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Iran: How the president was overthrown in 1953 BBC
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Iran: How the president was overthrown in 1953

The coup of 1953 changed the course of Iranian history. The USA - with British help - overthrew a...

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The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor BBC
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The boy who discovered a new species of human ancestor

On 15 August 2008, nine-year-old Matt Berger tripped over a fossil that would lead to one of the...

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Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene BBC
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Jean-Michel Basquiat bursts onto the New York art scene

In the early 1980s, the young black graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat took the New York art...

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal BBC
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal

In 1979, French journalist Claude Angeli and his colleagues discovered Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,...

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Sarajevo’s haven of peace BBC
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Sarajevo’s haven of peace

After the collapse of former Yugoslavia, Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to the Bosnian capital,...

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The Great Train Robbery BBC
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The Great Train Robbery

On 8 August 1963, a gang of thieves held up a British Royal Mail train on its journey from...

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Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties BBC
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Brownie Wise: The creator of Tupperware parties

In the 1950s, self-made businesswoman Brownie Wise transformed the fortunes of Tupperware by...

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Dinosaur in court BBC
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Dinosaur in court

In 2012 a dinosaur skeleton became the subject of both a restraining order and a court case....

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Treehouse on the Berlin Wall BBC
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Treehouse on the Berlin Wall

In the 1980s, a Turkish worker in Germany, Osman Kahlin, provoked controversy when he turned a...

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Birth of a new language BBC
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Birth of a new language

In the early 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a completely new sign language of their...

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First dinosaur eggs identified in India BBC
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First dinosaur eggs identified in India

In 1982, nests of dinosaur eggs were identified for the first time in India. They were found in...

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José Mujica: prison break to president BBC
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José Mujica: prison break to president

In the 1960s and 70s, José Mujica was a leading member of a notorious left-wing militant group in...

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Mr Bigg's: The birth of Nigeria's iconic takeaway BBC
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Mr Bigg's: The birth of Nigeria's iconic takeaway

It’s been 50 years since a popular Nigerian fast food chain which later became known as Mr Bigg's...

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The 1960 coup against Haile Selassie BBC
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The 1960 coup against Haile Selassie

In December 1960, there was an attempt to dethrone the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and...

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The Pope’s controversial Nicaragua visit BBC
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The Pope’s controversial Nicaragua visit

In 1983 Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua as part of an eight-day tour of Central America....

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Brain: The first personal computer virus BBC
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Brain: The first personal computer virus

'Welcome to the dungeon' was the message that flashed up on computer screens in 1986. This was...

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Escaping the Nazis in Greece BBC
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Escaping the Nazis in Greece

The Greek city of Thessaloniki, or Salonica, was once known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. It...

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The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis BBC
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The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis

In 1966, at the height of the Cold War, American singer Dean Reed became the first western rock...

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The birth of Barbie BBC
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The birth of Barbie

The first Barbie doll was sold in 1959. It took Ruth Handler, who created it, years to convince...

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Japan surrenders in China BBC
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Japan surrenders in China

In the autumn of 1945, World War II surrender ceremonies took place across the Japanese Empire....

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