Main content

Attack at the US Capitol

How Puerto Rican militants attacked the US Congress in 1954, India's first woman lawyer, and landing a probe on Titan.

In 1954, Puerto Rican militants opened fire in the US House of Representatives, wounding five Congressmen - we hear how the assault was one of many previous attacks on American democracy. Plus, the coup attempt in Spain in 1981, India's first woman lawyer and landing a probe on Titan, one of Saturn's moons.

PHOTO: Lolita Lebron and two other Puerto Rican activists are arrested in 1954 (Getty Images)

Available now

53 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Jan 202100:06GMT
BBC World Service

More episodes

Previous

Buddhist on Death Row

Next

Hitler's beer hall putsch

See all episodes from The History Hour

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Jan 202114:06GMT
    BBC World Service News Internet
  • Tue 19 Jan 202100:06GMT
    BBC World Service

Podcast