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Formation of the United Arab Emirates

A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.

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Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building

The tallest building in the world opened in 2010

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Inventing robot camel jockeys

In 2003, a Qatari engineer came up with the idea for a robot jockey in camel racing

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First Emirati female teacher

A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates

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Qatar's first female published author

Kaltham Jaber's anthology of short stories was published in 1978

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The invention of the seat belt

In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars

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First women’s minister in Iran

Iran’s first ever minister for women’s affairs was appointed in 1975

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When Sweden’s roads went right

In 1967, Swedish traffic swapped to driving on the right-hand side of the road

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The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim

In 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested and then jailed a year later

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How cat's eyes were invented

In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road

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Mombasa terror attacks

Journalist Kelly Hartog describes the moment terrorists targeted Israeli tourists in Kenya

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CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry

In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit

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The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on

In 1947, thousands of Japanese people were taken from their island homes by Soviet troops

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The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag

Virologist Professor Radka Argirova was the first to test people for HIV in Bulgaria

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Miss World protest

In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London

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Quebec’s 1995 referendum

In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on whether to become independent from Canada

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Demolishing the Babri Masjid

Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya

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The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

In 2005, the unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by police in London

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'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam

In 1975, the Prime Minister was sacked in Australia's biggest constitutional crisis

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Creating Teletubbies

The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time

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Mongolian revolution

In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia

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The Nazi occupation of Jersey

A woman who risked her life to hide a Russian prisoner during World War Two

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Returning to District Six

Zahra Nordien returned to District Six decades after being expelled during apartheid

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Soviet fashionista

Slava Zaitsev was the first designer to design high fashion pieces in the Soviet Union

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Felix Baumgartner's huge leap

In 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from space back to earth

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Una Marson and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Caribbean Service

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s first black producer, Una Marson, and the beginnings of the Caribbean Service

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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ broadcasting through the Iron Curtain

Transmitting independent broadcasts through the Iron Curtain between 1947 and 1991

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Colombia's 'false positives' killings

When Colombia's military murdered thousands of innocent civilians

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Grozny siege

In December 1994, Russian forces began the siege of Chechnya’s capital Grozny

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Chile mine rescue

In 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days in the San José mine in Chile

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