In 1999 the body of legendary British mountaineer, George Mallory, was found on Everest.
Published on Wednesday, 31st May 2023.
How the thoughts of China's communist leader became an unexpected global best-seller
Published on Monday, 10th February 2020.
How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.
Published on Friday, 30th December 2016.
Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine
Published on Thursday, 29th December 2016.
The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy
Published on Wednesday, 28th December 2016.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.
Published on Tuesday, 27th December 2016.
Hear from two of the key players who brought to an end over 70 years of communism
Published on Monday, 26th December 2016.
How the first mission around the Moon captured the world's imagination at Christmas 1968
Published on Friday, 23rd December 2016.
The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2016.
How Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea.
Published on Wednesday, 21st December 2016.
The experimental film-maker made his first feature film 'Sebastiane' in 1976.
Published on Tuesday, 20th December 2016.
Giuseppe Pinelli was an Italian anarchist who died in police custody - but why?
Published on Monday, 19th December 2016.
Brazil's Vida Alves starred in the first ever Latin American soap opera in December 1951.
Published on Friday, 16th December 2016.
The 'Back to Sleep' campaign was launched in 1991 to prevent babies dying in their cots
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2016.
Millions of Hindus were gripped by reports of their God, Ganesha, 'drinking' milk.
Published on Wednesday, 14th December 2016.
A young Jewish woman escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis.
Published on Tuesday, 13th December 2016.
The life and tragic death of the first woman leader of the Basque separatist group ETA.
Published on Monday, 12th December 2016.
Sizani Ngubane set up the Rural Women's Movement in South Africa in the 1990s
Published on Friday, 9th December 2016.
Scientist Elizabeth Fisher created a new strain of mouse to help understand Down Syndrome
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2016.
In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Published on Wednesday, 7th December 2016.
Yelena Malyutina was a Soviet female bomber pilot who fought in WW2.
Published on Tuesday, 6th December 2016.
In 1976, archaeologists found the ruins of a huge indigenous settlement hidden in forest
Published on Monday, 5th December 2016.
Mercedes Doretti has spent her life uncovering mass graves around the world.
In December 1976 gunmen tried to kill the legendary reggae singer at his home in Jamaica.
Published on Friday, 2nd December 2016.
World famous architect Le Corbusier built a city to revive Indian pride after Partition.
Published on Wednesday, 30th November 2016.
In the early 1960s there were virtually no laws covering car safety in the USA.
Published on Tuesday, 29th November 2016.
3 sisters in the Dominican Republic were beaten to death on the orders of the dictator
Published on Monday, 28th November 2016.
How coal miners in France went from post-war heroes to pariahs
Published on Friday, 25th November 2016.
In 1916 the authorities in India uncovered plans to overthrow British rule
Published on Thursday, 24th November 2016.
How a Kenyan woman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, first raised orphaned baby African elephants
Published on Wednesday, 23rd November 2016.
In Nov 2001 a group of British tourists was arrested in Greece and charged with spying.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016.
Director Hal Prince remembers the hit musical opening on Broadway in November 1966
Published on Monday, 21st November 2016.
In Nov 1996 leading ornithologist Tony Silva was convicted of smuggling endangered birds.
Published on Friday, 18th November 2016.
In 1995 one of Madagascar's most historic sites was destroyed by fire
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2016.
In November 1991 Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in Dili.
Published on Wednesday, 16th November 2016.
The publication of Salman Rushdie's book outraged many Muslims around the world
Published on Tuesday, 15th November 2016.
In 1962 Monty Norman wrote the music for the first James Bond film, Dr No.
Published on Monday, 14th November 2016.
The widow of the famous folk singer recalls the night that changed her husband's life.
Published on Friday, 11th November 2016.
Writer and musician Michael Lydon recalls the birth of an iconic magazine.
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2016.
On 8 November 1991, a competition which judged artificial intelligence was held.
Published on Monday, 7th November 2016.
In 2004 a child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific shocked the world.
Photographer Dickey Chapelle was the first woman war reporter to be killed in Vietnam
Published on Friday, 4th November 2016.
In October 1990 the Mexican poet and essayist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Published on Thursday, 3rd November 2016.
A former communist Red Guard recalls his role in China's Cultural Revolution.
Published on Wednesday, 2nd November 2016.
How an African American soldier captured in the Korean war, decided to settle in China
Published on Tuesday, 1st November 2016.
