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Greg Mckevitt

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How the killing of Malcolm X shook the US

US black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965, at the age of 39. The BBC reported on the reaction in his adopted home of...

18.02.2025 60

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Greg Mckevitt

The music that saved a teenager's life in Auschwitz

The Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to...

28.01.2025 100

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Greg Mckevitt

Eartha Kitt: From 'extreme poverty' to stardom

With her sultry drawl and feline charisma, the singer and actor oozed sophistication. But Eartha Kitt, who was born on 17 January 1927, had the...

14.01.2025 80

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Greg Mckevitt

How Vladimir Putin rose to power in Russia

When Vladimir Putin took over as acting president of Russia on the last day of the 20th Century, the former spy was an enigma to many. In History...

31.12.2024 50

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Greg Mckevitt

'He was after my life': WW1 soldier's confession

World War One broke out on 28 July, 1914. Fifty years later, one of the German soldiers, Stefan Westmann, told the BBC about his experiences...

22.07.2024 8

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Greg Mckevitt