vukova for 87 days
Published on Thursday, 26th September 2013.
The fatal goring of the legendary bullfighter Francisco Rivera Pérez in September 1984
Published on Wednesday, 25th September 2013.
Executive producer Michael Berk on the birth of a global hit TV show in September 1989
Published on Tuesday, 24th September 2013.
Hear from a British man who spent five years being 're-educated' in China in the 1950s
Published on Monday, 23rd September 2013.
The jazz legend Duke Ellington played at a concert in Kabul In September 1963
Published on Thursday, 19th September 2013.
In Sept 2001 letters were sent to journalists containing the biological agent Anthrax
Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2013.
In September 1993 a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinians
Published on Tuesday, 17th September 2013.
The disappearance of the remains in 1955 of Evita Peron, the revered Argentine first lady
Published on Monday, 16th September 2013.
In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction
Published on Thursday, 12th September 2013.
On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2013.
In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2013.
In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards
Published on Monday, 9th September 2013.
George Lloyd, a young English composer, wrote a march for the ship he served on in WWII
Published on Friday, 6th September 2013.
During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe
Published on Thursday, 5th September 2013.
In 1973 the American war against communism in Laos ended leaving their allies behind
Published on Tuesday, 3rd September 2013.
In September 1888, the most famous serial killer in history stalked the streets of London.
A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia
Published on Monday, 2nd September 2013.
In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Published on Friday, 30th August 2013.
The first ever strike by Australian Aborigines to help free them from virtual slavery
Published on Thursday, 29th August 2013.
Martin Luther King made his historic plea for racial equality at the March on Washington
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2013.
How one Arizona couple's campaign for a termination split America in 1962
Published on Tuesday, 27th August 2013.
In 1883, the Indonesian volcano caused one of the world's biggest disasters
Published on Monday, 26th August 2013.
In 1992, a huge wave of protests forced President Collor of Brazil from office.
Published on Friday, 23rd August 2013.
In August 1976 more than 200 people developed a mystery illness at a hotel in Philadelphia
Published on Thursday, 22nd August 2013.
On August 21 1983, the opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, was shot dead in the Philippines
Published on Wednesday, 21st August 2013.
The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia
Published on Tuesday, 20th August 2013.
The British family who were held as 'human shields' in Iraq before the First Gulf War
Published on Monday, 19th August 2013.
Set designer Sir Ken Adam recalls working with the famously difficult director
Published on Friday, 16th August 2013.
In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2013.
In 1950, East Germany claimed American planes were dropping beetles over their fields.
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2013.
How the rise of Hitler forced great physicists such as Max Born out of 1930s Germany
Published on Tuesday, 13th August 2013.
The Congolese student who saw war come to his small hometown of Uvira
Published on Monday, 12th August 2013.
Survivors remember the atomic explosion over the Japanese city in 1945
Published on Friday, 9th August 2013.
In August 1988 protests demanding an end to military rule in Burma were met with violence
Published on Thursday, 8th August 2013.
In 1997, a patch of plastic waste was discovered in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2013.
In August 1975, Japanese Red Army militants took 53 people hostage in Kuala Lumpur
Published on Monday, 5th August 2013.
The sisters whose lives were devastated during the campaign for Gorkhaland in India
Published on Friday, 2nd August 2013.
It is 25 years since the final episode of one of India's biggest ever TV programmes
Published on Thursday, 1st August 2013.
The controversial American union leader, Jimmy Hoffa, was last seen alive on July 30 1975
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2013.
In July 1945 hundreds of US sailors were left adrift for days in shark infested waters
Published on Tuesday, 30th July 2013.
In July 2005 the IRA in Northern Ireland promised to put its weapons out of use.
Published on Monday, 29th July 2013.
On July 27 1953 the Korean War came to an end and thousands of prisoners were released
Published on Friday, 26th July 2013.
The woman forced to bear the children of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
Published on Thursday, 25th July 2013.
In the summer of 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio
Published on Wednesday, 24th July 2013.
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka
Published on Tuesday, 23rd July 2013.
In July 1973 a Moroccan waiter was shot dead by an Israeli hit-squad in Norway
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2013.
How Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped from under the noses of the KGB in 1985
Published on Friday, 19th July 2013.
It is ten years since the launch of Philip Rosedale's online virtual world Second Life
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2013.
In 1988 a group of students put on an exhibition called Freeze. It changed British art.
Published on Wednesday, 17th July 2013.
Former Governor General, Chris Patten, remembers the day the territory returned to China.
