History as told by the people who were there.
The English-language newspaper was credited with standing up to Argentina's military dictatorship du
In the 1990s students began boycotting Nike after it became linked to sweatshops. Many were horrifie
For years Germans have been bathing nude at the beach. Many are members of a naturist movement calle
"We have outlawed Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes". It was just an unscripted joke
Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale - known to generations as the "lady with the lamp" - died on Au
Exactly a year before Indian independence there were deadly riots in India's second city of Calcutta
The acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist was gunned down in London in 1987. His attackers have never bee
In the summer of 1997 Captain Charles Moore was on his way home from a yacht race when he came upon
In 2000 the US led a major effort to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. President Bill Clinton br
In July 1999, the spiritual movement Falun Gong was banned in China. Thousands of people were arrest
In 1977 a state hospital near Paris began quietly changing the way women gave birth. Obstetrician, D
During World War Two, Croatian fascists tortured and killed tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Rom
On July 26 1952 Argentina's controversial First Lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires. During her sh
In the 1970s, deep sea divers were at the sharp end of the North Sea oil boom. Alex Last has been sp
The battle for China between Communists and Nationalists left Mao the victor in 1949. Defeated Natio
In July 1967, homosexuality was legalised in England and Wales for the first time. Before that gay m
In the 1960s, millions of Soviet families were able for the first time to move to a flat of their ow
In July 1967 there was a breakthrough for the Welsh language. The Welsh Language Act allowed people
During the Vietnam war, the US army's Psychological Operations, or PSYOP, teams were deployed to bat
In the summer of 1932, tens of thousands of American First World War veterans marched on Washington
