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The First Fleet Lands in Australia

Britain established a penal colony in Australia.In January 1788

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The Challenger Disaster

On 28 January 1986 The Challenger space shuttle launch went horribly wrong

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Sharia Returns to Nigeria

In 2000, Zamfara became the first Nigerian state to implement full Sharia law

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The First Batman TV Series

In January 1966 Batman and Robin appeared on the small screen for the first time

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Spanish Embassy Killings

In January 1980, 37 people died as police stormed Spain's embassy in Guatemala

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The ‘Abscam’ Corruption Investigation

The FBI sting operation that ensnared corrupt politicians using a fictitious Arab sheikh.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

In 1938, the first animated feature film was released, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Prozac

In the spring of 1988 a new kind of anti-depressant went on the market.

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The Last of the Red Hot Mamas

The larger than life vaudeville star - Sophie Tucker - died on February 9th 1966.

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The Arab Spring and Syria

The story of the first protests against the Assad regime in 2011

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Pakistan's Women Only Police Station

In 1994 Pakistan opened the country's first all-female police station

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Britain's Secret Code-Breakers

Witness talks to one of Britain's secret army of World War Two code-breakers

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Black Sabbath

On Friday 13 February 1970, heavy metal band Black Sabbath released their first album

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Seven Years In Tibet

The Austrian mountaineer who lived in the forbidden land of Tibet in the 1940s and 50s.

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The Attempt to Kill Khaled Meshaal

In 1997 Israeli secret agents tried to assassinate a Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal.

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Christian Dior's New Look

In February 1947, French designer Christian Dior transformed post-war fashion.

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The Battle of Verdun

In 1916, French and German armies began one of the most devastating battles of WW1

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The UK’s Foot-and-Mouth Epidemic

In 2001 an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease devastated the British farming industry

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The Death of Jonas Savimbi

In February 2002 the controversial Angolan rebel leader was killed by government forces

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The Back to Africa Movement

In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence

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Philippines People Power Revolution

In 1986, Filipinos took to the streets to overthrow the regime of Ferdinand Marcos

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The Caracazo Protests

In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela

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The Foxcatcher Story

In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring

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The Siege of Sarajevo

Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history

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The Polaroid Instant Camera

In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.

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Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer

In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London

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Condemned as a Spy in the USSR

Flora Leipman, a British Jew, falsely condemned as a spy, was sent to a labour camp

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Poisoned in Kosovo

How Roma Gypsies, who fled ethnic violence in 1999, were settled in a camp on toxic land

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Spinsters' Rights

Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.

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Tenerife Air Disaster

In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife.

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