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The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru
In 1987, the looting of an ancient pyramid led to an extraordinary golden discovery
The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada
Beginning in 1984, a dispute over an island was marked by geniality, and bottles of booze
Uruguay v the tobacco giant
In 2010, Uruguay was taken to court by a tobacco company for its trailblazing smoking ban
French child evacuees of World War Two
In World War Two, tens of thousands of children left Paris to escape the threat of bombs
The Carnation Revolution in Portugal
In 1974, a 41-year regime was overthrown in a day
Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda
In 2002, a nun was sent to northern Uganda to help those suffering from a bloody conflict
MH370: The plane that vanished
Ghyslain Wattrelos' wife and two children were on MH370, the plane that disappeared.
11M: The day Madrid was bombed
Nearly 200 died when Spanish commuter trains were bombed in 2004
Finding the longest set of footprints left by the first vertebrate
In 1992 a student found a set of fossilised footprints from the earliest vertebrate
Paraguay adopts its second language
How Guarani was officially recognised in Paraguay’s new constitution
Winifred Atwell: The honky-tonk star who was Sir Elton John’s hero
The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records
The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius is famous for burying Pompeii but it last erupted in 1944, during World War II.
Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
In 1958, Zhou Youguang introduced a new writing system in China
Surviving re-education in China’s Cultural Revolution
Thousands of people were sent to re-education camps during China’s cultural revolution
The 'comfort women' of World War Two
Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s
Discovering the Terracotta Army
In 1974, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an astonishing archaeological site
Wham! in China
How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China
Britain's Mirpuri migration
In 1967, the Mangla Dam was built in Mirpur spurring a huge global migration
The Heimlich Manoeuvre
How the life-saving method to stop choking was developed
Britain's first beach for nudists
In 1980, a seaside town opened a beach where people could strip off as they pleased
The founding of Nato
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
Surviving the Rwandan genocide
April 1994 was the start of the Rwandan genocide. One hundred days of atrocities followed
Fifty years of Abba
In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest
The man who invented the seat belt
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
Sweden's pioneering paternity leave
Fifty years ago Sweden introduced gender neutral parental leave
The Bluetooth story
The story of how a Viking inspired wireless technology.
Sweden's Cinnamon Bun Day
In 1999, a delicious new tradition was born in Sweden's kitchens
Bonus: The Black 14
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
The 2010 Kampala bombings
Bombings in Uganda in 2010 killed 74. Many were football fans watching the World Cup
How Lake Karla in Greece was drained
In 1962, Thessaly’s Lake Karla was drained by the Greek government
The Scream: A stolen masterpiece
In 1994, an undercover operation was launched to recover the Scream painting
