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African Embassy bombings
The simultaneous bomb attacks on two United States embassies in Africa in 1998.
Hiroshima
The dropping of the atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima in the last days of World War II.
Ugandan Asians
In the summer of 1972 the Ugandan leader Idi Amin expelled his country's Asian community
The Mississippi Burning Case
Three civil rights workers are killed in Mississippi while taking part in Freedom Summer
Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith was 10 years old and all she wanted was world peace
Mud Volcano
In 2006 a volcano of mud erupted on the Indonesian island of Java.
Trinidad Coup
It's 1990 and parliament on the Caribbean island of Trinidad has been seized.
Atlantic Balloon Crossing
The British men who tried to become the first people to cross the Atlantic in a balloon.
Bob Dylan Goes Electric
Folk goes pop with Bob Dylan at the Newport festival in 1965.
1948 Olympics
London was still recovering from World War II when it held the Olympic Games in 1948.
