History as told by the people who were there.
In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a hole more than 12,000 metres deep.It w
In June 1963, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire in protest against the C
The Iran-Contra affair was a scandal that went right to the heart of Ronald Reagan’s White House and
Television extravaganza Strictly Come Dancing debuted in May 2004 in the UK, bringing ballroom danci
In 1993, a new combat sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship – UF
It’s 70 years since William Golding’s acclaimed novel was published. Lord of the Flies is the story
In 1999, the small territory of Macau was handed back to China after centuries of Portuguese rule.La
During the early years of Syria’s brutal civil war, one neighbourhood close to the Syrian capital, D
After Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, some Christians faced persecution. Between 2002 and 2005, N
Since the 19th Century, Germans have been bathing nude at the beach. The naturist movement, known as
In 2013, a six-year-old from Argentina became one of the youngest people in the world to legally hav
In November 1989, mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill saved 65 miners from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in
In 1974, Greece held a referendum to decide the future of the country’s monarchy, and whether Consta
In 2013, 11 people were shot dead in base camp of the Nanga Parbat mountain in the Gilgit-Baltistan
In June 1948, the ‘Baby’ was invented. It was the first stored-program computer, meaning it was the
Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who risked her life to save 2,500 Jewish children from the
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian Empire by th
On 16 January 1979, the Shah of Iran and his wife, Farah Pahlavi, left Iran for the last time. There
One of the most dramatic moments from the Iranian revolution took place in November 1979. Young insu
For nearly 40 years, the magicians Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher wowed audiences in Las Vegas w
