In 1939 tension was growing in Europe, over Nazi Germany's expansionist plans. One young British camerman headed to Danzig (now Gdansk) to film what happened next. His name was Douglas Slocombe and he is now 101 years old. Hear his story.

(Photo: Hitler Youth marching over a bridge in Danzig in 1939. Copyright: Fox Photos/Getty Images)

On 7 February 1964, British pop group The Beatles were met by hysterical crowds when their plane landed in the USA. Judith Kristen was one of the thousands of teenage girls at the airport that day. Hear her memories of Beatlemania.

Photo: AP

In February 1946 the first 'war brides' ship sailed from the UK to Canada reuniting women with the foreign husbands they'd married while serving in the UK during World War Two. Witness speaks to two women who sailed on the Mauretania.

(Photo: Arnie and Grace Shewan's wedding day 1944. Courtesy of Grace Shewan)

In February 1944, the world's first electronic computer began attacking encrypted Nazi messages, from the secret British codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park. Hear from one of the engineers tasked with building and maintaining Colossus during World War Two.

In February 2004, 23 Chinese immigrants drowned while picking shellfish in Morecambe Bay, off the coast of north-west England. Witness speaks to two of the people who helped with the rescue operation.

(Photo: A lone shoe and haul of cockles on the beach in Morecambe Bay where the Chinese cockle pickers lost their lives. Credit: Chris Furlong/Getty Images)

Later this week the Russian resort of Sochi will play host to the Winter Olympics. About 10 kilometres south of Sochi, along the Black Sea coast, is the disputed territory of Abkhazia. There, in the summer of 1992, war broke out as the region began to secede from Georgia. One Abkhaz woman, Ilona Gamisoniya, recalls how it changed lives forever.

(Photo: An Abkhazian separatist leads a boy away from gunfire in Sukhumi. Credit: AP)

In 2002 the death of a former NFL star, Mike Webster, led to questions about the safety of American football. Hear from Mike's son, Garrett Webster and one of the doctors who treated him.

Photo: Mike Webster. Getty Images Sport

In January 1961, the US closed down its embassy in Cuba and withdrew all diplomatic staff. Tension had been growing between Washington and Fidel Castro's revolutionary government. We speak to Wayne Smith, one of the last American diplomats to leave the island.

(Photo: An advert on the Miami waterfront after Fidel Castro came to power. Credit: Graf/Getty Images)

In 2006, Russian activists broke the law to stage the first gay pride march in Moscow. Several dozen campaigners faced hundreds of right wing protesters and police. Witness speaks to Yuri Gavrikov, a gay rights activist who was there.

Photo: FEDOR SAVINTSEV/AFP/Getty Images

In January 1952 hundreds of buildings were deliberately set ablaze in downtown Cairo following the killing of Egyptian policemen by British troops in the Suez Canal Zone. Tension between Britain and Egypt had been growing over British military control of the Suez Canal. The event became known as Black Saturday.

Photo: Buildings destroyed in the Cairo Fire, January 1952 (BBC)