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Conservative wipe-out in Canada
In Canada's 1993 election, the governing party was routed, ending up with just two seats
Fight the Power: The song that became an anthem of protest
In 1989, Public Enemy provided the soundtrack for Spike Lee's movie, Do The Right Thing
Georgia’s political crisis
In 1991, the newly independent country found itself on the verge of a civil war
Executed in Stalin’s Great Terror in Georgia
In the 1930s, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin executed hundreds of thousands without trial
Subway Art: The graffiti bible
In 1984, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper released an iconic photography book
I designed Hello Kitty
In 1974, a Japanese artist created a character who is now worth more than $80 billion
The first CIA-backed coup in Latin America
President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala was overthrown in a revolt sponsored by the US
Dignitas: Founding an assisted dying society
In 1998, Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli set up the controversial organisation Dignitas
Sagrada Familia: Completing Gaudi’s vision
How architects carried on building Barcelona's basilica after the death of designer Gaudi
The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans
Sudeten Germans were expelled by the Czechoslovak government after World War Two
