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A Year to Remember
1968
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
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  • 1968
In this episode: Roman Polanski marries Sharon Tate - Immigrants protest - The Beatles meditate - Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square - Martin Luther King assassinated - Robert Kennedy assassinated - Mexico Olympics get under way
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The 1940's
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
  • SUnknown
  • The 1940's
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1963
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
  • SUnknown
  • 1963
In this episode: Alcatraz: Everybody out! - Moscow: The girl from space - Vatican City: Pope Paul is crowned - JFK is assassinated - Monaco: Hill wins Grand Prix - London: Let's all be Beatles!
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1968

SUnknown1968

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Roman Polanski marries Sharon Tate - Immigrants protest - The Beatles meditate - Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square - Martin Luther King assassinated - Robert Kennedy assassinated - Mexico Olympics get under way
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1939

SUnknown1939

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: - WW2 seems inevitable and yet unreal- Spain: The civil war ends- Hitler parades in Prague amidst the jeers and tears of the beaten Czech nation- Hitler surprises the world by signing a non-aggression pact with Russia- The coronation of Pope Pius XII- New York's World Fair opens
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1930

SUnknown1930

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: - Stock market crash- Britain's second Labour government- Gandhi becomes national figure- Pathé sport - the birth of motor racing- World's winter sports- Grand Prix de Paris
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1931

SUnknown1931

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: - Charlie Chaplin becomes a celebrity- America's Great Depression- World speed record broken at Daytona Beach- Gangster warfare in the USA- The George Washington Bridge opened- Longest telephone call in the world
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1933

SUnknown1933

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
The Reichstag burns Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor Benito Mussolini tightens his iron grip on the Italian dictatorship Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the USA Widespread flooding England wins the Ashes
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1937

SUnknown1937

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: - The tragedy of the Spanish Civil War intensifies- The year of Guernica- Japan and China are at war- USA: Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his second term as president- Edward VIII has resolved to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson- Prince Albert, father of Elizabeth and Margaret, becomes king
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1940

SUnknown1940

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Finland: Stalin's Red Army has been fighting a dogged opposition The progress of the Germans pushes British forces back to the sea A massive evacuation operation is mounted Coventry is bombed The King receives a decoration First woman naval doctor
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1941

SUnknown1941

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: - The Germans widen their operations- Hitler orders the bombing of Dublin and other Irish towns- Mussolini's army suffers a string of setbacks- Roosevelt secures a record 3rd term as president and introduces the lend-lease scheme- Hitler throws Panzer divisions against Russia- Pearl Harbor is bombed and the USA enters the war
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1942

SUnknown1942

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
USA joining the allied forces marks a turning point in the war A significant victory prompts Churchill to make one of his most famous speeches The Battle of the Coral Sea Hitler's troops fight the vicious Battle of Stalingrad The Germans formulate their plans to rid Europe of its 11 million Jews
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1943

SUnknown1943

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The year in which the Allies made steady progress against the Nazis - In Russia, the bloody siege of Stalingrad comes to an end with the surrender of German forces - In Northern Africa, the forces unleashed by the Allies sees success - The Allies take 110,000 prisoners of war - Regular meetings between Roosevelt and Churchill take place
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1944

SUnknown1944

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The Normandy landings, the world's biggest combined land, sea and air operation - The Allies take complete control of Normandy - Paris is liberated after courageous work by the French underground resistance - Those around Hitler begin to doubt his claims - The first German city falls into Allied hands
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1945

SUnknown1945

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Hitler shoots himself at news of the Russian advance on Berlin - American and Russian troops shake hands across the ruins of Germany and the war is over - FDR tragically dies within sight of victory and Harry S Truman, his vice president, takes over - The post-war order is born
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1946

SUnknown1946

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Nations turn their attention to reconstruction and the prospects for the future Winston Churchill makes his famous speech in which he describes an iron curtain falling across Europe The first verbal battles of the Cold War are fought In China, civil war rages between Mao Zedong's communist forces and the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek The conclusion of the Nuremberg trials A growing demand for a Jewish statein Palestine
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1950

SUnknown1950

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: In America, anti-communist hysteria gathers pace - Stalin and the new Chinese leader sign a pact of friendship - USA decides to build the Hydrogen Bomb - Prince Rainier III ascends the throne of Monaco, Europe's tiniest state - Communist forces attack the Republic of Korea - Korea: No chance for reconciliation in the first major military conflict of the Cold War
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1951

SUnknown1951

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
The Korean War unfolds against the backdrop of growing nuclear tension USA test its first H-bombs - a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima bombs Iran snubs the British by nationalising the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.The Festival of Britain marks the beginning of a decade of world economic success, especially for the UK Salvador Dalí The Dukes of Windsor at Portofino to begin a holiday on the Italian Riviera
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1952