How a performance in London made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist
Published on Monday, 31st October 2016.
In 1965 French agents helped kidnap and disappear the Moroccan dissident in Paris
Published on Friday, 28th October 2016.
In 1986 London's Stock Exchange underwent one of the biggest shake-ups in its history.
Published on Thursday, 27th October 2016.
In October 1956 Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule.
Published on Wednesday, 26th October 2016.
Veterans talk about their experience of 'shell shock' in recordings from the BBC archive
Published on Tuesday, 25th October 2016.
In 1961 a new generation of comic-book super heroes was launched in the US
Published on Monday, 24th October 2016.
On 21st October 1966, tragedy struck a village in Wales when a landslide crushed a school
Published on Friday, 21st October 2016.
The story of the great French conceptualist artist Marcel Duchamp and his art
Published on Thursday, 20th October 2016.
During the 1950s in Kenya, rebels known as the Mau Mau were fighting against British rule
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2016.
How a controversial Catholic priest had millions of listeners in the 1930s.
Published on Tuesday, 18th October 2016.
The row over hi-tech spying in America's new diplomatic building in the USSR
Published on Monday, 17th October 2016.
How an advertising campaign for vacuum cleaners went badly wrong.
Published on Friday, 14th October 2016.
In October 1990, Syrian jets ousted their main opponent in Lebanon ending the civil war
Published on Thursday, 13th October 2016.
In 1988 Chileans voted to end the brutal 15-year military rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
Published on Wednesday, 12th October 2016.
In 1918, more than fifty million people died in a global flu pandemic.
Published on Tuesday, 11th October 2016.
The dissident poet was released from a labour camp on the eve of a US-Soviet summit
Published on Monday, 10th October 2016.
In October 1966, the Beach Boys released their "pocket symphony" Good Vibrations.
Published on Friday, 7th October 2016.
In 1994, a TV programme in Northern Ireland lifted the lid on clerical child sex abuse.
Published on Wednesday, 5th October 2016.
On October 6th 1976 Thai security forces opened fire on student demonstrators in Bangkok.
In October 1982 seven people in the US died after taking painkillers laced with cyanide.
Published on Tuesday, 4th October 2016.
In 1946, a chance encounter between two men launched the high IQ club, Mensa
Published on Monday, 3rd October 2016.
He was one of Britain's most admired 20th century painters. His daughters remember him.
Published on Friday, 30th September 2016.
On September 29th 1957 there was a major nuclear accident in the Soviet Union.
Published on Thursday, 29th September 2016.
In 1971 inmates rioted and seized control of the US jail, taking guards hostage
Published on Tuesday, 27th September 2016.
In the dying years of Apartheid, the white government was desperate to keep control.
During WWII, Britain deported some civilians classed as 'enemy aliens' to Australia.
Published on Monday, 26th September 2016.
In September 1726, a woman called Mary Toft claimed she was giving birth to rabbits.
Published on Friday, 23rd September 2016.
On September 22nd 1996 an Australian doctor helped a cancer sufferer to die.
Published on Thursday, 22nd September 2016.
In 2006 Brazil passed the ground-breaking "Maria da Penha" law to tackle domestic abuse.
Published on Wednesday, 21st September 2016.
Only one Congresswoman voted against the 'war on terror'. Her name was Barbara Lee.
Published on Tuesday, 20th September 2016.
In September 1892 gold was discovered in Western Australia
Published on Monday, 19th September 2016.
In September 1992 security forces in Peru arrested the leader of the Shining Path rebels.
Published on Friday, 16th September 2016.
Tanks were first used in warfare on 15 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme
Published on Thursday, 15th September 2016.
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks in the USA someone started posting Anthrax to politicians
Published on Wednesday, 14th September 2016.
In 1922 a huge fire destroyed the ancient city of Smyrna on the Aegean, thousands died
Published on Tuesday, 13th September 2016.
In September 1940 a group of French schoolboys found a network of ancient cave paintings.
Published on Monday, 12th September 2016.
In September 2001, 68 people died after an outbreak of alcohol poisoning in Estonia.
Published on Friday, 9th September 2016.
A speech by Jacques Delors helped change British trade unionists' attitude to Europe
Published on Thursday, 8th September 2016.
In September 1966 the cult American science fiction series first went on air.
Published on Wednesday, 7th September 2016.
On September 9th 1976 the founding father of Chinese Communism, Mao Zedong, died.
