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1955 Le Mans disaster
In June 1955, more than 80 people were killed and 100 injured at the Le Mans 24-hour race
Last communist march before Hitler
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin
Fighting slavery in Niger
In 2005, Ilguilas Weila organised a ceremony to free 7,000 enslaved people in Niger
Facial reconstruction: From mummy to murder
In 1975, Richard Neave invented a method to rebuild the face of an Egyptian mummy
Inuit children taken from families
In 1960s, the Canadian government took academically gifted Inuit children from the homes
The first Indian woman to conquer Everest
In May 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to stand on top of the world
Tragedy on Everest
Michael Groom is one of the survivors of a tragic climbing expedition to Mount Everest
Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest
In 1953, Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary conquers Everest
In 1953 Edmund Hillary became the first human to reach the top of Mount Everest
The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world
On 31 May 1970, the Huascarán avalanche destroyed the town of Yungay, in Peru
