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My dad created Dungeons & Dragons

In 1974, Gary Gygax created the fantasy roleplay game

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The creation of Greenwich Mean Time

Experiments by John Flamsteed in the 17th Century led to the time zone being created

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Jean Batten: New Zealand’s record breaking aviator

Jean Batten was nicknamed the Queen of the Skies for her pioneering flights of the 1930s

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Ken Burns

In 2002, the 'Ken Burns effect' was created

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Brazil’s electronic voting

In 1996, an electronic voting system in Brazil was used for the first time

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Siegfried and Roy tiger attack

In 2003, illusionist Roy Horn was attacked by a tiger live on stage.

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Iran hostage crisis

In 1979, Barry Rosen was held hostage after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed

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In exile from Iran

Former empress Farah Pahlavi and social scientist Rouhi Shafi speak about leaving Iran

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