Published on Tuesday, 6th September 2016.
The brother and sister who took part in the struggle to free Italy from fascism in WW2.
Published on Monday, 5th September 2016.
In September 1967 Swedish traffic changed to driving on the right-hand side of the road.
Published on Friday, 2nd September 2016.
Testimonies from the conflict that changed US-Mexican relations forever
Published on Thursday, 1st September 2016.
Alasdair Geddes on finding smallpox in Janet Parker in 1978 and the events that followed
Published on Wednesday, 31st August 2016.
In 1920, the Central Asian Muslim kingdom of Bukhara was taken over by Communists.
Published on Tuesday, 30th August 2016.
It's thirty years since the birth of the counter-culture festival Burning Man.
Published on Monday, 29th August 2016.
How a Latin music supergroup helped spread salsa music from New York to the world.
Published on Friday, 26th August 2016.
An audacious military mission to bring electricity to southern Afghanistan.
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2016.
In 1986 the British government launched the first ever public health campaign on Hiv Aids
Published on Wednesday, 24th August 2016.
In August 1969, the first classical ballet company to focus on black dancers was formed
The hostage who trusted her kidnapper more than the police
Published on Tuesday, 23rd August 2016.
Maureen Flanagan on her relationship with London's gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
Published on Friday, 19th August 2016.
The Scottish-born naturalist considered the father of the National Parks in the USA.
In August 1976, two US soldiers were killed in the zone between North and South Korea.
Published on Thursday, 18th August 2016.
In August 1986 the first Studio Ghibli film hit Japanese cinema screens.
Published on Wednesday, 17th August 2016.
In 1963 a third of schools in the US had to change their rules on Bible reading.
Published on Tuesday, 16th August 2016.
How the great poet and dramatist was murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
Published on Monday, 15th August 2016.
After WW2, many Soviet citizens who had ended up outside the USSR, refused to go home.
Published on Thursday, 11th August 2016.
In 1998, al-Qaeda killed more than 200 people in attacks on US embassies in East Africa.
Published on Wednesday, 10th August 2016.
Nearly two thousand years ago, Masada in Israel was the site of a mass suicide.
Published on Monday, 8th August 2016.
Philippe Petit recalls his daring feat high above the New York streets in August 1974
In August 1981 over 11,000 air traffic controllers were fired after two days on strike.
Published on Friday, 5th August 2016.
The Middle East's oldest arts festival, in Baalbek in Lebanon, started 60 years ago
It's 65 years since JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye was published
Published on Wednesday, 3rd August 2016.
Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century
Published on Tuesday, 2nd August 2016.
In August 1966 14 people were shot dead in America's first mass shooting at a university
Published on Monday, 1st August 2016.
The story of Russian spy Alexandr Ogorodnik and his CIA handler, Marti Peterson.
Published on Friday, 29th July 2016.
In 1976, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the city of Tangshan in China
Published on Thursday, 28th July 2016.
In the summer of 1951 art historian John Richardson met Pablo Picasso for the first time.
Published on Wednesday, 27th July 2016.
In 1954 CIA-backed officers overthrew Guatemala's elected government.
Published on Tuesday, 26th July 2016.
In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots
Published on Monday, 25th July 2016.
In 1913, a Russian Jew, Mendel Beilis, was falsely accused of a murder.
Published on Friday, 22nd July 2016.
The film star and martial arts legend died suddenly in Hong Kong in 1973.
Published on Wednesday, 20th July 2016.
In July 1966, the US government health insurance programme Medicare came into force.
Published on Monday, 18th July 2016.
In the 1970s Dutch Elm disease killed millions of Elm trees in England, France and the US
Published on Friday, 15th July 2016.
In 1916, Muslims in Central Asia rose up against Russian imperial rule.
Published on Thursday, 14th July 2016.
In 1937, Britain took in 4000 Basque children at the height of fighting in northern Spain
Published on Wednesday, 13th July 2016.
In July 1977 US campaigners launched a boycott against Nestle over the sale of baby milk.
Published on Tuesday, 12th July 2016.
In July 2006, seven coordinated explosions tore through packed commuter trains in Mumbai.
Published on Monday, 11th July 2016.
In 1991, Yugoslav army tanks moved into Slovenia to try to stop it becoming independent
Published on Friday, 8th July 2016.
In July 1989 four Cuban army officers were convicted of drug trafficking and executed.
