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Finding the den of the Tsavo man-eaters
In 1997, scientists travelled to Tsavo, Kenya, in search of a cave believed to have been the den of the man-eating lions that terrorised railway work…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The origins of the all-inclusive holiday
Holidaymakers arrived at the first Club Med resort on the Spanish island of Majorca in the summer of 1950. Founded by the Belgian water polo player G…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
When Taiwan’s ‘White Terror’ ended
In 1987, Taiwan finally lifted martial law after nearly four decades of authoritarian rule.The moment marked a profound shift for a society long shap…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara'
In the 1980s, townships in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town became an unexpected hotbed of activity against South Africa's apartheid government. One …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The first carbon offset
In 1988, as floods struck Bangladesh and a heat wave swept across the United States, climate change became a political issue. Governments and busines…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
City of God: The film that reshaped global cinema
In 2001, filming began on City of God which would stun audiences with its unflinching honesty.It captured the brutal realities of child gangsters fro…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The cellist who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau
In 1943, the cellist, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She expected to be killed in the gas chambers but…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
'I organised the first Comic Con'
In 1964, a group of teenage boys organised a convention in New York – it became known as the first official Comic Con.The idea began after 16-year-ol…
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Sweden's summer shutdown
In the summer of 1978, many Swedish workers relished the chance to take longer, paid vacations than ever before.This was thanks to an update to Swede…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The last execution by garrote: Salvador Puig Antich
In 1974, an execution method known as the garrote, a chair with a metal collar tightened by a screw to break the neck, was used for the last time.Fra…
3 months ago