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Back to SearchMass grave at Sernyky
In 1990, archaeologist Richard Wright flew half way around the world to unearth a mass grave in Sernyky, Ukraine as part of an Australian Nazi war cr…
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The universal recycling symbol
In 1970, American architecture student Gary Anderson won a competition, to mark the first Earth Day on 22 April, to design a logo for recycled paper …
2 years, 10 months ago
Emperor Tewodros II
Emperor Tewodros II is one of the towering figures of modern Ethiopian history.
He tried to unify and modernise Ethiopia but his reign was also marke…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Good Friday Agreement referendum
On 22 May 1998, a referendum was held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland asking voters if they supported the Good Friday Agreement.
In bo…
2 years, 11 months ago
Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'
In 2001, Colombian born choreographer Beto Perez created Zumba, a fitness craze which would go on to become a global phenomenon. The aerobic workou…
2 years, 11 months ago
Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues
In 1982, a Japanese businessman unveiled one of the tallest statues in the world called the World Peace Giant Kannon in Awaji Island, Japan.
At 100 m…
2 years, 11 months ago
Pan-European picnic
In 1989, a picnic was held on the border between Austria and Hungary, as a demonstration for peace and European integration.
It prefigured the end of…
2 years, 11 months ago
Escaping national service in Eritrea
In 2002, the Eritrean government extended its programme of compulsory national service to make it open-ended.
Instead of serving 18 months as the gov…
2 years, 11 months ago
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time, the best-selling book written by the renowned theoretical physicist Prof Stephen Hawking, was published in March 1988.
In thi…
2 years, 11 months ago
The first photo sent from a phone
On 11 June 1997, French software engineer Philippe Kahn shared the first ever photo from a mobile phone.
It was of his newborn daughter, Sophie.
He c…
2 years, 11 months ago