Published on Thursday, 7th July 2016.
In July of 1967 London Bridge put up for sale. American Robert P McCulloch bought it
Published on Wednesday, 6th July 2016.
In 1993, Denmark held a second referendum on greater EU integration
Published on Tuesday, 5th July 2016.
Ron Kovic is a former US Marine turned peace activist whose story became a Hollywood film
Published on Monday, 4th July 2016.
In 1941, far-right Ukrainians declared independence, hoping for Hitler's support.
Published on Thursday, 30th June 2016.
In the summer of 1665, London was gripped by one of the worst epidemics in its history
Published on Wednesday, 29th June 2016.
On June 25th 1996 a huge truck bomb was planted at a US housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
Published on Tuesday, 28th June 2016.
In June 1969 the heavily polluted Cuyahoga River, in Ohio in the USA, caught fire
In the 1990s more than 280,000 women were sterilised in Peru, many against their will.
Published on Monday, 27th June 2016.
On 23 June 1993 a young wife cut off her husband's penis in a frenzied attack
Published on Thursday, 23rd June 2016.
Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it
Published on Wednesday, 22nd June 2016.
Robert Robinson, a black American engineer, spent 43 years in the USSR against his will.
Published on Monday, 20th June 2016.
In June 1940, most of the residents of Paris fled as German soldiers occupied the city
Published on Friday, 17th June 2016.
It was not until the 1950s that the link was proven between cigarettes and lung cancer
Published on Thursday, 16th June 2016.
In 1991 one of the largest volcanic eruptions of recent times occurred in the Philippines
Published on Wednesday, 15th June 2016.
In June 1979 the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of American politics
Published on Tuesday, 14th June 2016.
In June 1999 the tiny Himalayan kingdom broadcast its first TV programme
Published on Monday, 13th June 2016.
How a white man and a black woman won the right to marry in America in the 1960s
Published on Friday, 10th June 2016.
In 1981 Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor; it began Iraq's secret nuclear programme
Published on Thursday, 9th June 2016.
In 1979 the Karakoram Highway between Pakistan and China was opened to the public
Published on Wednesday, 8th June 2016.
In 1999 Italian art experts completed an ambitious restoration of da Vinci's masterpiece.
The drug Ritalin was developed in the 1940s - it's now used to treat ADHD.
Published on Tuesday, 7th June 2016.
How the man convicted for killing Martin Luther King was detained in London in June 1968.
Published on Monday, 6th June 2016.
In 1991 Katie Koestner went public with her experience of date rape and divided America.
Published on Friday, 3rd June 2016.
In the late 1960s Tanzania experimented with a new form of socialism called Ujamaa.
Published on Thursday, 2nd June 2016.
In June 1973 Russia's supersonic rival to Concorde crashed at the Paris Air Show
Published on Wednesday, 1st June 2016.
On May 30th 1961 Rafael Trujillo, the dictator in the Dominican Republic, was shot dead.
Published on Monday, 30th May 2016.
In May 1968, executives of the German company that made the drug thalidomide go on trial
Published on Friday, 27th May 2016.
In 1996, a Chechen rebel delegation negotiated peace with Russia's President Yeltsin.
Published on Thursday, 26th May 2016.
In 1991 14000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Solomon
Published on Wednesday, 25th May 2016.
The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness
Published on Tuesday, 24th May 2016.
In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII
Published on Monday, 23rd May 2016.
Telephone operator Naida Glavish became known for saying good morning to callers in Maori
Published on Friday, 20th May 2016.
The French surrender at the siege of Dien Bien Phu ended their colonial rule of Vietnam
Published on Thursday, 19th May 2016.
In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US urging black people to unite in a new nation.
Published on Tuesday, 17th May 2016.
Archive interviews with Orson Welles about one of the greatest films of all time
Published on Monday, 16th May 2016.
In May 1988, the death was announced in Moscow of the English spy Kim Philby.
Published on Friday, 13th May 2016.
In May 2001 Pope John Paul the Second made a historic visit to Syria
Published on Thursday, 12th May 2016.
In the spring of 1982 Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands.
Published on Tuesday, 10th May 2016.
During World War Two, Soviet propaganda promoted a heroic feat that never happened.
Published on Monday, 9th May 2016.
Nazi Germany had a nuclear programme, which could have given Hitler an atomic bomb
Published on Friday, 6th May 2016.
