A Day That Shook The World: the Liberation of Paris
25 August 2011 12:00 AM
On 25 August 1944, following four years of occupation, Paris was finally liberated from Hitler's control.
A Day That Shook The World: Soviets put down Prague Spring
21 August 2011 12:00 AM
On 21 August 1968, Soviet tanks ended the so-called 'Prague Spring' when they rolled into the Czechoslovakian capital and reasserted Moscow's power.
A Day That Shook The World: Soviet coup fails
18 August 2011 12:06 AM
On 19 August 1991, Soviet hardliners dismayed at the amount of ground they were conceding to reformists, made a desperate gambit by sending tanks into Moscow.
50 years since Berlin Wall went up
12 August 2011 12:43 PM
Exactly half a century has passed since construction began on the Berlin Wall, a symbolic reminder of Germany’s troubled past.
A Day That Shook The World: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
05 August 2011 12:08 AM
On 6 August 1945, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima.
In pictures: Hiroshima after the bomb dropped
05 August 2011 12:00 AM
Saturday marks the 66th anniversary since the US dropped the first atomic bomb in the Japanese town of Hiroshima.
90th anniversary of Shackleton’s final expedition
02 August 2011 04:35 PM
This year marks the 90th anniversary of Ernest Shackleton’s final voyage to Antarctica. The Irish explorer was a key figure in the Heroic Age of Polar exploration, and his death in 1921 marked the end of this period of discovery.
A Day That Shook The World: Iraq invades Kuwait
02 August 2011 12:06 AM
On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces, battle-hardened by eight years of war with Iran, crossed the border with Kuwait and swiftly overran its meagre armed forces.
The Premier holiday life
01 August 2011 12:00 AM
Last week David Cameron jetted out to Tuscany for his family holiday. But where have other Prime Ministers spent their summer vacations? Samuel Muston takes a look back
Wellcome legacy: 75 years of scientific advancement
26 July 2011 02:40 PM
When Sir Henry Wellcome established a charitable foundation in 1936 intended to fund “The advancement of medical and scientific research to improve mankind’s wellbeing” he can have had no idea of the incredible impact the £9bn which has been invested in the last 75 years would have.
A Day That Shook The World: Labour wins an election landslide
26 July 2011 12:00 AM
On 26 July 1945, the Labour Party was swept to power in Britain by a landslide.
A Day That Shook The World: Concorde crash
25 July 2011 12:00 AM
On 25 July 2000, the iconic aircraft Concorde crashed without warning shortly after take-off, killing 113 people in France.
A Day That Shook The World: First hovercraft run
25 July 2011 12:00 AM
On 25 July 1959, the fiftieth anniversary of Louis Blériot's successful flight across the English Channel, a totally new form of transport made its own first crossing of the Channel - the hovercraft.
A Day That Shook The World: Neil Armstrong sets foot on the Moon
21 July 2011 12:03 AM
On 21 July 1969, the American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to stand on the Moon.
Queen hails wartime codebreakers
15 July 2011 03:29 PM
The Queen today hailed Britain's Second World War codebreakers whose vital work remained unknown for decades.
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