The first Olympic ‘mascot’

The creation of Shuss for the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France

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Olympics: Zamzam Farah at London 2012

Somali sprinter Zamzam Farah at the London 2012 Olympics

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Building the Moscow Metro

How the Moscow Metro was built using more than 10,000 Russian workers.

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The first cold chain vaccination storage system

In 1974, Ghana pioneered a new system, to help immunise against serious diseases

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The man who smuggled punk rock across the Berlin Wall

How punk rock band Die Toten Hosen secretly played a concert in East Berlin.

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Yazidi genocide: A rescue mission on Mount Sinjar

How Yazidis in Iraq fled to Mount Sinjar to escape genocide in August 2014

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Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears

In 1998, it became illegal to make bears dance in Bulgaria

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The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia

The students who challenged the discrimination of Australia's indigenous people

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Ice Bucket Challenge

The ice bucket challenge became a worldwide phenomenon in 2014

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The Situation Room photograph

The story behind the Situation Room photograph during the raid to kill Bin Laden in 2011

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Bush v Gore: The election decided in the Supreme Court

The US presidential election of 2000 was one of the most contested in history

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Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority

In 1979, the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of US politics

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President Richard Nixon resigns

In 1974, Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign

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The first televised US presidential debate

In 1956, US presidential candidates sent female representatives to the first debate on TV

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Clara Nunes: Queen of Samba

The Brazilian singer who earned the title Queen of Samba

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The last ever Olympic art competition

From 1912 until 1948, you could win medals in art at the Olympic Games

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Sukarno: The founding father of Indonesian independence

In 1945, the nationalist leader declared independence for Indonesia

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How the CIA caught 'Carlos the Jackal'

One of the world’s most wanted men had been on the run for decades.

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Saving lives after the 2002 Bali bombings

'Spray-on skin' was used to treat burns victims after bombings on the Indonesian island.

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The celebrity murder case that divided France

French actress Marie Trintignant was killed by the rock star Bertrand Cantat in 2003.

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Nazis in Egypt

Egypt recruited thousands of Nazis after World War Two

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Argentina's five presidents in two weeks

In 2001, Argentina went through a remarkable political crisis

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India’s first female bartender

The story of the woman who became known as India’s first female bartender

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Spain's La Tomatina

In 1945, a spat between teenage boys was the seed for the world's largest tomato fight

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Canada’s first UFO landing pad

In 1967, the town of St Paul built Canada's first alien UFO landing pad

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The writer of Mary Poppins

It's 60 years since the Disney film was released, based on writer PL Travers's book

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Waris Dirie

In 1987, Waris Dirie had her first photo-shoot and became a supermodel sensation

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Guatemala's disappeared

Jeremias Tecu's two brothers are among the thousands who disappeared in Guatemala

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The woman who spoke to the space station

Maggie Iaquinto was the first amateur radio enthusiast to contact Russian cosmonauts

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I led the 'Umbrella' protests

In September 2014, Nathan Law led Hong Kong's 'Umbrella' Protests

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