Published on Tuesday, 16th July 2013.
In 1943, the first and only professional women's baseball league was launched in the US
Published on Monday, 15th July 2013.
How a disgruntled Chicago DJ hosted an anti-disco event which turned into a riot in 1979
Published on Friday, 12th July 2013.
The day when fragments of the US space station Skylab hit an Australian town in 1979
Published on Thursday, 11th July 2013.
In June 1963, a Buddhist monk set himself on fire in central Saigon
Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2013.
The Iranian student who became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests in 1999
Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2013.
The day the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces on July 08, 1943
Published on Monday, 8th July 2013.
When the Palestinian leader was allowed to return from exile to the Gaza strip in 1994
Published on Friday, 5th July 2013.
How the publication of Philosophical Investigations in 1953 revolutionised philosophy
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2013.
The mission to save thousands of African penguins from an oil spill in July, 2000
Published on Wednesday, 3rd July 2013.
In July 1986 two students were set on fire by Chilean government soldiers
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2013.
It is 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the American Civil War
Published on Monday, 1st July 2013.
The recent surge in violence in Iraq has echoes of the sectarian conflict in 2006-07
Published on Friday, 28th June 2013.
Novelist Colm Toibin recalls US President John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2013.
It took until the 1950s for researchers to connect smoking with lung cancer
Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2013.
It is regarded as one of the most important pieces in 20th Century English music.
Published on Tuesday, 25th June 2013.
It's 55 years since a picture of a foetus inside the womb was first published.
Published on Monday, 24th June 2013.
In June 1963 Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova went into orbit.
Published on Friday, 21st June 2013.
In June 1979 an American TV reporter was shot dead by government forces in Nicaragua
Published on Thursday, 20th June 2013.
It is 40 years since the opening of a comedy musical which would become a cult phenomenon
Published on Wednesday, 19th June 2013.
It is 60 years since the American couple were executed for spying
Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2013.
The first gay marriage in America took place more than 40 years ago in Minnesota.
Published on Monday, 17th June 2013.
In 1971 one man leaked thousands of pages of secret US government documents to the press.
Published on Friday, 14th June 2013.
A child's eye view of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II
Published on Thursday, 13th June 2013.
The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military
Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2013.
In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.
Published on Tuesday, 11th June 2013.
How huge crowds of Americans mourned Bobby Kennedy after his 1968 assassination.
Published on Friday, 7th June 2013.
Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the USSR under Joseph Stalin
Published on Thursday, 6th June 2013.
Twelve years ago, Timothy McVeigh was executed for carrying out the 1995 Oklahoma bombing
Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2013.
Twelve years ago, the Crown Prince of Nepal massacred his family at the royal palace
Published on Monday, 3rd June 2013.
Two Maids of Honour remember the crowning of Queen Elizabeth the Second in London in 1953.
Published on Friday, 31st May 2013.
Eighty years ago, Franklin D Roosevelt promised to rescue the US from the Great Depression
Published on Thursday, 30th May 2013.
How Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquered the world's highest mountain in 1953.
Published on Wednesday, 29th May 2013.
100 years ago, the premiere of a Stravinsky ballet caused a riot in Paris.
Published on Tuesday, 28th May 2013.
A film-maker remembers the flamboyant pianist and entertainer immortalised in a new film.
Published on Monday, 27th May 2013.
A senior UN official recalls Israel's hasty withdrawl from southern Lebanon in 2000.
Published on Friday, 24th May 2013.
The leaders of 32 newly-independent African countries met to discuss uniting the continent
Published on Thursday, 23rd May 2013.
The scandal which lead to President Richard Nixon standing down 40 years ago
Published on Wednesday, 22nd May 2013.
It is 35 years since the Italian Prime Minister, Aldo Moro was found dead in a car in Rome
Published on Tuesday, 21st May 2013.
In May 1980 the British government published a booklet on how to survive nuclear war
Published on Monday, 20th May 2013.
A crewman's account of the famous British raid on Hitler's dams in 1943.
Published on Friday, 17th May 2013.
It is 21 years since screen star Marlene Dietrich died in Paris at the age of 90
Published on Thursday, 16th May 2013.
The journalist who became an unwitting voice against Ethiopian ruler Col. Mengistu
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2013.
As rebellion swept across Europe, Polish students called for democratic change in Poland
Published on Tuesday, 14th May 2013.
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald as remembered by two close personal links
Published on Monday, 13th May 2013.
Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2
Published on Friday, 10th May 2013.
