The creation of YouTube

In April 2005, the first video was posted onto YouTube

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Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke'

On 23 April 1985, Coca-Cola changed the secret formula of its fizzy drink

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Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa

Dame Janet Suzman recalls directing Shakespeare's classic in 1987

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The death of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler's secretary recalls his last days in 1945

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Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal

In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.

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Doi Moi: Vietnam's economic miracle

Radical reforms introduced in 1986 lifted millions out of poverty

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Surviving the fall of Saigon in 1975

When South Vietnam fell, most people couldn’t escape

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The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War

The story of North Vietnam’s underground tunnel network in South Vietnam

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Ten countries join the EU in one night

On 1 May 2004, the European Union went through its biggest ever enlargement

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Snake: Popularising mobile gaming

In 1998, the Snake game made its debut on mobile phones.

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