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The Baltic chain protest
On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people ed hands to form a human chain
Lithuania's 'wolf children'
In the aftermath of World War Two, children fled East Prussia in order to survive
1968 New York City teachers' strike
In 1968, more than 50,000 teachers went on strike in New York City, in the USA
English TV lessons in China go primetime
An estimated 500 million people in China watched English lessons on television in 1981
Jacques Derrida: ‘Rock star’ philosopher
In 1966, the Frenchman upended philosophy with his theory of "deconstruction"
Oradour massacre
In June 1944, 642 people were killed in Oradour,
Cuban blindness
In the early 1990s, around 50,000 Cubans were struck down with sight loss
The first global case of coral bleaching
In 1998, a strange phenomenon turned the world’s most colourful coral reefs deathly white
Heathers: The making of a cult classic
In 1989, dark comedy Heathers was released and changed the teen movie genre
La Pasionaria: Heroine of the Spanish civil war
Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war
Eisenhower's farewell address
In 1961, the US President ended his time in the White House with a famous speech
Mary Fisher's 'A Whisper of Aids' speech
In 1992, Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids
Paul Keating's Redfern speech
In 1992, Australia's Prime Minister addressed atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous people
Eva Peron: Argentina’s Evita
Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric
The world's longest kiss
In 2013, a Thai couple locked lips for 58 hours and 35 minutes in a world record attempt
Bo: The death of a language
In 2010, one of the oldest languages died after the death of its last remaining speaker
Bolivia’s first indigenous president
The election of Evo Morales in 2005 was a historic first for the South American country
Murder at the Berlin Wall
In March 1974, Polish man Czesław Kukuczka was shot by a Stasi officer at the Berlin Wall
Assassination of Malcolm X
In 1965, the controversial black leader, Malcolm X, was assassinated in New York
Discovering the structure of haemoglobin
Dr Max Perutz made one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century
The Nellie massacre
In 1983, an estimated 3,000 people were massacred in Assam, India
Denmark’s Inuit children experiment
In 1951, 22 Inuit children from Greenland were sent to live with families in Denmark
Surviving Chile's tsunami
In 2010, an earthquake struck the coast of Chile triggering a tsunami
Africa’s stolen Metis children
In 1953, Marie-José Loshi was forcibly taken from her family because of her skin colour
The Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp
In 2015, thousands of migrants lived in a squalid camp in known as the "Jungle"
The invention of the shopping trolley
In 1937, American supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman wanted his customers to spend more.
The US invasion of Panama
In 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country
The Great Toyota War
In 1987, rugged pickup trucks provided a turning point in the decades-long war in Chad
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
The invention of GPS
The Global Positioning System, also known as GPS, was created in the late 1970s
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
