History as told by the people who were there.
Every New Year’s Eve, millions of Germans turn on their TVs to rewatch an old favourite – the comedy
In the run-up to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, in the United States, a row broke out between Ja
Cristeta Comerford has cooked for some of the most powerful people in the world. She spent almost th
The arrival of instant noodles in India was a turning point in culinary history. In 1983, before Mag
In 1990, a cookery programme launched on BBC TV that would become a global phenomenon. Today, Master
On 6 November 1999, voters in Australia were asked if they wanted to break ties with the British mon
In 1981, the communist government of Poland declared martial law in an attempt to suppress rising pr
In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service.It provided information, like news and
When a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the Andes mountains in 1972, search
Ten years ago, the Taliban killed more than 140 people at Peshawar Army School on 16 December 2014.I
Singer and DJ, Leonardo Renato Aulder, got together with friends, including El General, to pioneer a
The Panama Canal is a short cut between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and plays a huge role in glob
During World War Two, a Japanese American battalion became one of the most decorated army units in U
In 1953, Fidel Castro attacked military barracks in the east of Cuba in a bid to revolutionise the c
In May 1998, India conducted five nuclear tests, drawing international condemnation. It was the firs
In October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an impromptu speech in the Australian parliament
In May 1974, people gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, to see whether three women would be sent to jail f
Dr Katalin Karikó grew up in a small town in Hungary with no electricity or running water at home. S
In 1972, feminist campaigner Gloria Steinem co-founded the first magazine in the US which was owned,
For 22 years, a travel and immigration ban was in place which stopped people with HIV legally enteri
