English TV lessons in China go primetime
In 1981 the first major series of English lessons was broadcast on Chinese television.President Deng Xiaoping had allowed private enterprise and was pursuing an era of “opening up” to the rest of the ...
31 Jan 202510min
1968 New York City teachers' strike
A series of unprecedented teachers’ strikes temporarily shut most of New York’s schools in the late 1960s, provoked by an ongoing dispute over whether parents could have a say in the running of their ...
30 Jan 20259min
Lithuania's 'wolf children'
In the aftermath of World War Two, children were left orphaned, or separated from their families. They were forced to flee East Prussia when the Red Army advanced.Whilst trying to survive, on their wa...
29 Jan 202510min
The Baltic chain protest
On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people joined hands to form a 690-kilometre human chain across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.It was a key moment in the protests in Eastern Europe that bec...
28 Jan 20259min
The Milltown Cemetery attack
On 16 March 1988, loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone killed three mourners and injured 60 others attending a funeral for IRA members killed in Gibraltar.The so-called Gibraltar Three had been shot de...
27 Jan 202510min
The launch of Windows 95
In August 1995, Microsoft released a new operating system - Windows 95 – following one of the computer industry’s biggest and most expensive marketing campaigns.Queues formed outside shops at midnight...
24 Jan 202510min
Replacing the Panchen Lama
On 29 November 1995, Tibetan Buddhist leaders attended a secret ceremony in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. They were present to witness the choice of the next Panchen Lama, a position in Tibetan Buddhism...
23 Jan 202510min
The murder of Maurizio Gucci
On 27 March 1995, fashion heir Maurizio Gucci was shot dead outside his office in Milan, Italy.Five people, including his ex-wife, Patrizia Reggiani, and her clairvoyant, were jailed in connection wit...
22 Jan 202510min
