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Fighting for legal abortion in Italy
In 1978, campaigners won their fight to legalise abortion in Italy despite the opposition
The first person inside the 'Gates of Hell'
In November 2013, George Kourounis descended into the 'Gates of Hell'
Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack
In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi
The year of the vuvuzela
Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'
Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster
In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam
Concorde's first flight
On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time
Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia
The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia
The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy
In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.
The first cat cafe
In 1998, the world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan
The oil crisis of 1973
In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket
The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan
In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil
Nigeria strikes oil
In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria
The Amoco Cadiz oil spill
In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of
Protectors of the Amazon
In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company
Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
The 84-year-old primary school pupil
In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school
Theodosia Okoh: Designer of Ghana’s flag
Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh
Kwame Nkrumah: Ousted from power
In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power
Surviving an acid attack and changing the law
In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling
Cambodian peace walk
In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war
Rana Plaza building collapse
In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people
Mexico’s murdered women
In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town
Launching Lagos Fashion Week
Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map
Osmondmania
Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973
The first Bosphorus Bridge
In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed
The 1980 Turkey coup
On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey
The 1993 MAD hijack
In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked
'The streets of Harare were littered with money'
Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent
Turkey: Gezi Park protests
In 2013 protests in Istanbul’s Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey
The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon
In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuni national park
The discovery of the HIV virus
In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus
