The History Hour
The History Hour
BBC World Service
Attack at the US Capitol
52 minutes Posted Jan 16, 2021 at 2:00 pm.
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In 1954, Puerto Rican militants opened fire in the US House of Representatives, wounding five Congressmen - we hear how the assault was one of many previous attacks on American democracy. Plus, the coup attempt in Spain in 1981, India's first woman lawyer and landing a probe on Titan, one of Saturn's moons.

PHOTO: Lolita Lebron and two other Puerto Rican activists are arrested in 1954 (Getty Images)