We take you back to the early days of the European project when six countries established the European Economic Community.

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In December 1981 hundreds of peasants were killed by the army in El Salvador.

Men, women and children from the village of El Mozote were shot.

Only one woman, Rufina Amaya, is known to have survived.

Photo: Rufina Amaya at a funeral for the victims held in 2001. Credit AFP/Getty images

It is 10 years since the height of the financial crisis in Argentina.

Bank accounts were frozen and tens of thousands of ordinary people took to the streets in protest.

Photo: Demonstrators climb the gates of Government House in Buenos Aires. Credit: Associated Press.

It is 70 years since Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base in Hawaii.

The action forced the USA into World War II.

Jack Hammett, was a young naval medic who survived the carnage.

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The story of the Bermuda Triangle began when five US Navy planes went missing in 1945.

No trace of the bombers was ever found - and since then - other ships and planes have diappeared in the same area of the Atlantic Ocean.

Witness hears from one man who took part in the original search for Flight 19.

"The idea that you could take a pill, that meant that you wouldn't get pregnant and you could enjoy sex. That had a magic feel to it."

On 4 December 1961 the contraceptive pill became widely available for free in the UK, through the National Health Service. For married women this form of birth control meant reliable, convenient family planning - for unmarried women it meant sexual freedom.

Hear from the writer Michelene Wandor was a student at Cambridge University at the time.

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To mark World Aids Day Louise Hidalgo reports on the story of Ryan White.

He was a haemophiliac who was banned from school after testing HIV positive.

His death from Aids, changed attitudes towards the disease in the USA.

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In 1979 British public sector workers went on strike over pay.

Among those taking industrial action were grave-diggers.

But the media, politicians, and even their own families turned against them at the thought of bodies being left unburied.

In November 1999 police battled with anti-globalisation protestors for control of the streets of Seattle.

The demonstrators were protesting against World Trade Organisation talks taking place in the US city.

Norm Stamper was the Chief of Police in Seattle at the time.

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In November 2001 a group of British tourists were arrested and put on trial for spying in Greece.

They were not spies, but aircraft enthusiasts.

Hear how their British hobby resulted in suspicion, and ultimately jail.

Paul Coppin with Greek police. Photo AP News.