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Malaysia’s space agency and the 'guardian angel' of Route 66

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Mexico’s Day of the Dead parade and the Pope in Peru

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The Siege of Paris and earthquakes in Mexico

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The Berlin Wall mural and a new kind of zoo

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The chimpanzee who learned American sign language and monkeys in space

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The Falklands War and the assassination of Anwar Sadat

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Sulawesi's historic cave art and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Manchester's racially inclusive nightclub and the artist who portrayed Nelson Mandela from life

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Norway's teacher resistance and Ireland's deadly nightclub fire

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The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry and surviving 9/11

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E.T. the Extra Terrestrial and the creator of Star Wars toys

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Voting for water and surviving a hurricane

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The battle of Mandalay and the New World screwworm

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The Mau Mau uprising and man-eating lions

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Taiwan's White Terror and the making of City of God

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The first Comic Con and making Oasis’ Wonderwall

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Solar-powered flight and the Crazy Horse Memorial

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The Spanish Civil War and the Birkin bag

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Buildings of power and the Dada art movement

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The return of Chief Long Wolf and The Statue of Liberty's facelift

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The Slip Slop Slap campaign and the Brexit referendum

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An uprising in South Africa and an exodus in the Caucasus

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Opening the archives: A cellist, a playwright and a king

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The creation of Inspector Montalbano and Australia's first Big Thing

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Mexican history: A love song and a gas explosion

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Belgium’s royal affair and Montenegro gains independence

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The first reality game show and a joik performance on Eurovision

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Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest and a WW2 sabotage mission in Norway

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The world’s first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis

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Cleaning up Chernobyl and Canada’s war in the woods

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Winning the Booker Prize and discovering a lost fairytale

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Hitler’s teeth and the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck and Echo the elephant

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A papal visit and German reunification

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The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal

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Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

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Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK

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Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III

39

The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome

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Italian history

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Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal

42

Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy

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The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie

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The birth of the modern fitted kitchen and the creation of Cluedo

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The House of the Spirits and Tracey Emin's unmade bed

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The American Freedom Train and the invention of text messaging

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The history of toys

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Norway’s sushi contribution and Laurel and Hardy’s Christmas

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Banky's 'Dismaland' and the Paris climate agreement

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Nigerian history

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Literary hoaxes and an underground cathedral

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Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain and ending the Bosnian war

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Speed of Sound and prosecuting Nazis

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The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy

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Emerante de Pradines and Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds

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Music producer Sonny Roberts and treating diabetes

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Nordic Noir and the Moomins

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The evacuation of Tristan da Cunha and Japan surrenders to China at the end of World War Two

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India's nine day tea strike and the birth of the Excel spreadsheet

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The origins of Indian cinema and the start of Scouting

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The fight against sexual harassment in Egypt and Omar Sharif enters the world stage

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Nigeria’s Festac’77 and Gander’s generosity during 9/11

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The Chindits and USAID

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Washington DC and a film noir classic

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BlackBerry phones and Spot the dog

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Indonesian history

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Nagasaki bomb and Brazil’s biggest bank heist

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Russian revolutionaries and Japan’s record breaking rollercoaster

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Saxophone diplomacy and bulletproof vests

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Nuclear diplomacy and Italo disco

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The 'trial of the juntas' and Evita’s missing body

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Dancing in the Street and Ai Weiwei

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Robert Kennedy's funeral train and the opening of the Medellin Metro

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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting

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Ronald Reagan and Lonesome George

76

Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull

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Battle of the Beanfield and the Champions League anthem

78

The history of photography

79

Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest

80

Rescuing Palmyra’s treasures and 80 years since VE Day

81

The Vietnam War and the expansion of the EU

82

Secret D-Day rehearsal and YouTube begins

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The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and World Book Day

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Bonus: Defeated

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Nazis and sex strikes

86

The wonder woman of the comic world and Namibia's 'ghost town'

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The phone call that changed Nigeria and a 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela

88

The history of space travel

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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the invention of GPS

90

The invention of the shopping trolley and the Calais 'Jungle'

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Discovering the haemoglobin structure and the Nellie massacre

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Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss

93

Great speeches from around the world

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Cult films and a 'rockstar' philosopher

95

The 'Wolf Children' of World War Two and China's TV lessons

96

Back to 1995

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World War Two on film and Africa's landmark lifestyle magazine

98

The Charlie Hebdo attack and the art of decluttering

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The Boxing Day tsunami, and Alexa’s creation

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German traditions and cooking for presidents