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Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest
In 1954 a new television programme launched the career of the world-famous broadcaster
Africa's worst stadium disaster
In May 2001, 127 people died after a stampede at a football match in the Ghanaian capital
Finding the world’s most complete T-rex fossil
In August 1990, a team discovered the most complete T-rex fossil in the world
Norway's WW2 railway sabotage plot
In 1942, Norwegian resistance fighters set out to blow up a railway used by the Nazis
Nuns killed in Algeria
In October 1993, two nuns were shot dead near their convent in Algiers
The origins of World Press Freedom Day
In 1991, journalists created the Windhoek declaration leading to World Press Freedom Day
Inside the Cuban thaw
In 2014, secret negotiations aimed to improve relations between the US and Cuba
Peter Singer’s Drowning Child thought experiment
In 1972, Peter Singer published one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy
Car-free Sundays during the global oil crisis
In October 1973, the Netherlands became the first country to introduce car-free Sundays
The world's first perfume archive
In 1990, L'Osmothèque opened in Versailles, France with a collection of 400 perfumes
