1968 New York City teachers' strike

In 1968, more than 50,000 teachers went on strike in New York City, in the USA

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English TV lessons in China go primetime

An estimated 500 million people in China watched English lessons on television in 1981

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Jacques Derrida: ‘Rock star’ philosopher

In 1966, the Frenchman upended philosophy with his theory of "deconstruction"

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Oradour massacre

In June 1944, 642 people were killed in Oradour, France

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Cuban blindness

In the early 1990s, around 50,000 Cubans were struck down with sight loss

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The first global case of coral bleaching

In 1998 a strange phenomenon turned the world’s most colourful coral reefs deathly white

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Heathers: The making of a cult classic

In 1989, dark comedy Heathers was released and changed the teen movie genre

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La Pasionaria: Heroine of the Spanish civil war

Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war

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Eisenhower's farewell address

In 1961, the US President ended his time in the White House with a famous speech

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Mary Fisher's 'A Whisper of Aids' speech

Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids

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Paul Keating's Redfern speech

In 1992, Australia's Prime Minister addressed atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous people

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Eva Peron: Argentina’s Evita

Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric

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The world's longest kiss

In 2013, a Thai couple locked lips for 58 hours and 35 minutes in a world record attempt

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Bo: The death of a language

In 2010, one of the oldest languages died after the death of its last remaining speaker.

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Bolivia’s first indigenous president

The election of Evo Morales in 2005 was a historic first for the South American country.

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Murder at the Berlin Wall

In March 1974, Polish man Czesław Kukuczka was shot by a Stasi officer at the Berlin Wall

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Assassination of Malcolm X

In 1965, the controversial black leader, Malcolm X, was assassinated in New York

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Discovering the structure of haemoglobin

Dr Max Perutz made one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century

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The Nellie massacre

In 1983, an estimated 3,000 people were massacred in Assam, India

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Denmark’s Inuit children experiment

In 1951, 22 Inuit children from Greenland were sent to live with families in Denmark

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Surviving Chile's tsunami

In 2010, an earthquake struck the coast of Chile triggering a tsunami

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Africa’s stolen Metis children

In 1953, Marie-José Loshi was forcibly taken from her family because of her skin colour

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The Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp

In 2015, thousands of migrants lived in a squalid camp in France known as the "Jungle".

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The invention of the shopping trolley

In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman wanted his customers to spend more.

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The US invasion of Panama

In 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country.

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The Great Toyota War

In 1987, rugged pickup trucks provided a turning point in the decades-long war in Chad

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How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965

In 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was brought in to end racial discrimination

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The invention of GPS

The Global Positioning System, also known as GPS, was created in the late 1970s

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King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical

South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast opened to critical acclaim in 1959

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The Capitol Crawl

On 12 March 1990, hundreds of wheelchair users crawled up the steps of the US Capitol

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