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In 1969, a new sound began to dominate the airwaves in the UK, reggae.This was terrible news for two Jamaican... more
In 1999, Waheed Arian left his family in Afghanistan to seek refuge in the UK. He was just 15.He was... more
In November 2003, the people of Georgia ousted veteran president Eduard Shevardnadze. Protestors stormed the parliament building in the capital... more
Between 18 March and 10 April 2014, more than 500,000 people in Taipei, Taiwan, protested against a new trade deal... more
After the death of her brother, engineer Thérèse Izay Kirongozi got to work handmaking huge robots to direct traffic and... more
In 1994, bar codes were in widespread use in businesses around the world, but the Japanese car component company, Denso... more
In 1946, one of the world’s first electronic computers was unveiled in Philadelphia, in the USA. It was called the... more
Scientists at Waseda University in Japan built the world's first humanoid robot in 1973. They called it the 'WABOT', the... more
Eliza is the name of a 1966 invention by German born scientist, Joseph Weizenbaum, that is said to be the... more
In 1973, two men pretending to be Colombian guerrillas took a plane and flew across Latin America for 60 hours.... more
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