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Back to SearchThe Bali Nine drug smuggling case
In April 2005, nine young Australians were caught trying to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin out of Indonesia.
The Bali Nine, as they became known, faced a ma…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Germany’s ‘Green Belt’
In December 1989, Germany’s ‘Green Belt’ was born.
For more than 40 years, the country had been split by a 1,400km border and, in the decades the so-…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Oklahoma City bombing
On 19 April 1995, a huge truck bomb killed 168 people in a government building in Oklahoma City, US. There were 19 children among the dead and more t…
11 months ago
Liberia’s women in white who helped end civil war
In December 2011, Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in helping to end the devastating civil war in Liberia.
She had mobilis…
11 months ago
The Reichstag fire
On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin, which was home to the German Parliament, was burned down.
This was a key event in the establis…
11 months ago
The UN retreat from Somalia
In 1991, a horrific civil war erupted between rival warlords in Somalia. A US-led United Nations mission tried to restore order and provide humanitar…
11 months ago
Resusci Anne: the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy
In 1960, Norwegian toymaker Åsmund Lærdal began selling his latest invention - a life-size training dummy designed to teach mouth-to-mouth resuscitat…
11 months ago
JFK’s 1963 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech
United States President John F Kennedy gave a speech in Berlin at the height of the Cold War on 26 June 1963.
It galvanised the world in support of W…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Wonder Woman of DC Comics
In 1976, Jenette Kahn took on one of the biggest roles in comic books - publisher of DC Comics, home to superheroes like Superman, Batman and Wonder …
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The invention of superglue
In 1951, American chemist Dr Harry Coover was experimenting with a substance called cyanoacrylate but it was sticking to everything.
He realised its p…
11 months, 1 week ago