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The Cradock Four killings
In June 1985, four anti-apartheid activists from Cradock in South Africa were murdered
Guinea stadium massacre
On 28 September 2009, troops opened fire on around 50,000 protesters
The secretary who made millions from her typos
In the 1950s, secretary Bette Graham invented correction fluid to cover up her errors.
DDLJ: India’s longest-running film
Bollywood romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was released to critical acclaim in 1995
The birth of Médecins Sans Frontières
In 1971, the humanitarian group known as Doctors without Borders was founded in Paris
The start of Scouting
Scouting, now one of the largest international youth movements, began in the early 1900s
Omar Sharif stars in Lawrence of Arabia
Egyptian film star Omar Sharif made his Hollywood debut in Lawrence of Arabia in 1962
The Aswan High Dam
In the 1960s, the construction of one of the world’s largest dams in Egypt took place
Egypt criminalises sexual harassment
In 2014, Egypt’s outgoing president issued a decree criminalising sexual harassment
Reforming Egypt’s divorce laws
In 1979, Egypt’s first lady Jehan Sadat campaigned to grant women new rights to divorce
