Fidel Castro mobilizes 200.000 militiamen, charging America with arming mercenaries for an "imminent invasion" of Cuba, on the eve of the UN debate of Cuban charges of American aggression.
Watch Diana give this speech on Aids sufferers in 1991.
On November 9th 1989 after weeks of mass demonstrations, the 28-mile wall dividing Germany's capital for almost 30 years was finally demolished.
On September 11th 2001 the world watched in horror as pictures were shown of planes flying into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
In September 1939, World War II began with Hitler's troops invading Poland. Days later Prime Minister Chamberlain declared war on the Nazi's. 6 years of bloodshed was to begin.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the first ever flight across the English Channel by French aviator Louis Blériot.