It is 60 years since England's football legend Stanley Matthews led his team to victory
Published on Thursday, 9th May 2013.
In May 1969 the New York Times revealed that US war planes were secretly bombing Cambodia
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2013.
In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners on hunger strike
Published on Monday, 6th May 2013.
In 1992 an ex-postal worker and his wife donated a priceless art collection to a gallery
Published on Friday, 3rd May 2013.
On May 7th 1963 Luciano Pavarotti first perfomed on a British stage, in Northern Ireland
In May 1967 campaigning began across Australia to consolidate Aboriginal rights
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2013.
On April 30th 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself in a bunker beneath Berlin.
Published on Tuesday, 30th April 2013.
In 1968 German students called for a revolution when their leader Rudi Dutschke was shot
Published on Monday, 29th April 2013.
In April 1959 Dame Margot Fonteyn was part of a bizarre plot against Panama's government.
Published on Friday, 26th April 2013.
How the boxing champion's refusal to go to Vietnam made him a hero to 1960s radicals
Published on Thursday, 25th April 2013.
Thirty years ago newspapers spent millions on what they thought were Hitler's diaries
Published on Wednesday, 24th April 2013.
The acclaimed musician who became a symbol of Catalan resistance to General Franco
Published on Tuesday, 23rd April 2013.
Jewish fighters in the Polish capital rose up against the German army in 1943
Published on Friday, 19th April 2013.
In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia.
Published on Thursday, 18th April 2013.
In January 1965 Britain held a state funeral for the man who led it through World War Two.
Published on Wednesday, 17th April 2013.
It is 70 years since a Swiss chemist stumbled on the controversial hallucinogenic drug.
Published on Tuesday, 16th April 2013.
The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air
Published on Monday, 15th April 2013.
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
Published on Wednesday, 10th April 2013.
When Mao Zedong tried to force an industrial revolution in China millions starved to death
Published on Tuesday, 9th April 2013.
In the early 1980s, thousands of civilians were killed in Zimbabwe by the security forces.
Published on Monday, 8th April 2013.
Held 24 hours after the death of Martin Luther King, the gig went ahead peacefully
Published on Friday, 5th April 2013.
The reclusive American billionaire remembered by one of the few journalists to meet him.
Published on Thursday, 4th April 2013.
As the Vietnam war ended the US tried to fly thousands of orphans out of the country.
Published on Wednesday, 3rd April 2013.
A family of real boys inspired JM Barrie to write the story of Peter Pan.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd April 2013.
Over 175 years ago, Caroline Norton began to fight for the rights of married women.
Published on Monday, 1st April 2013.
On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot dead while saying mass in San Salvador.
Published on Friday, 29th March 2013.
After their release in 1973, former US prisoners of war began to talk about torture.
Published on Thursday, 28th March 2013.
Discovered by chance by farmers digging a well, the secrets of the Qin Dynasty in China.
Published on Wednesday, 27th March 2013.
The communist dictator ran one of the most feared secret police forces in Eastern Europe.
Published on Tuesday, 26th March 2013.
Fifty years ago, a sex scandal threatened to engulf the British government.
Published on Monday, 25th March 2013.
In December 2003 the former Iraqi leader was finally caught by American forces.
Published on Friday, 22nd March 2013.
How one Iraqi who took a job with the US military, was threatened with death as a traitor.
Published on Thursday, 21st March 2013.
In April 2003, Baghdad descended into chaos as American troops took control of the city.
Published on Wednesday, 20th March 2013.
John Crawford was part of the US forces that rolled into Iraq in March 2003.
Published on Tuesday, 19th March 2013.
It is a decade since the US and its allies began their invasion of Iraq.
Published on Monday, 18th March 2013.
Two years ago Syria's conflict began with demonstrations in the southern city of Daraa.
Published on Friday, 15th March 2013.
The UN envoy who tried to secure the release of Western hostages in Lebanon.
Published on Thursday, 14th March 2013.
In March 1921 Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London.
Published on Wednesday, 13th March 2013.
In March 1978 thieves stole the body of Charlie Chaplin from a cemetery in Switzerland.
Published on Tuesday, 12th March 2013.
In 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese occupying forces.
Published on Monday, 11th March 2013.
In 1975 a US airman announced he was gay, to test the military's attitude to homosexuals.
Published on Friday, 8th March 2013.
Fifteen years ago a new "wonder" drug was approved for use in the United States.
Published on Thursday, 7th March 2013.
One man's mission to bring fun back to the battle-scarred Swat Valley in Pakistan.
Published on Wednesday, 6th March 2013.
