History as told by the people who were there.
On July 15th 1997 the Italian fashion designer was shot dead on the steps of his Florida mansion. H
The Famicom gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games. Launched in Japan in 1
In July 1965 an 11-km tunnel dug deep beneath the Alps was opened to traffic. Linking France and Ita
Indigenous Canadians objected to plans to develop a golf course on the site of a burial ground in Qu
In the summer of 1992, thousands of ravers and New Age travellers gathered for an illegal free festi
In 1961, one of the world's best ballet dancers, Rudolf Nureyev, defected from the USSR to the West,
The dissident poet was sentenced to 7 years in a Soviet Labour camp. She suffered from cold, malnut
In 1993, academic Dr Alan Sked formed the UK Independence Party to campaign against Britain's member
In July 1987 separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka attacked an army camp. It was the first of h
In 2009, a metal detectorist found the largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver in a field
In the summer of 1986 in an effort to promote 'Glasnost' or openness, Soviet women were linked up wi
In 2002 Steve Fossett succeeded in flying solo around the world in a hot air balloon. He touched do
In July 1947 members of the US military reported finding unidentifiable debris in the desert of New
In 1992 Disney opened its first theme park in Europe. But it had taken years of delicate negotiation
A dispute between Israel and Egypt over a tiny strip of beach on the Red Sea soured relations betwee
In July 1972 Tony and Maureen Wheeler set off on the holiday of a lifetime travelling from London to
In the 1960s and 70s, thousands of westerners travelled to India and Nepal by overland bus. They wer
In 1955 a small Icelandic airline called Loftleioir Icelandic slashed the cost of flying across the
In 1937 Italian forces occupying the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa began a three day campaign of kil
In June 1982 a young Chinese-American engineer was murdered with a baseball bat by two white men in