SUnknown1952

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: USA's first H-bomb test and Britain's first atom bomb - Korean war continues: fears that China might intervene in the Asian conflict - Britain's presence in Egypt and around the Suez Canal questioned - Churchill visits President Truman in America - The funeral of Eva Peron - John Cobbs, the fastest man on water, dies
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1953

SUnknown1953

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Queen Elizabeth's coronation - Britain's Le Mans triumph - President Eisenhower warns the world that the Soviet Union is out for global domination - Yugoslavia's war hero Tito elected president - Britain deals with the last outpost of its fading empire - Russia mourns as Stalin dies
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1954

SUnknown1954

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The conflict continues in Indochina between the Communist rebels lead by Ho Chi Minh and the French resistance - A treaty that officially divides the country into North and South Vietnam - Senator Joe McCarthy's career of purging the country of supposed communists comes to a sordid end - Suez terms agreed
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1955

SUnknown1955

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The emergence of a rival to NATO - The signing of the Warsaw Pact - Nationalist South African party continues to put legal bite behind its policy of apartheid - Colonial unrest in Cyprus and Algeria - Further clashes between Egyptian and Israeli forces in Gaza - Sir Alexander Fleming dies - Sir Winston Churchill resigns - Donald Campbell sets land speed record
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1956

SUnknown1956

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The invasion of Hungary by Soviet forces - Khrushchev denounces Stalin - President Eisenhower on holiday in Georgia - George Orwell's "1984" film premiere - Liberace's tour of Britain - Britain wins Monte Carlo rally
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1957

SUnknown1957

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Eden resigns: Harold Macmillan becomes the leader of the Tory Party and the Government - New styles in furniture - Egypt digs up their own history - The technological frontier and "Space Race" - Russians launch their first successful Sputnik satellite - The Monaco Grand Prix
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1958

SUnknown1958

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The first world exhibition since 1939 opens in Brussels - UN: Eisenhower outlines peace plan - Rome hails new pope - Manchester United tragedy - The Queen opens Gatwick Airport - The age of the teenager - The world's first gas turbine car
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1959

SUnknown1959

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Paris: De Gaulle moves in - Hong Kong: Refugee problem nears crisis - USA: Biggest carrier goes to sea - "Titan" rocket is fired - London: Stars fight cinema tax - Buckingham Palace: Guards retreat
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1960

SUnknown1960

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Agadir: A city dies - Eisenhower visits South America - India welcomes Nasser - The Royal Wedding - Florida: Submarine Polaris fired - The Moscow Powers Trial
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1961

SUnknown1961

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: JFK inaugurated as the 35th President of the USA - The grandeur of India - The first man in space - France in turmoil - Berlin: The Wall of Shame - Wimbledon
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1962

SUnknown1962

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Haiti voodoo festival - Uganda wins independence - JFK triumphs - Prince Charles begins new school - Dr Charlie Chaplin - TV from space
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1963

SUnknown1963

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Alcatraz: Everybody out! - Moscow: The girl from space - Vatican City: Pope Paul is crowned - JFK is assassinated - Monaco: Hill wins Grand Prix - London: Let's all be Beatles!
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1964

SUnknown1964

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Panama crisis - The Beatles conquer America - Get your spring hat - Royal wedding in Athens - The bullet train - Xmas around the world
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1965

SUnknown1965

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The death of Churchill - Undersea hunt for oil - "My Fair Lady" comes to town - Royal visit to Africa - Selma: Marchers demand civil rights - Famine follows drought
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1966

SUnknown1966

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: India: Gandhi chosen for president - Vietnam War - England wins World Cup - Ronald Reagan's presidential race - The Swinging Sixties - Britain's first nuclear-powered Polaris submarine
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1967

SUnknown1967

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: The Concorde prototype - The Boston Strangler escapes - Cassius Clay refuses to join Army - Elvis marries Priscilla - Russian space tragedy - Crown Jewels rehoused - Monkees arrive at Heathrow - Detroit race riots - Rolling Stones cleared
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1969

SUnknown1969

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Man on the moon - Israel attacks Beirut Airport - The world's first supersonic - Nixon becomes president - Concorde takes to the air - Lulu marries a Bee Gee
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1973

SUnknown1973

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
In this episode: Pablo Picasso dies at 91 - The world's largest uncut diamond, the star of Sierra Leone, on show in London - Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner in Vegas - The plight of Native Americans and Marlon Brando - Bobby Charlton comes out on his final home game for Manchester United - The Watergate scandal overshadows Nixon's presidency
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