The story of our times told by the people who were there. We take listeners back in time to key events in history - featuring eyewitness accounts and sounds and voices from the BBC archive.
Dutch School Siege
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Thirty-five years ago, gunmen took 105 young children hostage in a school in Holland.
The Hacienda nightclub
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How the legendary Manchester venue launched a dance music revolution.
The murder of Giovanni Falcone
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Twenty years ago the anti-mafia judge was assassinated by a bomb under his car.
Monkeys in Space
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For the first time America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive.
Star Wars - the film
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It is 35 years since one of the biggest movie franchises of all time hit cinema screens.
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