麻豆约拍

The Invention of Penicillin - 1928

Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming changed the medical landscape of the 20th Century

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The Assassination of President Kennedy - 1963

The death of John F Kennedy at 46 presaged a turbulent 60s and loss of idealism in the US

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Independence of Ghana -1957

Independence of Ghana in 1957 marked the beginning of the end of Britain's African empire

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Fall of Saigon - 1975

The fall of Saigon was a humiliation for the US. But who won the peace?

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End of the Berlin Wall - 1989

The Berlin Wall was a symbol of the Cold War. Why was it put up? And what brought it down?

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Nelson Mandela's Release - 1990

Nelson Mandela's release from prison after 27 years years signalled the end of apartheid

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Man on the Moon 1969

Neil Armstrong's moon landing. A triumph for mankind, science and America in the Cold War

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Gandhi's Salt March 1930

Ghandi's defiance of the British salt tax marked the beginning of the end of colonial rule

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Wall Street Crash 1929

How the crash led to a world-wide depression and a new era of government intervention

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Hiroshima 1945

In August 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The nuclear age had begun

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