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Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi

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The year of the vuvuzela

Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'

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Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster

In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam

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Concorde's first flight

On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time

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Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia

The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia

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The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy

In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.

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The first cat cafe

In 1998, the world鈥檚 first cat cafe opened in Taiwan

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The oil crisis of 1973

In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket

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The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan

In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil

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Nigeria strikes oil

In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria

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The Amoco Cadiz oil spill

In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France

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Protectors of the Amazon

In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company

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Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson鈥檚 Ship in a Bottle

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The 84-year-old primary school pupil

In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school

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Theodosia Okoh: Designer of Ghana鈥檚 flag

Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh

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Kwame Nkrumah: Ousted from power

In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power

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Surviving an acid attack and changing the law

In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling

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Cambodian peace walk

In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war

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Rana Plaza building collapse

In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people

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Mexico鈥檚 murdered women

In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town

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Launching Lagos Fashion Week

Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map

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Osmondmania

Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973

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The first Bosphorus Bridge

In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed

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The 1980 Turkey coup

On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey

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The 1993 MAD hijack

In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked

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'The streets of Harare were littered with money'

Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe鈥檚 inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent

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Turkey: Gezi Park protests

In 2013 protests in Istanbul鈥檚 Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey

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The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon

In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador鈥檚 Yasuni national park

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The discovery of the HIV virus

In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus

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Inventing the black box

In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia

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