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The end of the Irish marriage bar
Until 1973, married women in Ireland were banned from working in state jobs.
Apollo 13
In 1970, a Moon mission almost ended in tragedy after an explosion on board the spaceship
Giant Gonzalez: from NBA star to WWE wrestler
Jorge Gonzalez was the first Argentinian in an NBA draft. How did he end up wrestling?
Emperor Haile Selassie overthrown
In September 1974, a military junta launched a coup against Ethiopia's monarchy
Haile Selassie in Bath
In 1936, the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie was exiled in Bath in the UK
Ardi: The oldest skeleton of a human ancestor
In 1994, a college student discovered a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton in Ethiopia
Abebech Gobena: Africa's 'Mother Teresa'
In 1980, Abebech Gobena founded an orphanage in Ethiopia to save children from starvation
When Italy gave back Ethiopia’s stolen obelisk
The Axum Obelisk was looted by Italian soldiers in 1937 on the orders of Benito Mussolini
The invention of the CT scanner
In 1971, the CT scanner was invented by Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfield
Camouflaging Leningrad
In 1941, landmarks were painted and covered in the Russian city during World War Two
India’s plague outbreak
In 1994, hundreds of thousands of people fled the city of Surat
The discovery of New Zealand’s first dinosaur
The discovery of New Zealand's first dinosaur by Joan Wiffen
Deg the Google logo
Brazilian artist and designer, Ruth Kedar’s story of deg the Google logo.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission
India placed a satellite into orbit around Mars on its first attempt in 2014
Why Tupac was fired from Menace II Society
In 1993, the Hughes brothers released their debut movie
South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage
For almost 40 years, marriage between people from different ethnic backgrounds was banned
The Estonia ferry disaster
In 1994 the Estonia ferry sank off Finland in one of Europe's biggest shipping tragedies
Kristallnacht: The night of broken glass
In 1938, the Nazis launched a violent anti-Jewish attack, known as Kristallnacht
Cambodia war crimes
Kerry Hamill mistakenly sailed into Cambodian waters and was killed by the Khmer Rouge
South Africa’s nuclear weapons
In 1989, South Africa became the first country to make and then dismantle nuclear weapons
The speech that inspired the Law of the Sea
In November 1967, the Maltese diplomat, Arvid Pardo, gave a historic speech at the UN
The longest plane hijacking in Latin America
In 1973, two men pretending to be Colombian guerrillas hijacked a plane for 60 hours
Eliza: When chatbots started
1966 saw the invention of Eliza, which is said to be the first chatbot
WABOT-1: The first humanoid robot
Scientists at Waseda University in Japan built the world's first humanoid robot in 1973
The world's first general purpose electronic computer
In 1946, one of the world’s first electronic computers was unveiled in the USA.
How the QR code was invented
In 1994 Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara designed a square of data, now known as a QR code
'Robocops’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Handmade robots were installed in DRC's capital city Kinshasa to direct traffic
The Sunflower Movement
In 2014, more than 500,000 Taiwanese people protested against a new trade deal with China
The Rose Revolution in Georgia
In 2003, demonstrators stormed the parliament building in Tbilisi, holding flowers
Fleeing Afghanistan alone as a child
Dr Waheed Arian escaped poverty and war in Afghanistan to begin a new life in the UK
Dyke and Dryden: Cosmetic kings
In 1969, Dyke and Dryden started one the most successful black British businesses
