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Back to SearchThe rocket that revived Brazil’s space programme
In 2003, 21 people died when a space rocket exploded at Brazil’s Alcantara Launch Centre, three days before its planned flight. It was the country’…
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Bardo Museum attack in Tunisia
On 18 March 2015, 22 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
Hamadi Ben Abdesslem…
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The Gambia’s ‘Queen of Recycling’
In 1997, Isatou Ceesay, who lives in The Gambia had an idea to make bags and purses out of old discarded plastic.
Her idea to help the environment sta…
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The Capitol Crawl
By the beginning of 1990, the United States Congress stalled on passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, a piece of legislation aimed at prohibit…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical
In 1959, Todd Matshikiza composed the score for King Kong, it was South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast and it opened to critical accla…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The invention of GPS
There are few inventions that we rely on as much as the Global Positioning System, also known as GPS. But, when it was created in the late 1970s, nob…
1 year ago
How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965
In March 1965, hundreds of peaceful civil rights protesters in Selma were brutally beaten by Alabama state troops.
They had been marching to demonstra…
1 year ago
The Great Toyota War
In 1987, a decades-long war in Chad reached a dramatic turning point in what would come to be known as the Great Toyota War.
Named after the rugged p…
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The US invasion of Panama
In December 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country of Panama.
The Americans sought to remove the country’…
1 year ago
The invention of the shopping trolley
In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman came up with a way to get his customers to spend more.
He introduced his 'folding basket carriers' …
1 year ago