成人快手

Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos

The CIA expert whose job was to interpret photographs of missiles in Cuba

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Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown

The final days of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the Pentagon and the Kremlin

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The 鈥榓rmy鈥� that taught Cuba to read and write

In 1961, Fidel Castro launched a campaign aimed to eradicate illiteracy in Cuba.

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Cuba's boxing ban

In 1962, Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, causing some amateurs to defect

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Founder of the Cuban National Ballet

In 1959, Cuba鈥檚 most famous ballet dancer formed Cuba鈥檚 National Ballet Company

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Indonesia鈥檚 indigenous people take a stand

The first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago of Indonesia in 1999

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The Iranian Revolution and women

We hear what life was like during, and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979

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Theatre siege in Moscow

It is 20 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage

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Arrested for wearing trousers in Sudan

In 2002, Amiera Osman Hamed was put on trial after being arrested for wearing trousers

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Julia Gillard鈥檚 misogyny speech

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's career-defining speech in 2012

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The Little Black Book survival guide

In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police

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Albania鈥檚 Stalinist purges

In the 1970s, Albania鈥檚 Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges

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Campaigning against sex-selection in India

A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls

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Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher

Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972

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Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme

In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work

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Polynesian Panthers

Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police

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First rape crisis centres in the US

Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US

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The assassination of Pim Fortuyn

It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered

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M膩ori protests stops South African rugby tour

M膩ori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981

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The child evacuees of World War Two

The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 minister in Iran

Iran鈥檚 first ever minister for women鈥檚 affairs was appointed in 1975

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When Sweden鈥檚 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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