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Back to SearchBoko Haram massacre in Gwoza
In 2014, Boko Haram militants drove into Gwoza in north-east Nigeria and began an assault that would leave hundreds of people dead.
Ruoyah, who was ju…
2 years ago
Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters
In April 1999 Nato bombed the Serbian state TV station in Belgrade, killing 16 people.
It was part of a military campaign to force Serbia to withdraw…
2 years ago
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush
In 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest at America's occupation of Iraq.
George…
2 years ago
Saving lives on D-Day
Charles Norman Shay was a field medic in the United States Army when he landed on the Normandy beach codenamed Omaha on D-Day.
On June 6, 1944, the US…
2 years ago
The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day
In 1944, a young Irishwoman called Maureen Flavin drew up a weather report that helped change the course of World War Two.
Maureen was working at a p…
2 years ago
Tetris: The birth of an all-time favourite
In 1984, Russian engineer Alexey Pajitnov invented the popular computer game Tetris. But it was not until American businessman Henk Rogers joined him…
2 years ago
‘Panda diplomacy’: China gifts pandas to Taiwan
In 2008, panda-mania hit Taiwan when China gifted the country two giant pandas.
This practice known as ‘panda diplomacy’ is thought to date back as fa…
2 years ago
The commercial that changed advertising: 1984
Forty years ago, a Hollywood director, some tech revolutionaries and a group of London skinheads created a commercial that would rock the advertising…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Flint water crisis
Flint was once one of the richest cities in the United States. But in the 1980s, it was badly affected by the downturn in car manufacturing and by 20…
2 years, 1 month ago
The first Aboriginal MP
A warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners - this programme contains the names and voices of people who have died.
In 1971, Neville…
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