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Palomares nuclear accident
How a B-52 bomber crashed on the Spanish coast while carrying four nuclear weapons.
Ben Ali Comes to Power in Tunisia
The story of how Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali came to power in Tunisia
Execution of Louis XVI
On 21 January 1793 the French king, Louis XVI was executed in Paris
Funeral of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, died on 24 January, 1965
Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
One of the worst maritime disasters in history - the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Conflict in Somalia
In January 1991 the government of Siad Barre in Somalia, collapsed
Siege of Sidney Street
The bloody battle between British police and a group of revolutionaries in London in 1911
The siege of Leningrad
Hundreds of thousands of civilians died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad.
The North Sea Flood
On the last day of January 1953 high tides and storms brought a huge flood to Holland.
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
A simple non-violent action to protest against racial segregation in restaurants and shops
Death of Sid Vicious
The last days of punk icon, Sid Vicious, in New York in 1979
Revolution in Iran
The first week of February 1979 saw a revolution unfolding in Iran
Sarajevo marketplace massacre
On February 5 1994 there was an attack on a marketplace in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo
Duvalier flees Haiti
Twenty-five years ago today, the President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country
Shot down in Iraq
It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
The Docklands bomb
On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end
A communist in the US
On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US
The death of Pushkin
In February 1837 the great Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin died
Assassination of Rafik Hariri
On February 14 2005, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated
Fall of Singapore
The British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces on this day in 1942
The death of Captain Cook
In February 1779 the British seafarer Captain Cook was beaten to death in Hawaii
Dolly the Sheep
What was the first cloned mammal like and why did she die young?
The Lindbergh kidnapping
On 1 March 1932, the baby son of one of the most famous men in America went missing
Algeria emergency
How Algeria's experiement with democracy ended in civil war and a state of emergency.
People Power in the Philippines
How people power brought down President Marcos of the Philippines in 1986.
Apartheid in the 1950s
The mood across South Africa in the 1950s as the Apartheid laws were being put in place
Khrushchev's Secret Speech
How Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev secretly denounced Stalin as a tyrant
Nicaraguan elections
It is 21 years since the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua lost power
Assassination of Malcolm X
How black leader Malcolm X was assassinated in New York in February 1965.
Libya 1969 coup
It is over 40 years since Colonel Gaddafi took power in Libya in a military coup
The Krakow Ghetto
In March 1941 the Nazi authorities in Krakow moved the city's Jews into a ghetto
