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Cuba's boxing ban
In 1962, Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, causing some amateurs to defect
Founder of the Cuban National Ballet
In 1959, Cuba’s most famous ballet dancer formed Cuba’s National Ballet Company
Indonesia’s indigenous people take a stand
The first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago of Indonesia in 1999
The Iranian Revolution and women
We hear what life was like during, and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979
Theatre siege in Moscow
It is 20 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage
Arrested for wearing tros in Sudan
In 2002, Amiera Osman Hamed was put on trial after being arrested for wearing tros
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's career-defining speech in 2012
The Little Black Book survival guide
In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police
Albania’s Stalinist purges
In the 1970s, Albania’s Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
A first-hand of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work
Polynesian Panthers
Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police
First rape crisis centres in the US
Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US
The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered
Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981
The child evacuees of World War Two
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs
Formation of the United Arab Emirates
A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.
Burj Khalifa: Deg the world’s tallest building
The tallest building in the world opened in 2010
Inventing robot camel jockeys
In 2003, a Qatari engineer came up with the idea for a robot jockey in camel racing
First Emirati female teacher
A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates
Qatar's first female published author
Kaltham Jaber's anthology of short stories was published in 1978
The invention of the seat belt
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
First women’s minister in Iran
Iran’s first ever minister for women’s affairs was appointed in 1975
When Sweden’s roads went right
In 1967, Swedish traffic swapped to driving on the right-hand side of the road
The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim
In 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested and then jailed a year later
How cat's eyes were invented
In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road
Mombasa terror attacks
Journalist Kelly Hartog describes the moment terrorists targeted Israeli tourists in Kenya
CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry
In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit
The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on
In 1947, thousands of Japanese people were taken from their island homes by Soviet troops
The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag
Virologist Professor Radka Argirova was the first to test people for HIV in Bulgaria
