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Liberia’s women in white who helped end civil war
In 2003 the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace began protests calling for peace
The Reichstag fire
In February 1933, the home to the German Parliament in Berlin was burned down.
The UN retreat from Somalia
In 1995, a United Nations mission to restore peace in Somalia ended in disaster
Resusci Anne: the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy
In May 1960 a Norwegian toy-maker unveiled a life-sized, life-like training manikin
JFK’s 1963 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech
The US President spoke at the newly constructed Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War
The Wonder Woman of DC Comics
In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes
The invention of superglue
In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything
The 'ghost town' of Namibia
In 1908, the first Kolmanskop diamond was found. It's now abandoned, buried in the desert
The father of Ethio-Jazz
In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz
Harold Riley’s 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
A specially commissioned portrait of Nelson Mandela by Harold Riley was unveiled in 2005
