The woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto

Polish aid worker Irena Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in WW2

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The invention of the ‘Baby’ computer

In 1948, the first stored-program computer the ‘Baby’ was invented

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The Pakistan mountain massacre

In 2013, 11 people were killed by members of a militant group at Nanga Parbat base camp

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How Greece got rid of their king

In a 1974 referendum, the Greek people voted two to one in favour of becoming a republic

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India's capsule coal mine rescue

In November 1989, 65 miners were rescued from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in India

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Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six

In 2013, the gender of a six-year-old from Argentina was legally changed

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German naturists

The naturist movement began in Germany at the end of the 19th Century

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Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'

Between 2002 and 2005, Naghmeh Panahi set up a network of 'house churches' in Iran

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The Siege of Yarmouk

How the Syrian army turned one neighbourhood near Damascus into a bombed-out wasteland

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Handover of Macau

In 1999, Macau was handed back to China after more than 400 years as a Portuguese colony

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Lord of the Flies

It’s 70 years since William Golding’s acclaimed novel was published

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Creation of the UFC

In 1993, a new sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa

Dr Zureena Desai was arrested in South Africa for breaking the Immorality Act

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Strictly Come Dancing

Television extravaganza Strictly Come Dancing debuted in 2004 in the UK

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Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire

In June 1963, Thich Quang Duc set himself alight in protest against the government

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The deepest man-made hole in the world

In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a 12,000-metre deep hole

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The end of the US HIV travel ban

In 2010, a travel and immigration ban stopping people with HIV entering the US was lifted

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The Iran-Contra Affair

In 1986, Oliver North was accused of orchestrating the illegal sale of weapons to Iran

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Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine

In 1972, Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine in the United States

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The discovery that led to Covid vaccines

In 2005, Dr Katalin Karikó published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize

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The ‘Three Marias’

In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book

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Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism

In 2012, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a landmark speech on misogyny

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India’s 1998 nuclear tests

Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests

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Castro's Cuban revolution attempt

In 1953, Fidel Castro attempted to revolutionise Cuba by attacking military barracks

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'I organised the Cuban thaw'

On 17 December 2014, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro normalised Cuba and US relations

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The Purple Heart Warriors

In WW2, a Japanese American troop was one of the most decorated army units in US history

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The handover of the Panama Canal

In 1999 the Panama Canal was handed over from US to Panamanian rule.

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The birth of reggaeton

In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends

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Peshawar school massacre

In 2014, one of Pakistan’s worst terror attacks took place at Peshawar Army School

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Surviving Andes plane crash

In 1972, 16 people survived for two months in the Andes mountains after a plane crash

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