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Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on 4 December 1977.
He'd already been president for se…
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The king under the car park
In 2012, archaeologists from the University of Leicester discovered the lost grave of King Richard III under a car park in Leicester in the English E…
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The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953 was a watershed moment for television as millions watched the ceremony live.
But it nearly never happened as t…
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The Met Gala goes global
The Met Gala takes place annually on the first Monday in May.
In 1995, Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour chaired the huge fashion celebration for …
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Guatemala's outspoken bishop
On 26 April 1998 leading human rights campaigner, Bishop Juan Gerardi, was attacked and killed in his home, just two days after presenting the conclu…
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Discovering the secrets of DNA
James Watson and Francis Crick first published their discoveries about the structure of DNA on 25 April 1953.
Their findings were to revolutionise our…
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Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'
In 1966, the artist Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's tour of the West Indies when she visited Trinidad and Tobago.
Althea, who was born …
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The Russian man who pretended to be a dog
In 1994, Russian conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed naked, pretending to be a guard dog, attacking passers by in Moscow.
He was protesting conditions…
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Smoky the World War II dog hero
In 1944, Bill Wynne who was serving with the U.S. Army during World War II, adopted a tiny Yorkshire terrier called Smoky.
When Bill caught dengue f…
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Roselle the 9/11 guide dog
After the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, a New York guide dog called Roselle was hailed as a hero for helping her owner safely down 78 flights of stair…
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