New York's LGBT High School

A school offering specialised education for LGBT students opened in the city in 1985

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James Joyce and Ulysses

It's 100 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published

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Cambodia war crimes

In 2009 Rob Hamill came face-to-face with the man responsible for killing his brother

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India's surrogacy capital

In 2003, fertility expert Dr Nayana Patel carried out her first surrogacy procedure.

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Robot Surgeon

In 1985 the first robot-assisted medical surgery took place in Vancouver, Canada

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The killing of Vincent Chin

In 1982 a Chinese-American man was murdered with a baseball bat by white men in Detroit

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Egypt's first democratic presidential election

In June 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected in Egypt's first free presidential election.

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The UK's first official gay Pride March

The UK’s first official gay Pride march took place 50 years ago – on 1st July 1972.

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Hong Kong: The handover

Chris Patten remembers the day Hong Kong was handed back to China from Britain

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Hong Kong: Democracy campaigner

In 1997 Britain handed Hong Kong back to China but Emily Lau campaigned for democracy

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Hong Kong: The 5-19 football riot in China

The 5-19 football riot after Hong Kong won their World Cup qualifying match over China.

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Hong Kong - Kowloon Walled City

The end of a unique way of life in one of the most densely populated places in the world.

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Hong Kong: Abandoned children

The Chinese babies left on the streets of 1960s Hong Kong in the hope they'd be adopted

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The Higgs Boson: A scientific discovery that explains how the universe works

The discovery of the Higgs Boson by scientists at CERN using the Large Hadron Collider

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Japanese university student riots

In 1968 and early 1969 Japanese students fought pitched battles with riot police

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Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War

One child's story of getting caught up in the Nigerian Civil War

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How the smear test was invented

The discovery by Dr George Papanicolaou in 1928 which led to the smear test

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The US’s first gay election candidate

In 1961 the first openly gay person ran for public office in the United States.

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How abortion was legalised in Great Britain

The campaign to allow abortion in Great Britain which resulted in a new law in 1967.

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Poland's strict abortion law

In 1993 abortion laws were tightened up in Poland after the fall of Communism

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When Tunisia led on women's rights

Tunisia became the first country in the Muslim world to legalise divorce and abortion.

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The man who invented the Pill

In 1951, Dr Carl Djerassi created the Pill's active ingredient from Mexican wild yams.

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Fighting for the pill in Japan

The contraceptive pill was approved for use in the US in 1960, but in Japan it was 1999.

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The school for telenovela stars

In 1987, in Mexico City, a TV station opened a school to train telenovela actors.

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Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cookery’

A ground breaking Indian cookery programme broadcast on the BBC launched 40 years ago.

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Who shot JR?

The world's reaction to leading man JR, being shot in the American TV series, Dallas.

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The Soviet James Bond

The most successful TV spy series in the USSR went on air in 1973.

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Nigerian sitcom Papa Ajasco

In 1996, Wale Adenuga’s sitcom Papa Ajasco first hit Nigerian TV screens.

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Ukraine's Revolution on Granite

In 1990, a hunger strike led by Ukrainian students brought down the Soviet regime in Kyiv

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The Surkov leaks

In 2016, Ukrainian hackers leaked the emails of Vladimir Putin's aide, Vladislav Surkov.

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