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Taiwan - The 228 Incident
In early 1947, Chinese nationalist forces killed thousands of Taiwanese islanders.
1989 and the Lebanese Civil War
Fighting intensified in the Lebanese capital Beirut in March 1989
Taiwan '228 Incident'
In 1947, Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese nationalist troops killed 20,000 civilians in Taiwan
The Creation of Barbie
The woman who created the most famous doll in the world - Barbie
The Madrid Train Bombings
The bombing of commuter trains in Spain's capital that killed 191 people and injured 1800
Suffragette Art Attack
In 1914 a suffragette attacked a painting in London's National Gallery with a cleaver
Fighting the Contras in Nicaragua
A former left-wing Sandinista soldier talks about the war against US-backed Contras.
Ghana Veterans and the 1948 Accra Riots
In 1948 Ghana was rocked by riots following the killing of Ghanaian WW2 veterans
Soviet Mission to Halley's Comet
In 1986, two Soviet space probes intercepted Halley's Comet
The Miss World Protest
In 1970 feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London.
