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Cambodian peace walk

In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war

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Rana Plaza building collapse

In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people

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Mexico鈥檚 murdered women

In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town

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Launching Lagos Fashion Week

Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map

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Osmondmania

Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973

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The first Bosphorus Bridge

In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed

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The 1980 Turkey coup

On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey

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The 1993 MAD hijack

In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked

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'The streets of Harare were littered with money'

Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe鈥檚 inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent

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Turkey: Gezi Park protests

In 2013 protests in Istanbul鈥檚 Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey

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The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon

In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador鈥檚 Yasuni national park

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The discovery of the HIV virus

In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus

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Inventing the black box

In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia

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Che Guevara鈥檚 daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola

In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara travelled from Cuba to treat children in communist Angola

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Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour

The actress Jane Seymour shares what it was like being rock star Freddie Mercury's bride

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Ycu谩 Bola帽os supermarket fire

More than 300 people died in Paraguay's capital in 2004

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Debbie McGee in Iran

Showbiz star, Debbie McGee describes being caught up in the Iranian revolution in 1978

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The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars

How Nazia and Zoheb Hassan changed South-East Asian pop with their album, Disco Deewane

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Destruction of Mostar Bridge

On 9 November 1993 the historic bridge was destroyed during the Bosnian War

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The hippo and the tortoise

In 2004, a hippo and a tortoise became friends. Their story gained worldwide fame

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The invention of the EpiPen

How engineer Sheldon Kaplan and his team made the EpiPen, the lifesaving allergy device

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Eyjafjallaj枚kull: The volcano that stopped a continent

In 2010, a cloud of volcanic ash brought Europe鈥檚 planes back to earth

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Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer

The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA

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The Bolivian Water War

How Bolivians in the city of Cochabamba fought against the 鈥渓easing of the rain鈥�

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Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion

In 2000 Franck Goddio made one of the greatest ever underwater discoveries

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The independence of Zambia

How Zambia became independent in 1964

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The invention of bubble tea

Chun Shui Tang tea house in Taiwan began selling bubble tea in 1987

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Kennedy鈥檚 nail-biter election victory

In 1960, John F Kennedy became the youngest person to be elected United States president.

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The Paris heatwave

In 2003, Paris was overwhelmed by the hottest European heatwave for 500 years

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The Mumbai attacks

In 2008, 10 gunmen killed more than 100 people in Mumbai鈥檚 busiest hot spots

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