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Strictly Come Dancing
Television extravaganza Strictly Come Dancing debuted in 2004 in the UK
Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire
In June 1963, Thich Quang Duc set himself alight in protest against the government
The deepest man-made hole in the world
In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a 12,000-metre deep hole
The end of the US HIV travel ban
In 2010, a travel and immigration ban stopping people with HIV entering the US was lifted
The Iran-Contra Affair
In 1986, Oliver North was accused of orchestrating the illegal sale of weapons to Iran
Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine
In 1972, Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine in the United States
The discovery that led to Covid vaccines
In 2005, Dr Katalin Karikó published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize
The ‘Three Marias’
In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book
Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism
In 2012, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a landmark speech on misogyny
India’s 1998 nuclear tests
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
Castro's Cuban revolution attempt
In 1953, Fidel Castro attempted to revolutionise Cuba by attacking military barracks
'I organised the Cuban thaw'
On 17 December 2014, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro normalised Cuba and US relations
The Purple Heart Warriors
In WW2, a Japanese American troop was one of the most decorated army units in US history
The handover of the Panama Canal
In 1999 the Panama Canal was handed over from US to Panamanian rule.
The birth of reggaeton
In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends
Peshawar school massacre
In 2014, one of Pakistan’s worst terror attacks took place at Peshawar Army School
Surviving Andes plane crash
In 1972, 16 people survived for two months in the Andes mountains after a plane crash
Ceefax: the start of interactive television
In 1974, the BBC launched the world's first teletext service
Poland's bleak Christmas
In 1981, the communist government of Poland declared martial law to suppress civil unrest
Australian republic referendum
On 6 November 1999, voters in Australia were asked if they wanted to become a republic
'I created MasterChef'
In 1990, the cookery programme MasterChef launched on BBC TV
When instant noodles came to India
A turning point in Indian culinary history
Chef to five presidents
Cristeta Comerford was the first woman and person of colour to the White House's top chef
'Kimchi war'
In the 1990s, a diplomatic dispute broke out between Japan and South Korea over kimchi
Dinner for One: How an English comedy became a German tradition
The sitcom Dinner for One, recorded in 1963, has become a German New Year's Eve tradition
Indian Ocean tsunami - Tamil Nadu
On 26 December 2004, communities around the Indian Ocean were swept away by a tsunami
Indian Ocean tsunami - Aceh
In 2004, a deadly tsunami swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean
Robert Ripley and the ‘Believe It or Not’ empire
During the Great Depression, cartoonist Robert Ripley made millions from freaky facts
Klaus Fuchs: Oppenheimer’s atomic spy
In 1950, Klaus Fuchs itted ing top secret nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
Creating Alexa
In 2000, two Polish students started creating a smart speaker which sounded human
Marie Kondo
In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.
