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Back to SearchCastro's Cuban revolution attempt
In 1953, Fidel Castro attacked military barracks in the east of Cuba in a bid to revolutionise the country. He failed, but it marked the beginning of…
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India’s 1998 nuclear tests
In May 1998, India conducted five nuclear tests, drawing international condemnation. It was the first time the country had tested nuclear weapons for…
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Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism
In October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an impromptu speech in the Australian parliament setting out the misogyny she endured for years as…
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The ‘Three Marias’
In May 1974, people gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, to see whether three women would be sent to jail for writing a book.
Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velh…
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The discovery that led to Covid vaccines
Dr Katalin Karikó grew up in a small town in Hungary with no electricity or running water at home. She overcame great adversity to become a scientist…
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Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine
In 1972, feminist campaigner Gloria Steinem co-founded the first magazine in the US which was owned, run and written by women.
Called Ms. Magazine, it…
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The end of the US HIV travel ban
For 22 years, a travel and immigration ban was in place which stopped people with HIV legally entering the US.
In 2009, President Barack Obama announc…
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The deepest man-made hole in the world
In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a hole more than 12,000 metres deep.
It was called the Kola Superdeep Borehole.
They wanted…
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Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire
In June 1963, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Catholic South Vietnamese government.
Malcolm Brown…
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The Iran-Contra Affair
The Iran-Contra affair was a scandal that went right to the heart of Ronald Reagan’s White House and it became known as one of the most controversial…
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