It is 25 years since violence broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan.
Published on Monday, 4th March 2013.
It is 70 years since 173 people were crushed to death at an air-raid shelter in London
Published on Friday, 1st March 2013.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor tells the story of electing Pope Benedict in April 2005
Published on Thursday, 28th February 2013.
Forty years ago, American Indian activists staged a protest against the US authorities.
Published on Wednesday, 27th February 2013.
How Islamic extremists tried to blow up the Twin Towers eight years before 9/11.
Published on Tuesday, 26th February 2013.
In 1994 Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was stolen from a Norwegian art museum.
Published on Monday, 25th February 2013.
Seventy years ago, three German students were executed for protesting against Hitler.
Published on Friday, 22nd February 2013.
In 1963 Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam
Published on Thursday, 21st February 2013.
How four days of huge protests brought down Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
Published on Wednesday, 20th February 2013.
Betty Friedan's book kickstarted the modern women's movement.
Published on Tuesday, 19th February 2013.
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
Published on Monday, 18th February 2013.
The British bus driver who took peace campaigners to Iraq ahead of the 2003 invasion
Published on Friday, 15th February 2013.
In February 1942 Britain's stronghold in South East Asia fell to the Japanese.
Published on Thursday, 14th February 2013.
In the 1990s, the Algerian military was locked in a brutal struggle with radical Islamists
Published on Wednesday, 13th February 2013.
The killing of a toddler in Liverpool 20 years ago that shocked Britain
Published on Tuesday, 12th February 2013.
It is fifty years since the suicide of American poet Sylvia Plath
Published on Monday, 11th February 2013.
It is 30 years since the Derby winner was abducted from a stud farm in Ireland.
Published on Friday, 8th February 2013.
The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.
Published on Thursday, 7th February 2013.
Thirty years ago, Nigeria expelled up to 2 million African migrants. Most were Ghanaian
Published on Tuesday, 5th February 2013.
In February 1992 a group of Venezuelan army officers staged a coup, among them Hugo Chavez
Published on Monday, 4th February 2013.
It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city.
Published on Friday, 1st February 2013.
How millions of Indians mourned the death of Mahatma Gandhi
Published on Thursday, 31st January 2013.
How the young Tsar's visit to 17th Century England inspired him to modernise Russia
Published on Wednesday, 30th January 2013.
Work on the Eiffel Tower started in 1887 but many Parisians were opposed it
Published on Tuesday, 29th January 2013.
Survivors relive the tragedy of the arms dump explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, 2002
Published on Monday, 28th January 2013.
The legendary guitarist's English girlfriend remembers his early days in 60s London.
Published on Friday, 25th January 2013.
In January 1946 a young British woman was given Hitler's will to translate.
Published on Thursday, 24th January 2013.
American spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by North Korean forces forty-five years ago
Published on Wednesday, 23rd January 2013.
How millions of Dutch faced starvation at the end of World War Two
Published on Tuesday, 22nd January 2013.
It is 19 years since the heir to the Syrian presidency died in a car crash.
Published on Monday, 21st January 2013.
Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia.
Published on Friday, 18th January 2013.
Striker Osei Kofi on how the Ghanaian football team dominated Africa in the 1960s.
Published on Thursday, 17th January 2013.
In 1973 the landmark decision was made in the US Supreme Court which made abortion legal
Published on Wednesday, 16th January 2013.
It is 120 years since the birth of the great Expressionist painter.
Published on Tuesday, 15th January 2013.
The US government's experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge
Published on Monday, 14th January 2013.
When the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 hit Indonesia, over 130,000 people died.
Published on Friday, 11th January 2013.
In 2001 a festival held in the Sahara desert launched Tuareg music on the world scene
Published on Thursday, 10th January 2013.
In 1944 the Yugoslav partisan leader found sanctuary on a tiny island in the Adriatic.
Published on Wednesday, 9th January 2013.
It is 45 years since the Country and Western star played his first gig in a jail.
Published on Tuesday, 8th January 2013.
In January 1999, a combined rebel force invaded the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown.
Published on Monday, 7th January 2013.
In January 1967 the record-breaking driver was killed at the helm of his jetboat Bluebird
Published on Friday, 4th January 2013.
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago.
Published on Thursday, 3rd January 2013.
Meticulously recorded levels of CO2 in the atmosphere show how our climate is changing
Published on Wednesday, 2nd January 2013.
It is 35 years since the South African newspaper editor was forced into exile.
Published on Tuesday, 1st January 2013.
