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Back to SearchHow to win friends and influence people
In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote one of the world’s most popular self help books - How to Win Friends and Influence People.
The idea was suggested by a bo…
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How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world
In 1961, the American psychologist Stanley Milgram began a series of controversial experiments on ‘obedience to authority’.
His study aimed to show ho…
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Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay
It’s 70 years since General Alfredo Stroessner seized power in Paraguay in a military coup.
Stroessner remained in power for almost 35 years, before …
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Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile
On 13 December 1990, the anti-apartheid politician Oliver Tambo returned to South Africa after 30 years in exile.
As the president of the banned Afric…
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Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships
Brenda Fassie was one of South Africa's biggest pop stars in the late 1980s. The singer’s career nosedived in 1990, but her comeback saw her dubbed t…
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Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
In August 2002, the remains of an indigenous South African woman called Sarah Baartman were returned to South Africa after almost 200 years away. Sar…
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Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
When South African schoolchildren marched in protest against having to study Afrikaans in 1976, they were gunned down by the police.
The killings spar…
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South Africa's referendum on apartheid
On 18 March 1992, white South Africans overwhelmingly backed a mandate for political reforms to end apartheid and create a power-sharing multi-racial…
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Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion. It was known as the Six-Triple-Eight (6888).
The 6888 was …
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Deadly Everest avalanche
On 18 April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 men, who were carrying supplies for commercial expeditions to higher camps.
The sherpas were…
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