Days That Shook the World Season 1

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1x01 The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II / The Death of Diana aired Sep 10, 2003

The coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth on June 2nd 1953, the first coronation ever to be televised. Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the cor... read more

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1x02 The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand / The Death of Hitler aired Sep 17, 2003

28 June 1914 and April 1945 The Story Behind two pistol shots: the single bullet, fired by a young Serb nationalist that triggered World War 1 and the sel... read more

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1x03 The Assassination of Martin Luther King / The Release of Nelson Mandela aired Sep 24, 2003

4 April 1968 and February 1990 How tow men - both intellectuals and determined opposers of racial oppression - came to symbolise the fight foor equality a... read more

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1x04 Hiroshima aired Oct 01, 2003

At exactly 5.32am on August 6th 1945, a B29 Bomber, The Enola Gay, took off from a small island in the South Pacific on a clandestine operation. It's mission... read more

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1x05 The Murder of the Romanovs / The Fall of the Berlin Wall aired Oct 08, 2003

17 July 1918 and 9 November 1989 The Murder of the Russian royal family marked Russia's irrevocable move from a monarchy to a Communist state. Seventy Yea... read more

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1x06 Kristallnacht / The Birth of Israel aired Oct 15, 2003

9 November 1938 and 14 May 1948 Just ten years after the Nazis openly attacked Jews and their property - a huge step on the nightmare spiral to the Holoca... read more

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1x07 Tutankhamun's Tomb / Deciphering the Rosetta Stone aired Oct 22, 2003

26 November 1922 and 17 September 1822 Two days that brought ancient Egypt dramatically to life. In 1822, Jean-Francois champollion cracks Egyptian hiero... read more

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1x08 Fermi / Chernobyl aired Nov 05, 2003

2 December 1942 and 26 April 1986 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction heralded the atomic age, but Chernobyl's runaway chain reaction was the firs... read more

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1x09 Black September Hijackings / Lockerbie aired Nov 12, 2003

In September 1970 Terrorists hijacked a number of jetliners, flew them to Jordan and kept numerous hostages to enforce their demands. In December 1988 Pan Am... read more

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1x10 The Assassination of JFK / Nixon's Last Day aired Nov 19, 2003

22 November 1963 and 8 August 1974 No one could have dreamed or anticipated the seismic shocks America suffered in the 20th century with the assassination... read more

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1x11 Marconi's First Transatlantic Radio Transmission / Concorde's First Transatlantic Flight aired Nov 26, 2003

It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airport. Onboard, the crew are preparing for an historic day - the first supersonic te... read more

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1x12 Chuck Yeager / Bluebird aired Dec 03, 2003

14 October 1947 and 4 January 1967 Compelled by a sense of patriotic duty and driven by incredible bravery, 20 years separate the determined efforts of tw... read more

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1x13 Chuck Yeager/Bluebird aired Dec 03, 2003

14 October 1947 and 4 January 1967 Compelled by a sense of patriotic duty and driven by incredible bravery, 20 years separate the determined efforts of two ... read more

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