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The oil crisis of 1973
In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket
The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan
In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil
Nigeria strikes oil
In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria
The Amoco Cadiz oil spill
In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of
Protectors of the Amazon
In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company
Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
The 84-year-old primary school pupil
In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school
Theodosia Okoh: Designer of Ghana’s flag
Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh
Kwame Nkrumah: Ousted from power
In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power
Surviving an acid attack and changing the law
In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling
Cambodian peace walk
In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war
Rana Plaza building collapse
In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people
Mexico’s murdered women
In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town
Launching Lagos Fashion Week
Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map
Osmondmania
Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973
The first Bosphorus Bridge
In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed
The 1980 Turkey coup
On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey
The 1993 MAD hijack
In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked
'The streets of Harare were littered with money'
Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent
Turkey: Gezi Park protests
In 2013 protests in Istanbul’s Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey
The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon
In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuni national park
The discovery of the HIV virus
In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus
Inventing the black box
In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia
Che Guevara’s daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola
In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara travelled from Cuba to treat children in communist Angola
Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour
The actress Jane Seymour shares what it was like being rock star Freddie Mercury's bride
Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire
More than 300 people died in Paraguay's capital in 2004
Debbie McGee in Iran
Showbiz star, Debbie McGee describes being caught up in the Iranian revolution in 1978
The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars
How Nazia and Zoheb Hassan changed South-East Asian pop with their album, Disco Deewane
Destruction of Mostar Bridge
On 9 November 1993 the historic bridge was destroyed during the Bosnian War
The hippo and the tortoise
In 2004, a hippo and a tortoise became friends. Their story gained worldwide fame
The invention of the EpiPen
How engineer Sheldon Kaplan and his team made the EpiPen, the lifesaving allergy device
