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In May 1960 a Norwegian toy-maker unveiled a life-sized, life-like training manikin
The US President spoke at the newly constructed Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War
In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes
In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything
In 1908, the first Kolmanskop diamond was found. It's now abandoned, buried in the desert
In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz.
A specially commissioned portrait of Nelson Mandela by Harold Riley was unveiled in 2005
In 1991, a Yugoslav People’s Army commander died in mysterious circumstances
President Goodluck Jonathan's call to Muhammadu Buhari to concede election defeat in 2015
General David Galtier who led the search operation recalls the 2015 crash
