Sir Don McCullin’s photo of a US marine

In 1968, British photographer travelled to Vietnam for his second ever war assignment

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Ming Smith makes history at MoMA

MoMA bought photos from an African-American woman for the first time in 1979.

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Uprising in East Germany

On 16 June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule

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The Somali pilot ordered to bomb his own country

Somali fighter pilot Ahmed Mohamed Hassan faced a terrible choice in 1988

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Anti-gay police raid at Tasty nightclub

On 7 August 1994, police raided Tasty, a gay nightclub in downtown Melbourne, Australia

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The Empire Windrush arrives

On 22 June 1948, the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in England

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My dad played golf on the moon

In 1971 Alan Shepard played golf on the moon

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JFK’s Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech

On 26 June 1963, United States President John F Kennedy gave a speech in Berlin

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First reports of Ebola

Ebola's first documented outbreak emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976

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Sampoong department store disaster

On 29 June 1995 the Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed killing 502 people

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The 'graveyard' for communist statues

Communist statues in Hungary's capital Budapest were moved to Memento Park in 1993

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I made Lady Gaga's meat dress

In 2010 Lady Gaga attended the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of beef

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The trial of John Demjanjuk

In 1986, John Demjanjuk was accused of being ‘Ivan the Terrible’

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Longest-serving democratically elected communist government

A democratically elected communist government came to power in eastern India in 1977

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The National Health Service begins

The UK’s National Health Service started on 5 July 1948

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When tourism came to the Maldives

In February 1972 the first group of tourists arrived in the Maldives

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A right royal night out

Princess Diana, Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury went on a night out in London in 1988

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Invention of the ballpoint pen

In 1938 a Hungarian journalist László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen

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Inventing Rubik’s Cube

In 1974, a Hungarian architect, Ernő Rubik invented his bestselling puzzle

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Aibo: The world’s first robot dog

The world's first robot dog called Aibo, sold out in just 20 minutes in 1999

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When disposable nappies were invented

The story of how disposable nappies were invented.

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Creating the first emoji

In 1999, Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita created a global phenomena - the first emoji

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Tamoxifen: Breast cancer ‘wonder drug’

How the drug tamoxifen became a global success in breast cancer treatment

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The ‘Barricades’ of Latvia

More than 500,000 people barricaded the streets of Riga in January 1991

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Japan surrenders in China

The signing of the Japanese surrender documents at the Forbidden City in Beijing in 1945.

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The birth of Barbie

Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll which was first sold in 1959

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The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis

In 1966, American Dean Reed was the first western rock star to tour the Soviet Union

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Escaping the Nazis in Greece

Yeti Mitrani and her family escaped deportation from Greece by the Nazis in 1943

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Brain: The first personal computer virus

In 1986 a computer virus was developed accidentally by two brothers in Pakistan

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The Pope’s controversial Nicaragua visit

Pope John Paul II angered supporters of the Sandinista government during a 1983 trip

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