A Day That Shook The World

A Day That Shook The World

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These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place. From the funeral of Queen Victoria to iconic events like the Hindenburg airship disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Asian Tsunami and the 2012 Olympic bid. Narrated by John Humphrys.
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  1. M1 E1 - Atrocity

    31 Disember 1999
    18min
    13+
    Including: Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, IRA bombs British Cabinet at Brighton, Bosnian Crisis, 150 die in Oklahoma terrorist attack, September 11th, Beslan school siege, and London bombings.
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  2. M1 E2 - Civil Unrest & Protest

    31 Disember 1999
    30min
    13+
    Including: Emily Davison throws herself under the King's Derby Horse, start of UK general strike, Martin Luther King delivers "I have a dream" speech, Grosvenor Square anti-Vietnam riots, Paris Riots, Heysel Stadium riots, Tienanmen Square Massacre, Ceausescu Overthrown, Soviet coup failed, Los Angeles race riots, Yeltsin crushes political rebels, and Orange Revolution.
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  3. M1 E3 - Cold War

    31 Disember 1999
    22min
    13+
    Including: Berlin Airlift begins, Mao's communists take over in China, Korean War starts, French surrender at Dien Bien Phu, Soviets crush Hungarian Revolt, erection of the Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviets put down Prague Spring, Berlin Wall comes down, and official end of The Cold War - Bush/Gorbachev agree to deal.
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  4. M1 E4 - Cultural Milestones

    31 Disember 1999
    27min
    13+
    Including: Suzanne Lenglen breaks Wimbledon record, American golfer Bobby Jones wins grand slam, Roger Bannister breaks four minute mile, Pele's World Cup final performance thrills crowds, Beatles return from States in triumph, death of Mother Teresa, the Millennium, Pope John Paul II dies, London awarded 2012 Olympics, and collapse of Enron.
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  5. M1 E5 - Disasters

    31 Disember 1999
    38min
    13+
    Including: Hindenburg airship crash, Le Mans 24 race disaster, Manchester United players die in air crash, Aberfan slag heap buries school, Donald Campbell dies, Ethiopian famine, Challenger spacecraft explodes, Chernobyl disaster, Zeebrugge ferry disaster, Lockerbie Pan-Am jet explosion, Exxon Valdez - world's worst oil spill, Hurricane Mitch, Concorde crash, Asian tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina.
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  6. M1 E6 - Middle East

    31 Disember 1999
    32min
    13+
    Including: Suez invasion, Six-Day War begins, Ayatollah Khomeini returns from exile, British SAS storm Iranian Embassy in London, America attacks Libya, Iraq invade Kuwait, Desert Storm - Gulf War, Arab Israeli peace agreement, Battle of Tora Bora, Fall of Iraq, Saddam Capture, and Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
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  7. M1 E7 - Political Shockwaves

    31 Disember 1999
    48min
    13+
    Including: Irish Free State treaty signed, Battle of the Somme, abdication of the Tsar Nikolas, Hitler becomes German Chancellor, Labour's landslide election win, India and Pakistan gain independence, Khrushchev denounces Stalin, Kennedy inauguration, Kennedy assassinated, Nixon first US president to resign, Lord Mountbatten assassinated by IRA, British task force to sail for Falklands, and more.
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  8. M1 E8 - Royals

    31 Disember 1999
    21min
    13+
    Including: Queen Victoria's funeral, Edward VIII abdicates, British Royal Family in crisis, Windsor Castle damaged by fire, the Prince and Princess separate, Princess of Wales dies in Paris car crash, funeral of Diana, and Charles and Camilla wed.
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  9. M1 E9 - Science & Innovation

    31 Disember 1999
    40min
    13+
    Including: The Wright Brothers' first flight, Charles Lindbergh flies the Atlantic solo, first Atomic Bomb test in New Mexico, Britain explodes first Atomic Bomb, launch of first nuclear submarine, first nuclear power station, first hovercraft run, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, Concorde flies for first time, Armstrong sets foot on the Moon, Dolly the Sheep clone unveiled, and more.
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  10. M1 E10 - World War Two

    31 Disember 1999
    32min
    13+
    Including: Hitler annexes Austria, Germany invades Poland, evacuation of Dunkirk, London Blitz begins on civilian targets, Pearl Harbor attacked, Battle of El Alamein begins, Fall of Stalingrad - German Army Surrenders, D-Day Landings, liberation of Paris, Big Three meet at Yalta to carve up post-war world, Germans surrender to Montgomery, VE Day celebrations, and Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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