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The 1924 Paris Olympics
The last time Paris held the Olympic Games was 100 years ago in 1924
The first Olympic ‘mascot’
The creation of Shuss for the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble,
Olympics: Zamzam Farah at London 2012
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Building the Moscow Metro
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Finding a home for Bulgaria's dancing bears
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The 1965 Freedom Riders of Australia
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The Situation Room photograph
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President Richard Nixon resigns
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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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The last ever Olympic art competition
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Sukarno: The founding father of Indonesian independence
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Saving lives after the 2002 Bali bombings
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The celebrity murder case that divided
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Nazis in Egypt
Egypt recruited thousands of Nazis after World War Two
Argentina's five presidents in two weeks
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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
Canada’s first UFO landing pad
In 1967, the town of St Paul built Canada's first alien UFO landing pad
The writer of Mary Poppins
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Waris Dirie
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Guatemala's disappeared
Jeremias Tecu's two brothers are among the thousands who disappeared in Guatemala
The woman who spoke to the space station
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I led the 'Umbrella' protests
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