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Back to SearchThe invention of the EpiPen
In the 1970s, engineer Sheldon Kaplan and his colleagues were tasked with creating an auto-injector pen to be used by US soldiers needing a nerve age…
2 years, 7 months ago
The hippo and the tortoise
Following the devastating tsunami of 2004, a baby hippo named Owen was rescued from the sea off the coast of Kenya.
He was taken to Haller Park in Mom…
2 years, 7 months ago
Destruction of Mostar Bridge
On 9 November 1993, one of Bosnia's most famous landmarks, the historic bridge in Mostar, was destroyed by Croat guns during the Bosnian war.
Built b…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars
In the 1980s, a brother and sister from Pakistan topped the charts in countries all over the world with their dancefloor filler, Disco Deewane.
Nazia …
2 years, 7 months ago
Debbie McGee in Iran
In 1978, British showbusiness star, Debbie McGee was a dancer with the Iranian National Ballet Company.
Debbie was living in the capital, Tehran, at t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire
In August 2004, more than 300 people died when a supermarket caught fire in Paraguay's capital, Asunción.
It is seen as the country's worst peacetime …
2 years, 7 months ago
Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour
On 5 November, 1985 some of the world's top designers and music stars joined together in a special event at London’s Royal Albert Hall to raise money…
2 years, 7 months ago
Che Guevara’s daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola
In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara, the daughter of revolutionary icon Che Guevara, went to Angola to work as a paediatrician.
Dr Aleida was one of a number of…
2 years, 7 months ago
Inventing the black box
On 23 March 1962, a prototype of the first cockpit flight recorder, the black box, was tested in Australia.
In the early 1950s, fuel scientist David…
2 years, 7 months ago
The discovery of the HIV virus
In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris became the first to identify the HIV virus. It was a vital step in fighting one of the worst ep…
2 years, 8 months ago