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The Balcombe Street IRA siege
In December 1975, four IRA gunmen took a couple hostage leading to a six-day siege
How Lagos Fashion Week began
In 2011, the event debuted, putting Nigerian style on the map
Wole Soyinka: Imprisoned during Nigeria’s Biafra war
In 1967, Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka was jailed following his efforts to avert civil war
Escaping Nigeria's Biafra war
In 1967, the south-east region of Nigeria declared itself the independent state of Biafra
Building the New Afrika Shrine in Nigeria
The opening of the 'spiritual home of Afrobeat' in 2000
West Africa fights back against Boko Haram
In 2015, a coalition of West African countries fought back against a caliphate in Nigeria
Ravi and George
In 1967, Ravi Shankar taught the ‘quiet Beatle’ George Harrison how to play the sitar
India goes to the UN
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit led India’s first delegation to the United Nations
The Howard Hughes literary hoax
In 1971 a conman fooled publishers with a fake autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes
Colombia's Salt Cathedral
In 1995, a cathedral was built 180m underground in the Zipaquirá Salt Mine
