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Moments That Changed Our World

Events from the past that changed our world today

World Service,12 episodes

Episodes

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Sarajevo Assassination - 1914
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand plunged the world into four years of bloody war
24 May 1996,13 mins
Storming of the Winter Palace - 1917
The capture of the Winter Palace signalled the start of the October Revolution
25 May 1996,13 mins
The Invention of Penicillin - 1928
Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming changed the medical landscape of the 20th Century
05 Jun 1996,13 mins
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
30 Jun 1996,14 mins
Independence of Ghana -1957
Independence of Ghana in 1957 marked the beginning of the end of Britain's African empire
30 Jun 1996,13 mins
Fall of Saigon - 1975
The fall of Saigon was a humiliation for the US. But who won the peace?
01 Jul 1996,13 mins
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?
03 Jul 1996,13 mins
Nelson Mandela's Release - 1990
Nelson Mandela's release from prison after 27 years years signalled the end of apartheid
10 Jul 1996,13 mins
Man on the Moon 1969
Neil Armstrong's moon landing. A triumph for mankind, science and America in the Cold War
18 Sep 1998,13 mins
Gandhi's Salt March 1930
Ghandi's defiance of the British salt tax marked the beginning of the end of colonial rule
24 Aug 2000,13 mins
Wall Street Crash 1929
How the crash led to a world-wide depression and a new era of government intervention
24 Aug 2000,13 mins
Hiroshima 1945
In August 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The nuclear age had begun
24 Aug 2000,13 mins