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The End of Apartheid

Adriaan Vlok was in charge of the police in apartheid-era South Africa.

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The German American Bund

In the 1930s, American Nazi sympathisers held rallies and summer camps across the US.

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Death in the Amazon

In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.

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Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya

Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.

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Chairman Mao's Red Guard

One boy's story of communist fervour in 1960s China.

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The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid

In 1998 someone vandalised the most famous statue in Denmark.

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The Origin of Nollywood

The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry

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Sanctuary Cities

How San Francisco became one of the first 'sanctuary cities' in the USA.

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Obesity

In 1997 obesity was first recognised as a global problem by the World Health Organisation

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Sara Ginaite, Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

Sara Ginaite escaped from a Jewish ghetto to join communist partisans fighting the Nazis.

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Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint

In March 1997 Mother Teresa retired from her charity work in India.

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Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt

An eye-witness remembers the night gunmen tried to kill the global reggae star.

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The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

Cells taken from an African American woman in 1951 revolutionised medical science

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Albania's Economic Chaos

There was rioting across Albania after pyramid investment schemes collapsed.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

America's longest-serving First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

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India's Disability Law

It wasn't until 1995 that disabled people in India were guaranteed rights.

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WW1: The Two Women of Pervyse

The story of two British nurses who set up a first aid station on the Western Front

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Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote

In 2005 an unprecedented protest by Kuwaiti women won a historic change

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Mexico Slashes Car Use

How Mexico City's bold plan helped reduce dangerously high pollution levels.

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Georgia O'Keeffe

One of the world's most famous female artists died in March 1986.

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The Hanafi Hostage Siege in Washington DC

In March 1977 a group of American Muslims took over 100 people hostage in the US.

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The Aids Patient Zero Myth

How one man was mistakenly identified as the "Patient Zero" of the Aids epidemic

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The First Russian Revolution of 1917

In March 1917 Tsar Nicholas II abdicated ending centuries of autocratic rule in Russia

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The Russian Empire in Colour

Photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii took the first colour photographs of Russia

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The Germans Occupy Prague

In March 1939, German troops occupied Prague; hear the story of one young boy who escaped

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Kolkata Sex Workers.

In March 2001 thousands of Indian prostitutes united to fight for their rights.

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An Assassination in Colombia

The murder of left-wing opposition politician Bernardo Jaramillo in March 1990.

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Submarine Warfare in WW1

The underwater vessels were first used widely in the First World War

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Mass Deportations From Soviet Estonia

In 1949, Moscow arranged the deportation of tens of thousands of Estonians to Siberia.

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Ayn Rand

The Russian-American philosopher whose novels praising capitalism sold in the millions.

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