In 1941, Belfast in Northern Ireland was devastated by German bombing
Published on Thursday, 5th May 2016.
Alberto Ramos remembers his time working for the great American novelist in Cuba.
Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2016.
In May 1960 Gary Powers was taken captive by the Soviets when his spy plane was shot down
Published on Tuesday, 3rd May 2016.
In 1692 nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed in America.
Published on Monday, 2nd May 2016.
In 1959 the British Motoring Corporation unveiled a very small new family car - the Mini
Published on Friday, 29th April 2016.
In spring 1950, an American academic was wrongly named as the main Soviet agent in the US
Published on Thursday, 28th April 2016.
The great English naturalist Charles Darwin is buried at Westminster Abbey in April 1882
Published on Wednesday, 27th April 2016.
In April 1986 a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Published on Tuesday, 26th April 2016.
In 1966 the great French fashion designer went to Morocco for the first time
Published on Monday, 25th April 2016.
How actor David Garrick organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare in 1769
Published on Friday, 22nd April 2016.
An industrial disaster in New York in 1911 led to huge social reforms.
Published on Thursday, 21st April 2016.
A member of Cuba's communist militia recalls battling US-backed invaders in April 1961
Published on Wednesday, 20th April 2016.
A Harrier pilot remembers the air battle over the Falklands in 1982
Published on Tuesday, 19th April 2016.
On 21 April 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in Jamaica
Published on Monday, 18th April 2016.
In 1971 the first Starbucks coffee shop opened in Seattle.
Published on Friday, 15th April 2016.
How writers and artists campaigned to bring culture to every corner of 1930s Spain
In 1961, in Soviet Central Asia, 21 managers were executed for using capitalist methods.
Published on Thursday, 14th April 2016.
On 13 April 1919, the British Indian Army fired on an unarmed crowd, killing hundreds
Published on Wednesday, 13th April 2016.
On April 10 2000, Angela Merkel became the first woman to lead a German political party.
Published on Monday, 11th April 2016.
In a change to tradition Japan's Crown Prince Akihito married a non-royal, in April 1959.
Published on Friday, 8th April 2016.
In 1977 Somalia invaded Ethiopia in an attempt to take control of disputed territory.
Published on Thursday, 7th April 2016.
In 1989 news began to emerge of terrible conditions in Romania's orphanages.
Published on Tuesday, 5th April 2016.
On April 4th 1979 Pakistan's first democratically elected Prime Minister was hanged.
Published on Monday, 4th April 2016.
In March 1970, Japanese left-wing extremists hijacked a plane with samurai swords.
Published on Friday, 1st April 2016.
In the spring of 1977 the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto introduced a ban on alcohol
Published on Thursday, 31st March 2016.
On March 30th 1981 a man tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan.
Published on Wednesday, 30th March 2016.
In March 1976, the British prime minister Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigned. Why?
Published on Tuesday, 29th March 2016.
On March 28th 1941 the British novelist Virginia Woolf took her own life.
Published on Monday, 28th March 2016.
How Irish rebels tried to start a revolution against British rule at Easter 1916.
Published on Friday, 25th March 2016.
At the end of the First Gulf War thousands of Iraqis rose up against Saddam Hussein
Published on Thursday, 24th March 2016.
In 1868 Tewodros II of Ethiopia prepared to make a last stand against the British army.
Published on Wednesday, 23rd March 2016.
In 1998 a new 'wonder' drug was approved for use in the United States
Published on Tuesday, 22nd March 2016.
In March 1990, Namibia became independent from South African rule.
Published on Monday, 21st March 2016.
Archive recordings of the tunnellers who fought underground in WW1
Published on Friday, 18th March 2016.
Former communist allies China and Vietnam fought a short but bloody war in 1979.
Published on Thursday, 17th March 2016.
How a disease affecting cattle was transferred to the human population in Britain.
Published on Wednesday, 16th March 2016.
In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife.
Published on Tuesday, 15th March 2016.
In March 1957, an Israeli political scandal ended in an assassination.
In 1988 scientists performed a carbon dating test on the Shroud of Turin.
Published on Monday, 14th March 2016.
Alexandra Kollontai was the leading Marxist feminist in Communist Russia.
Published on Friday, 11th March 2016.
In March 1991, six men were freed ending one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice
Published on Thursday, 10th March 2016.
Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.
Published on Tuesday, 8th March 2016.
How Roma Gypsies, who fled ethnic violence in 1999, were settled in a camp on toxic land
Published on Monday, 7th March 2016.
Flora Leipman, a British Jew, falsely condemned as a spy, was sent to a labour camp
Published on Friday, 4th March 2016.
In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London
Published on Thursday, 3rd March 2016.
In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.
Published on Tuesday, 1st March 2016.
Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history
Published on Monday, 29th February 2016.
In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring
Published on Friday, 26th February 2016.
In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela
Published on Thursday, 25th February 2016.
In 1986, Filipinos took to the streets to overthrow the regime of Ferdinand Marcos
Published on Wednesday, 24th February 2016.
In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence
Published on Tuesday, 23rd February 2016.
In February 2002 the controversial Angolan rebel leader was killed by government forces
Published on Monday, 22nd February 2016.
In 2001 an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease devastated the British farming industry
Published on Friday, 19th February 2016.
In 1916, French and German armies began one of the most devastating battles of WW1
Published on Thursday, 18th February 2016.
The Austrian mountaineer who lived in the forbidden land of Tibet in the 1940s and 50s.
Published on Wednesday, 17th February 2016.
In February 1947, French designer Christian Dior transformed post-war fashion.
Published on Tuesday, 16th February 2016.
In 1997 Israeli secret agents tried to assassinate a Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal.
On Friday 13 February 1970, heavy metal band Black Sabbath released their first album
Published on Friday, 12th February 2016.
Witness talks to one of Britain's secret army of World War Two code-breakers
Published on Wednesday, 10th February 2016.
In 1994 Pakistan opened the country's first all-female police station
The story of the first protests against the Assad regime in 2011
Published on Tuesday, 9th February 2016.
The larger than life vaudeville star - Sophie Tucker - died on February 9th 1966.
Published on Monday, 8th February 2016.
In the spring of 1988 a new kind of anti-depressant went on the market.
Published on Friday, 5th February 2016.
In 1938, the first animated feature film was released, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Published on Wednesday, 3rd February 2016.
The FBI sting operation that ensnared corrupt politicians using a fictitious Arab sheikh.
Published on Tuesday, 2nd February 2016.
In January 1980, 37 people died as police stormed Spain's embassy in Guatemala
Published on Monday, 1st February 2016.
In January 1966 Batman and Robin appeared on the small screen for the first time
Published on Friday, 29th January 2016.
In 2000, Zamfara became the first Nigerian state to implement full Sharia law
Published on Thursday, 28th January 2016.
On 28 January 1986 The Challenger space shuttle launch went horribly wrong
Published on Wednesday, 27th January 2016.
Britain established a penal colony in Australia.In January 1788
Published on Tuesday, 26th January 2016.
In January 1986 newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch took on the British print unions.
Published on Monday, 25th January 2016.
Hundreds of thousands of people mourned the student activist in Prague in January 1969.
Published on Friday, 22nd January 2016.
In 2004, a Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was mysteriously poisoned
Published on Thursday, 21st January 2016.
In 1972 a Japanese soldier was found hiding in the jungle on the Pacific island of Guam.
Published on Wednesday, 20th January 2016.
In January 1995 Mexico was forced to seek a multi-billion dollar bailout from the US
Published on Tuesday, 19th January 2016.
One of the most famous cartoon characters in history was born in January 1929 - Tintin.
Published on Monday, 18th January 2016.
In 1966 a small group of Nigerian army officers launched the country's first ever coup
Published on Friday, 15th January 2016.
Hossein Amanat was the young architect employed to build a tower for Iranian royalty.
Published on Thursday, 14th January 2016.
The tragic case that led to the discovery of Alzheimer's disease.
Published on Wednesday, 13th January 2016.
The Russian painter who created a world-famous collection of forbidden Soviet art
Published on Tuesday, 12th January 2016.
In October 2006 a man killed five Amish schoolgirls and injured five more in Pennsylvania
Published on Monday, 11th January 2016.
In Jan 1959 leftist revolutionaries ended decades of rule by Cuba's US-backed dictator
Published on Wednesday, 6th January 2016.
In 1956, Charles and Ray Eames launched the Eames Chair.
Published on Tuesday, 5th January 2016.
A new university in Britain offers a radically different approach to higher education.
Published on Monday, 4th January 2016.
Some of the first Vietnamese refugees arrive in Britain after a dramatic rescue at sea.
Published on Friday, 1st January 2016.
