Wk 01 (1 January 1979) Khmer Rouge Is Overthrown In CambodiaThis Week in HistoryAfter nearly 4 years in power, the regime led by Pol Pot is brought down. In 1979, the Communist Khmer Rouge government was overthrown by Vietnamese forces. Pol Pot's reg...
Wk 02 (8 January 1992) US President Bush Vomits On Japanese LeaderThis Week in HistoryUS President George Bush becomes ill and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister. In 1992, George H W Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America, attend...
Wk 03 (16 January 1979) Shah Of Iran Flees UprisingThis Week in HistoryAfter many years of autocratic rule, the Shah of Iran flees the country amid growing opposition. In 1979, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and his wife, Empress Farah, were forced to fl...
Wk 04 (27 January 1945) Nazi Death Camp At Auschwitz LiberatedThis Week in HistoryRed Army soldiers from the USSR liberate the largest Nazi concentration camp. In 1945, Red Army soldiers from the USSR freed thousands of prisoners from the Nazi regime...
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Wk 06 (11 February 1990) Nelson Mandela Is Freed From JailThis Week in HistorySouth African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela is freed after nearly 30 years' imprisonment. In 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after spending almost 30 years in jail...
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Wk 08 (19 February 1986) Russia Launches The First Space StationThis Week in HistoryRussia launches the first modules of the MIR space station into orbit around the earth. In 1986, Russia launched the first of several modules of the MIR space station...
Wk 09 (1 March 1954) USA Tests Its Biggest Nuclear WeaponThis Week in HistoryThe USA explodes a huge hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. In 1954, the USA tested a massive hydrogen bomb nicknamed Bravo at Bikini Atoll, part of the Mars...
Wk 10 (10 March 1876) Bell Invents The TelephoneThis Week in HistoryAlexander Graham Bell claims to have invented the telephone, but did he? In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first call on an electromagnetic telephone he had built, and went on...
Wk 11 (16 March 1968) US Troops Kill Vietnamese VillagersThis Week in HistoryUS soldiers kill hundreds of men, women and children in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. In 1968, US soldiers entered My Lai village in Vietnam and killed hundreds of unarm...
Wk 12 (19 March 2003) American-led Forces Invade IraqThis Week in HistoryIraq is invaded in order to destroy weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons are found. In 2003, forces led by the USA invaded Iraq without the backing of the United Nations...
Wk 13 (28 March 1979) Nuclear Reactor Melts Down In The USAThis Week in HistoryDeadly radiation escapes from a US nuclear power plant, endangering nearly 2,000,000 people. In 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvani...
Wk 14 (4 April 1968) Martin Luther King Is AssassinatedThis Week in HistoryUS civil rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1968, black civil rights leader Martin Luther King was shot and killed by an assassin in Me...
Wk 15 (12 April 1961) Russia Sends First Man Into SpaceThis Week in HistoryRussian cosmonaut Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes the first man to fly into space. In 1961, Russia beat the U.S.A. in the race to get the first man into space, winning...
