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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
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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
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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
St Teresa of Avila's severed hand
How General Franco kept the hand of St Teresa of Avila for spiritual guidance.
Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s last WW2 soldier to surrender
Hiroo Onoda spent 30 years fighting in the jungle, believing the war was still going on
Egypt and the ‘Cairo 52’
In May 2001, 52 men were arrested in a gay nightclub floating on the River Nile
The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh
In 2008, India and Bangladesh were reconnected by train after 43 years
West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic
In 2014, Sierra Leone was devastated by Africa's biggest Ebola outbreak on record
Deadly Everest avalanche
In 2014, an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall killed 16 sherpas on Mount Everest
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
The first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion
