The launch of the first black music station in Europe - the Dread Broadcasting Corporation in London in 1981 - and why Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.

Plus the assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye, the Columbia space shuttle disaster and the bombing of the Palestine Post.

Contributors:

Michael Williams - former DBC station manager

Carmella Jervier - DJDr Caroline Mitchell - Professor of Radio at the University of SunderlandJean-Marie Ngendahayo - former minister in BurundiVáclav Klaus - former prime minister of the Czech RepublicVladimír Mečiar - former prime minister of SlovakiaMordechai Chertoff - former foreign editor of the Palestine PostAdmiral Hal Gehman - Chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board

(Photo: Radio Caroline Pirate Radio ship. Credit: Getty Images)