Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
In 1958, a brand new writing system was introduced in China called Pinyin. It used the Roman...
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Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
In 1958, a brand new writing system was introduced in China called Pinyin. It used the Roman...
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The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius
The Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii in 79AD is well known, but far fewer people know...
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Winifred Atwell: The honky-tonk star who was Sir Elton John’s hero
Winifred Atwell was a classically-trained pianist from Trinidad who became one of the...
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Paraguay adopts its second language
In 1992, Guarani was designated an official language in Paraguay’s new constitution, alongside...
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Finding the longest set of footprints left by the first vertebrate
In 1992 off the coast of Ireland, a Swiss geology student accidentally discovered the longest set...
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11M: The day Madrid was bombed
A regular morning turned into a day of nightmares for Spanish commuters on 11 March 2004. In the...
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MH370: The plane that vanished
On 8 March 2014, a plane carrying 239 passengers and crew disappeared. What happened to missing...
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Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda
In 2002, a Catholic nun arrived in Gulu, a town in northern Uganda, to help set up a sewing...
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The Carnation Revolution in Portugal
25 April is Freedom Day in Portugal. Five decades ago on that date, flowers filled the streets of...
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French child evacuees of World War Two
In August and September 1939, tens of thousands of children began to be evacuated from Paris....
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Uruguay was one of the first countries in the world to introduce anti-smoking laws. But in 2010,...
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The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada
In 1984, a diplomatic dispute broke out between Canada and Denmark over the ownership of a tiny...
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The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru
In 1987, Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva received a call from the police urging him to look at...
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On 7 February 1964, an unusual delivery was made to a synagogue in London. More than 1,500 Torah...
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Artek, on the shores of the Black Sea in Crimea, was a hugely popular Soviet holiday camp. Maria...
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In 2014, Russia annexed the strategic Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, a move seen by Kyiv and...
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Whistler: Creating one of the world’s biggest ski resorts
In 2003, Whistler Blackcomb won its bid to host the Winter Olympic Games for the first time. It...
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In 1992, Columbus Lighthouse opened in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It...
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In June 2009, transgender sex worker and activist Vicky Hernandez was murdered in the Honduran...
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In October 1975, 90% of women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality....
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