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Kawarau Bridge: The first bungee jumping site in New Zealand
In 1988 AJ Hackett brought bungee jumping to paying customers
The first mega cruise ship
In 1988, the world’s largest passenger ship set sail on her maiden voyage from the USA
The beginning of Benidorm
How one man grew a sleepy Spanish town into one of the world’s biggest holiday resorts
How CancΓΊn became a tourist destination
In 1969, Antonio EnrΓquez Savignac started building CancΓΊn
The first budget transatlantic flights
In 1955, an Icelandic airline slashed the cost of flying across the Atlantic
OrelhΓ£o: Brazil's iconic egg-shaped telephone booth
In 1971, a Chinese architect called Chu Ming Silveira created OrelhΓ£o
Kielland disaster
In 1980, 123 men died when a platform capsized in Norway's biggest industrial disaster
The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid
In 1984, 11 Dunnes store workers walked out after refusing to handle South African goods
Boko Haram massacre in Gwoza
In 2014, Boko Haram drove into Gwoza in Nigeria and began an assault that killed hundreds
Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters
It's 25 years since Nato bombed the Serbian television headquarters in Belgrade
