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Discovery of the hole in the earth’s ozone

In 1985, news broke of a major environmental discovery: a hole in the earth’s ozone layer

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The invention of the wingsuit

In 1999, skydiver Jari Kuosma developed the first commercial wingsuit

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The Hindenburg airship disaster

In 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames during mooring, killing 35 people on board.

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What the 1989 solar storm did to Quebec

In 1989, a huge solar flare ground life to a halt in Quebec

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The world’s first lesbian couple to get married

In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage

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The mystery of France's lost king

The fate of Louis-Charles, imprisoned in 1795, was for years shrouded in rumour

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Russian ballerina defects to the west

The Russian ballerina who defected to the west

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The first World Laughter Day

The first World Laughter Day took place in Mumbai, India in January 1998

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Gürtel scandal: Spain's Watergate

How one man's secret recordings revealed one of Spain's biggest corruption scandals

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The hunger-striking Bolivian president

In 1984, President Zuazo went on hunger strike, in an attempt to stabilise Bolivia

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The Green March: Moroccans take over the Sahara

In 1975, unarmed Moroccans faced off against gun-carrying Spanish soldiers

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Tortured in Iran's Evin Prison

Protests after Iran's 2009 election caused one man to be interrogated for 118 days

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Ibadan Zoo

Bob Golding turned Ibadan Zoo into one of Nigeria's biggest attractions in the 1970s

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Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan'

In the early 2000s, a woman known as ‘Lady Tarzan’ fought India’s so called timber mafia

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Vidkun Quisling: Norway's traitor

In 1939, Vidkun Quisling asked Hitler to invade Norway.

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Axis Sally: World War II traitor who broadcast for the Nazis

Mildred Gillars became the first woman in American history to be convicted of treason

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Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?

The national hero was branded a traitor for collaborating with Japan during World War Two

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The Hungarian footballer executed for love

Sándor Szűcs was hanged for trying to escape communist Hungary with his lover

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Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero?

During the Cold War a high-ranking Polish colonel passed Soviet secrets to the CIA

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Silenced by the Vatican

How Brazilian priest Leonardo Boff was punished for his writing on liberation theology

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Brazil's Landless Workers Movement

In 1980, poor rural workers occupied land owned by the rich and violent clashes followed

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The Arctic’s doomsday seed vault

In 2008, seeds began arriving at a frozen vault designed to save the world’s food supply

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First internet cafe

Cyberia, billed as the World's first internet cafe opened in London in 1994

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Inventing the Covid N95 mask

In 1992, Peter Tsai invented the N95 mask filter

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Queen of the 'fro

In 1986, Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK's first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon

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A Young Mother Saved from Death by Stoning

In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning

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Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star

She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru’s greatest singers

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How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism

Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States

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The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion

In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles

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The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis

In 1940 a rescue operation helped Allied servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France

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