BBC World Service - The History Hour

Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war

Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy

When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions

Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit

The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule

A look at some of Queen Elizabeth II's most significant broadcasts

Stories from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II including memories of her coronation

Stories from Brazil, including the murder of Tim Lopes and the creation of Brasilia

Perestroika in the Soviet Union and the release of the dissident poet Ratushinskaya

Inflation and the cost of living, the Darayya massacre, and the first Gay Games

A compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition