27/09/2014 GMT
This month we meet a man responsible for founding an elite rescue group in Mexico, and the first woman to ever be ordained in the Church of England.
Tanya Beckett brings us this month's round up of history from the British Library in Central London. We meet a man responsible for founding an elite rescue group in Mexico, the first woman to ever be ordained in the Church of England and the man who filmed what turned out to be the start of the Second World War.
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Los Topos - Mexico's earthquake 'moles'.
In September 1985 a huge earthquake hit Mexico City. An elite rescue team was formed.
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Angela Berners-Wilson's Fight to Become a Priest
The ordination of women came after centuries of male domination and decades of debate
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The Buildup to World War Two
Photojournalist Douglas Slocombe travelled to Danzig to film the start of World War Two.
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The 'Young British Artists'
Mat Collishaw was one of the students that shook the British art scene.
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India's TV Epic
Deepika Chikhalia played the Hindu Goddess Sita in Indian TV epic Ramayan.
