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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
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
Miss World protest
In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London
Quebec’s 1995 referendum
In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on whether to become independent from Canada
Demolishing the Babri Masjid
Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya
The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
In 2005, the unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by police in London
'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam
In 1975, the Prime Minister was sacked in Australia's biggest constitutional crisis
Creating Teletubbies
The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time
Mongolian revolution
In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia
The Nazi occupation of Jersey
A woman who risked her life to hide a Russian prisoner during World War Two
Returning to District Six
Zahra Nordien returned to District Six decades after being expelled during apartheid
Soviet fashionista
Slava Zaitsev was the first designer to design high fashion pieces in the Soviet Union
Felix Baumgartner's huge leap
In 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from space back to earth
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
The BBC's first black producer, Una Marson, and the beginnings of the Caribbean Service
The BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Transmitting independent broadcasts through the Iron Curtain between 1947 and 1991
