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India's capsule coal mine rescue
In November 1989, 65 miners were rescued from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in India

How Greece got rid of their king
In a 1974 referendum, the Greek people voted two to one in favour of becoming a republic

The Pakistan mountain massacre
In 2013, 11 people were killed by members of a militant group at Nanga Parbat base camp

The invention of the 鈥楤aby鈥� computer
In 1948, the first stored-program computer the 鈥楤aby鈥� was invented

The woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Polish aid worker Irena Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in WW2

The Shah of Iran's party
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian Empire

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

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

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

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