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Funeral of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, died on 24 January, 1965
Execution of Louis XVI
On 21 January 1793 the French king, Louis XVI was executed in Paris
Ben Ali Comes to Power in Tunisia
The story of how Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali came to power in Tunisia
Palomares nuclear accident
How a B-52 bomber crashed on the Spanish coast while carrying four nuclear weapons.
Crossing Antarctica
In January 1997 Borge Ousland became the first person to cross the Antarctic alone
Kindertransport - Oliver's story
The story of a boy who escaped Nazi Germany on a kindertransport train heading for Britain
Football wages
We take you back to 1961 when the cap on football wages was abolished in England
Wikipedia - 10 years on
It is 10 years since the Wikipedia online encyclopedia was launched
Cryonic freezing
In 1967 a group of enthusiasts first tried to cryonically freeze a human being.
Crossing the Rubicon
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon river 2,000 years ago he changed history
