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The Trojan Room Coffee Pot
20 years ago the world's first webcam was set up - and it was pointed at a pot of coffee.
Lee Harvey Oswald and the USSR
Lee Harvey Oswald had spent two years living in the USSR after serving there as a Marine
The death of the Kabaka of Buganda
In 1969 the first President of Uganda, Edward Mutesa, died in exile in London.
Windsor Castle Fire
How a fire devastated Queen Elizabeth's weekend home in 1992.
Shoot
In November 1971 a young American artist decided to get a friend to take a shot at him.
Cesar Chavez - Yes we can!
How the Mexican-American trade union leader Cesar Chavez inspired Latinos in the 1960s.
The Lost Tribe Hoax
The Filipino stone-age cave dwellers who fooled the scientific community.
China's one-child policy
Created to tackle China's expanding population, but how was the one-child policy enforced?
Colombia mudslide
It's 27 years since over 20,000 people died when a volcano erupted in western Colombia.
Baby Fae and the Baboon Heart Transplant
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby girl.
