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Moments That Changed Our WorldEpisodes

  1. Hiroshima 1945

    In August 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The nuclear age had begun

  2. Wall Street Crash 1929

    How the crash led to a world-wide depression and a new era of government intervention

  3. Gandhi's Salt March 1930

    Ghandi's defiance of the British salt tax marked the beginning of the end of colonial rule

  4. Man on the Moon 1969

    Neil Armstrong's moon landing. A triumph for mankind, science and America in the Cold War

  5. Nelson Mandela's Release - 1990

    Nelson Mandela's release from prison after 27 years years signalled the end of apartheid

  6. End of the Berlin Wall - 1989

    The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War. Why was it put up? And what brought it down?

  7. Fall of Saigon - 1975

    The fall of Saigon was a humiliation for the US. But who won the peace?

  8. Independence of Ghana -1957

    Independence of Ghana in 1957 marked the beginning of the end of Britain's African empire

  9. The Assassination of President Kennedy - 1963

    The death of John F Kennedy at 46 presaged a turbulent 60s and loss of idealism in the US

  10. The Invention of Penicillin - 1928

    Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming changed the medical landscape of the 20th Century

  11. Storming of the Winter Palace - 1917

    The capture of the Winter Palace signalled the start of the October Revolution

  12. Sarajevo Assassination - 1914

    The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand plunged the world into four years of bloody war