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The Met Gala goes global

In 1995, Anna Wintour became chair of the Met Gala and changed it forever

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The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation

How 大象传媒 bosses battled with the government for the right to film inside Westminster Abbey

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The king under the car park

In 2012, the lost grave of King Richard III was found under a car park in Leicester

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Jean-B茅del Bokassa's coronation

Jean-B茅del Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in 1977

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The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell

In 1661 in England, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution

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Last King of Bulgaria

In June 2001, Bulgaria鈥檚 former King Simeon II won the country鈥檚 parliamentary election

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The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny

In 1950, four young Scottish students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey

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United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

On 7 May 1999, US bombs damaged the embassy and relations between China and the West

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The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the 鈥業ndian Titanic鈥�

Hundreds died when an passenger ship was hit by Japanese torpedoes in 1942

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The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak

In 1998, the last commercial flight left Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport

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Warsaw Ghetto uprising

In May 1943, the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw in Poland came to an end

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World War II victory in North Africa

It is 80 years since the Allies in World War II declared victory in North Africa

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Singapore executes Filipina maid

The execution of Flor Contemplacion caused a crisis between the Philippines and Singapore

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German child evacuees of World War Two

Thousands of German children during World War Two were sent to camps in the countryside

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The Dambusters

Eighty years ago a daring raid destroyed dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley

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Creating New Zealand's national walking trail

Geoff Chapple's vision was to create New Zealand's national walking trail

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Pippi Longstocking

In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl

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The sergeants' coup in Suriname

Sixteen army sergeants seized power in the South American country in 1980

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Fikret Ali膰

In 1992, a photograph of a starving man in a Bosnian concentration camp stunned the world

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Chasing the world鈥檚 biggest tornado

In May 2013, the widest tornado ever recorded hit the US state of Oklahoma

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Trying to unite Africa

On 25 May 1963, leaders of 32 newly-independent African nations came together

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The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world

On 31 May 1970, the Huascar谩n avalanche destroyed the town of Yungay, in Peru

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Edmund Hillary conquers Everest

In 1953 Edmund Hillary became the first human to reach the top of Mount Everest

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Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest

In 1953, Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest

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Tragedy on Everest

Michael Groom is one of the survivors of a tragic climbing expedition to Mount Everest

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The first Indian woman to conquer Everest

In May 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to stand on top of the world

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Inuit children taken from families

In 1960s, the Canadian government took academically gifted Inuit children from the homes

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Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder

In 1975, Richard Neave invented a method to rebuild the face of an Egyptian mummy

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Fighting slavery in Niger

In 2005, Ilguilas Weila organised a ceremony to free 7,000 enslaved people in Niger

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Last communist march before Hitler

On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin

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