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How to win friends and influence people
In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote the self help book - How to Win Friends and Influence People
Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'
Ordinary people saw inside the home of Ukraine’s ousted president in February 2014
The Channel Tunnel breakthrough
In 1990, the Channel Tunnel between Britain and was connected
Friends: The making of a smash hit
Behind the scenes on one of the biggest TV comedies of all time
East 's coffee from Vietnam
A thirst for caffeine led to an unusual global collaboration in the 1980s
The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik
In 1963, Dr Jose Barraquer Moner performed the first eye surgery to fix short-sightedness.
How a billion Indians got a digital ID
The 2009 attempt to give all Indian citizens a unique digital ID
Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal
The story of a princess, an Indian palace and a photograph which gained worldwide fame
The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians
In 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes
The creation of the state of Israel
In 1948, the state of Israel was declared
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia
In 2004, protests against nuclear testing saw a change in how French Polynesia was ruled
Baghdad heavy metal
The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein
When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught
The story of Cuban spy Ana Montes who was arrested in 2001
Bata: Pioneering shoemakers
A Czech company called Bata pioneered assembly line shoemaking
How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world
Havaianas has become one of the country's most successful and best-known exports
Adi Dassler's sports shoe obsession
How an argument between the Dassler brothers led to the creation of Adidas and Puma
Imelda Marcos's famous shoe collection
In 2001, more than 700 pairs of Imelda Marcos’ shoes became museum exhibits in Marikina
How Air Jordans were created
The story of how Nike signed basketballer Michael Jordan and launched Air Jordans
Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'
Hero or traitor? Carlos Lamarca deserted the Brazilian army to fight the military regime
The first ever quintuplets
Ninety years ago, five girls were born and exhibited to the world
The first Aboriginal MP
In August 1971, the first Aboriginal MP took his place in the Australian Senate.
The Flint water crisis
In 2014, a city in Michigan was exposed to dangerous levels of lead in its water supply
The commercial that changed advertising: 1984
Forty years ago, a revolutionary advert played at America’s Super Bowl
‘Panda diplomacy’: China gifts pandas to Taiwan
Giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, were sent to Taiwan from China as a gift in 2008
Tetris: The birth of an all-time favourite
The game was created by a Russian and marketed by an American during the Cold War
The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day
Maureen Flavin’s weather report forecast a storm and changed the course of WW2 history
Saving lives on D-Day
Charles Norman Shay was honoured for saving men from drowning on Omaha Beach on D-Day
The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush
Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at the President of the United States.
Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters
It's 25 years since Nato bombed the Serbian television headquarters in Belgrade
Boko Haram massacre in Gwoza
In 2014, Boko Haram drove into Gwoza in Nigeria and began an assault that killed hundreds
The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid
In 1984, 11 Dunnes store workers walked out after refusing to handle South African goods
