The invention of the shopping trolley

In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman wanted his customers to spend more.

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The US invasion of Panama

In 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country.

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The Great Toyota War

In 1987, rugged pickup trucks provided a turning point in the decades-long war in Chad

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How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965

In 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was brought in to end racial discrimination

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The invention of GPS

The Global Positioning System, also known as GPS, was created in the late 1970s

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King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical

South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast opened to critical acclaim in 1959

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The Capitol Crawl

On 12 March 1990, hundreds of wheelchair users crawled up the steps of the US Capitol

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The Gambia’s ‘Queen of Recycling’

In 1997, a Gambian woman started an environmental initiative

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Bardo Museum attack in Tunisia

In March 2015, 22 people were killed when two gunmen stormed the building

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The rocket that revived Brazil’s space programme

On 23 October 2004, Brazil launched its first rocket following a devastating accident

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First spacewalk

On 18 March 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to spacewalk.

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In event of moon disaster: 'The speech that never was'

Richard Nixon's contingency speech in case the moon landing astronauts never made it home

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The historic handshake in space

In July 1975, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts met in space and shook hands

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The visionary behind the European Space Agency

In October 2012, a visionary letter about the European Space Agency was sent into space

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The Germanwings plane crash

General David Galtier who led the search operation recalls the 2015 crash

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Goodluck Jonathan’s phone call that changed Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan's call to Muhammadu Buhari to concede election defeat in 2015

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The suspicious death of Rear Admiral Durović

In 1991, a Yugoslav People’s Army commander died in mysterious circumstances

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Harold Riley’s 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela

A specially commissioned portrait of Nelson Mandela by Harold Riley was unveiled in 2005

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The father of Ethio-Jazz

In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz.

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The 'ghost town' of Namibia

In 1908, the first Kolmanskop diamond was found. It's now abandoned, buried in the desert

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The invention of superglue

In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything

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The wonder woman of DC Comics

In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes

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JFK’s 1963 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech

The US President spoke at the newly constructed Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War

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Resusci Anne: the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy

In May 1960 a Norwegian toy-maker unveiled a life-sized, life-like training manikin

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The UN retreat from Somalia

In 1995, a United Nations mission to restore peace in Somalia ended in disaster

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The Reichstag fire

In February 1933, the home to the German Parliament in Berlin was burned down

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Liberia’s women in white who helped end civil war

In 2003 the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace began protests calling for peace

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Oklahoma City bombing

On 19 April 1995, a huge truck bomb killed 168 people in a US government building

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Germany’s ‘Green Belt’

In December 1989, environmentalists met to secure the future of Germany’s ‘Green Belt’

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The Bali Nine drug smuggling case

In 2005, nine Australians were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia

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