六合开奖记录

The Hungarian footballer executed for love

S谩ndor Sz疟cs was hanged for trying to escape communist Hungary with his lover

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Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukli艅ski: Cold War traitor or hero?

During the Cold War a high-ranking Polish colonel passed Soviet secrets to the CIA

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Silenced by the Vatican

How Brazilian priest Leonardo Boff was punished for his writing on liberation theology

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Brazil's Landless Workers Movement

In 1980, poor rural workers occupied land owned by the rich and violent clashes followed

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The Arctic鈥檚 doomsday seed vault

In 2008, seeds began arriving at a frozen vault designed to save the world鈥檚 food supply

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First internet cafe

Cyberia, billed as the World's first internet cafe opened in London in 1994

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Inventing the Covid N95 mask

In 1992, Peter Tsai invented the N95 mask filter

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Queen of the 'fro

In 1986, Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK's first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon

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A Young Mother Saved from Death by Stoning

In 2003, human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim defended Amina Lawal from death by stoning

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Lucha Reyes: Peruvian music star

She overcame poverty, health problems and racism to become one of Peru鈥檚 greatest singers

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How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism

Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States

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The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion

In 1973 a fashion show was held in France which the media dubbed the Battle of Versailles

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The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis

In 1940 a rescue operation helped Allied servicemen escape from Nazi-occupied France

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Patty Hearst: Rebel heiress

In 1974, a kidnapped socialite joined forces with her captors

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The Juliet letters

Since the 1990s the Juliet Club has answered letters to the Shakespearian heroine

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The small Irish town known as 鈥楲ittle Brazil鈥�

How Gort in the west of Ireland became home to so many Brazilians

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Supermalt: The malt drink created after the Nigerian civil war

In 1972, a Danish brewery created Supermalt

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The Soviet scientist who made two-headed dogs

Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov shocked the world with his two-headed dog experiments

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Icelandic women's strike

In 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a massive nationwide protest

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Trans murder in Honduras

The 2009 murder of Vicky Hernandez forced recognition of transgender rights in Honduras

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Columbus Lighthouse

A memorial for the ashes of Christopher Columbus opened in the Dominican Republic in 1992

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Whistler: Creating one of the world鈥檚 biggest ski resorts

In 2003, Whistler Blackcomb won its bid to host the Winter Olympics

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Russia annexes Crimea

In 2014, Russia took over the Crimean peninsula

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Crimea's Soviet holiday camp

The hugely popular Soviet holiday camp, Artek

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The lost Czech scrolls

The Torah scrolls stolen by the Nazis, rescued by an London Jewish community.

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The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru

In 1987, the looting of an ancient pyramid led to an extraordinary golden discovery

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The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada

Beginning in 1984, a dispute over an island was marked by geniality, and bottles of booze

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Uruguay v the tobacco giant

In 2010, Uruguay was taken to court by a tobacco company for its trailblazing smoking ban

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French child evacuees of World War Two

In World War Two, tens of thousands of children left Paris to escape the threat of bombs

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The Carnation Revolution in Portugal

In 1974, a 41-year regime was overthrown in a day

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