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The release of Gilad Shalit
Israeli solider Gilad Shalit was freed after being held hostage for more than five years
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
How the Yugoslavian president was forced from office in October 2000
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff spoke about the film that brought reggae music to the world in 1972
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival
In 1959, Claudia Jones held a Caribbean party, planting the seeds for the famous carnival
UK’s ‘Winter of Discontent’
In 1979, British gravediggers went on strike over pay
Disney animators' strike
In 1941, the animators at Walt Disney's studios went on strike for nine weeks over pay
Torturing strikers in South Korea
A strike for better work conditions became a divisive moment in South Korea's history
Geisha mountain top strike
In 1937, geisha from Osaka sat on a mountain for a week until their union was recognised
Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers
How the leader of a labour movement became a US civil rights hero
Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos
The CIA expert whose job was to interpret photographs of missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis: The showdown
The final days of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis in the Pentagon and the Kremlin
The ‘army’ that taught Cuba to read and write
In 1961, Fidel Castro launched a campaign aimed to eradicate illiteracy in Cuba.
Cuba's boxing ban
In 1962, Fidel Castro banned professional boxing in Cuba, causing some amateurs to defect
Founder of the Cuban National Ballet
In 1959, Cuba’s most famous ballet dancer formed Cuba’s National Ballet Company
Indonesia’s indigenous people take a stand
The first ever Congress of Indigenous People of the Archipelago of Indonesia in 1999
The Iranian Revolution and women
We hear what life was like during, and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979
Theatre siege in Moscow
It is 20 years since Chechen rebels took an entire theatre full of people hostage
Arrested for wearing tros in Sudan
In 2002, Amiera Osman Hamed was put on trial after being arrested for wearing tros
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's career-defining speech in 2012
The Little Black Book survival guide
In 1985, a guide was written for young black men in the US who were stopped by the police
Albania’s Stalinist purges
In the 1970s, Albania’s Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, launched a series of purges
Campaigning against sex-selection in India
A first-hand of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls
Dame Carmen Callil: Feminist publisher
Dame Carmen Callil, who died in October this year, founded a feminist publisher in 1972
Umuganda: Rwanda's community work scheme
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work
Polynesian Panthers
Polynesians in 1970s New Zealand fight back against dawn raids by the police
First rape crisis centres in the US
Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US
The assassination of Pim Fortuyn
It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered
Māori protests stops South African rugby tour
Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981
The child evacuees of World War Two
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs
Formation of the United Arab Emirates
A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.
Burj Khalifa: Deg the world’s tallest building
The tallest building in the world opened in 2010
