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Holy Cross school dispute
A violent sectarian dispute took place outside a school in Northern Ireland in 2001
Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl'
It’s 50 years since Kim Phuc's village in Vietnam was bombed with napalm
New York's LGBT High School
A school offering specialised education for LGBT students opened in the city in 1985
James Joyce and Ulysses
It's 100 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published
Cambodia war crimes
In 2009 Rob Hamill came face-to-face with the man responsible for killing his brother
India's surrogacy capital
In 2003, fertility expert Dr Nayana Patel carried out her first surrogacy procedure.
Robot Surgeon
In 1985 the first robot-assisted medical surgery took place in Vancouver, Canada
The killing of Vincent Chin
In 1982 a Chinese-American man was murdered with a baseball bat by white men in Detroit
Egypt's first democratic presidential election
In June 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected in Egypt's first free presidential election.
The UK's first official gay Pride March
The UK’s first official gay Pride march took place 50 years ago – on 1st July 1972.
Hong Kong: The handover
Chris Patten re the day Hong Kong was handed back to China from Britain
Hong Kong: Democracy campaigner
In 1997 Britain handed Hong Kong back to China but Emily Lau campaigned for democracy
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Hong Kong - Kowloon Walled City
The end of a unique way of life in one of the most densely populated places in the world.
Hong Kong: Abandoned children
The Chinese babies left on the streets of 1960s Hong Kong in the hope they'd be adopted
The Higgs Boson: A scientific discovery that explains how the universe works
The discovery of the Higgs Boson by scientists at CERN using the Large Hadron Collider
Japanese university student riots
In 1968 and early 1969 Japanese students fought pitched battles with riot police
Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War
One child's story of getting caught up in the Nigerian Civil War
How the smear test was invented
The discovery by Dr George Papanicolaou in 1928 which led to the smear test
The US’s first gay election candidate
In 1961 the first openly gay person ran for public office in the United States.
How abortion was legalised in Great Britain
The campaign to allow abortion in Great Britain which resulted in a new law in 1967.
Poland's strict abortion law
In 1993 abortion laws were tightened up in Poland after the fall of Communism
When Tunisia led on women's rights
Tunisia became the first country in the Muslim world to legalise divorce and abortion.
The man who invented the Pill
In 1951, Dr Carl Djerassi created the Pill's active ingredient from Mexican wild yams.
Fighting for the pill in Japan
The contraceptive pill was approved for use in the US in 1960, but in Japan it was 1999.
The school for telenovela stars
In 1987, in Mexico City, a TV station opened a school to train telenovela actors.
Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cookery’
A ground breaking Indian cookery programme broadcast on the BBC launched 40 years ago.
Who shot JR?
The world's reaction to leading man JR, being shot in the American TV series, Dallas.
The Soviet James Bond
The most successful TV spy series in the USSR went on air in 1973.
Nigerian sitcom Papa Ajasco
In 1996, Wale Adenuga’s sitcom Papa Ajasco first hit Nigerian TV screens.
Ukraine's Revolution on Granite
In 1990, a hunger strike led by Ukrainian students brought down the Soviet regime in Kyiv
