Albania’s Stalinist purges

In the 1970s, Albania’s Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges

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Campaigning against sex-selection in India

A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls

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Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher

Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972

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Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme

In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work

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Polynesian Panthers

Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police

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First rape crisis centres in the US

Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US

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The assassination of Pim Fortuyn

It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered

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Māori protests stops South African rugby tour

Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981

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The child evacuees of World War Two

The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

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Formation of the United Arab Emirates

A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.

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Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building

The tallest building in the world opened in 2010

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Inventing robot camel jockeys

In 2003, a Qatari engineer came up with the idea for a robot jockey in camel racing

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First Emirati female teacher

A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates

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Qatar's first female published author

Kaltham Jaber's anthology of short stories was published in 1978

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The invention of the seat belt

In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars

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First women’s minister in Iran

Iran’s first ever minister for women’s affairs was appointed in 1975

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When Sweden’s roads went right

In 1967, Swedish traffic swapped to driving on the right-hand side of the road

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The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim

In 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested and then jailed a year later

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How cat's eyes were invented

In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road

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Mombasa terror attacks

Journalist Kelly Hartog describes the moment terrorists targeted Israeli tourists in Kenya

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CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry

In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit

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The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on

In 1947, thousands of Japanese people were taken from their island homes by Soviet troops

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The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag

Virologist Professor Radka Argirova was the first to test people for HIV in Bulgaria

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Miss World protest

In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London

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Quebec’s 1995 referendum

In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on whether to become independent from Canada

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Demolishing the Babri Masjid

Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya

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The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

In 2005, the unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by police in London

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'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam

In 1975, the Prime Minister was sacked in Australia's biggest constitutional crisis

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Creating Teletubbies

The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time

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Mongolian revolution

In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia

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