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Back to SearchKristallnacht: The night of broken glass
In November 1938, the Nazis organised a night of terror against Jews in Germany. Windows of homes, businesses and synagogues were broken.
Kurt Salomo…
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The Estonia ferry disaster
In 1994, the MS Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 852 lives. It was one of the deadliest shipping tragedies since the sinking of …
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South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage
In 1949, inter-racial marriage and relationships were banned by South Africa’s apartheid government.
In June 1985, the ban was lifted.
Suzanne La Cle…
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Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa
In 1969, a white man and an Indian woman were put on trial in South Africa for conspiring to have sex.
Dr Zureena Desai and Professor John Blacking we…
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Why Tupac was fired from Menace II Society
In 1993, a gritty and unflinching crime movie called Menace II Society was released to huge acclaim.
The debut picture from the teenage directors, All…
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission
In 2014, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission meant the country was the first in the world to successfully place a satellite into orbit around Mars on its in…
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Designing the Google logo
Millions of us see the Google logo every day.
Ruth Kedar is the designer of the logo. The story of how she got the job starts in a martial arts class…
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The discovery of New Zealand’s first dinosaur
On 2 December 1972, Joan Wiffen, her husband, son and daughter started a camping trip. But it was far from ordinary. They were obsessed fossil-hunter…
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India’s plague outbreak
In 1994, the pneumonic plague broke out in the city of Surat, causing mass panic.
It saw the largest migration across India since independence was de…
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Camouflaging Leningrad
It’s 85 years since the start of World War Two.
During the conflict, the Russian city of Leningrad came under siege in 1941.
To camouflage the landma…
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