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Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder

In 1975, Richard Neave invented a method to rebuild the face of an Egyptian mummy

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Fighting slavery in Niger

In 2005, Ilguilas Weila organised a ceremony to free 7,000 enslaved people in Niger

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Last communist march before Hitler

On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin

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1955 Le Mans disaster

In June 1955, more than 80 people were killed and 100 injured at the Le Mans 24-hour race

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Lee Miller in Hitler's bath

In 1945 the war correspondent Lee Miller was photographed in Adolf Hitler's bath

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A Great Day in Harlem: The story behind the iconic jazz photo

In 1958, aspiring photographer Art Kane captured 57 jazz legends in one immortal image

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Malick Sidib茅: Mali鈥檚 star photographer

Malick Sidib茅 photographed life in Mali after its independence from France in 1960.

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Sir Don McCullin鈥檚 photo of a US marine

In 1968, British photographer travelled to Vietnam for his second ever war assignment

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Ming Smith makes history at MoMA

MoMA bought photos from an African-American woman for the first time in 1979.

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Uprising in East Germany

On 16 June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule

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The Somali pilot ordered to bomb his own country

Somali fighter pilot Ahmed Mohamed Hassan faced a terrible choice in 1988

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Anti-gay police raid at Tasty nightclub

On 7 August 1994, police raided Tasty, a gay nightclub in downtown Melbourne, Australia

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The Empire Windrush arrives

On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in England

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My dad played golf on the moon

In 1971 Alan Shepard played golf on the moon

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JFK鈥檚 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech

On 26 June 1963, United States President John F Kennedy gave a speech in Berlin

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First reports of Ebola

Ebola's first documented outbreak emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976

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Sampoong department store disaster

On 29 June 1995 the Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed killing 502 people

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The 'graveyard' for communist statues

Communist statues in Hungary's capital Budapest were moved to Memento Park in 1993

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I made Lady Gaga's meat dress

In 2010 Lady Gaga attended the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of beef

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The trial of John Demjanjuk

In 1986, John Demjanjuk was accused of being 鈥業van the Terrible鈥�

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Longest-serving democratically elected communist government

A democratically elected communist government came to power in eastern India in 1977

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The National Health Service begins

The UK鈥檚 National Health Service started on 5 July 1948

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When tourism came to the Maldives

In February 1972 the first group of tourists arrived in the Maldives

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A right royal night out

Princess Diana, Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury went on a night out in London in 1988

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Invention of the ballpoint pen

In 1938 a Hungarian journalist L谩szl贸 B铆r贸 invented the ballpoint pen

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Inventing Rubik鈥檚 Cube

In 1974, a Hungarian architect, Ern艖 Rubik invented his bestselling puzzle

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Aibo: The world鈥檚 first robot dog

The world's first robot dog called Aibo, sold out in just 20 minutes in 1999

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When disposable nappies were invented

The story of how disposable nappies were invented.

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Creating the first emoji

In 1999, Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita created a global phenomena - the first emoji

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Tamoxifen: Breast cancer 鈥榳onder drug鈥�

How the drug tamoxifen became a global success in breast cancer treatment

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