The Year That Changed The World (Summer Journey)
From the Berlin Wall to the Web, from Tiananmen Square to a moment in South Africa, from an oil spill to a banned book — how a year of both hope and despair transformed our planet forever

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Russia's Revolution

Reagan's Role

The World Wide Web

In Tiananmen Square

Mandela Meets De Klerk

A Murder in Peshawar

Vietnam Exits Cambodia

The Dalai Lama's Nobel

The Hillsborough Tragedy

Cold Fusion

The Satanic Verses

Rave Culture

Gay Marriage

The Simpsons

Robert Mapplethorpe

The Exxon Valdez

GPS

Japan's Burst Bubble

Essay: A Good Year

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