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A photograph of Nelson Mandela during an event in London, 2006

Major historical anniversaries in February

Explosion of the Challenger space shuttle

Major historical anniversaries in January

The Berlin Wall along Bermauerstrasse October 1962.

Berlin is partitioned

A bust statue of Roald Amundsen

Amundsen reaches South Pole

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Amazon starts selling music online

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Allies invade Sicily

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A new Aga Khan

The US Capitol Building against a blue sky

Cornerstone of the Capitol Building is laid

Painting of 'The Landing of Columbus'

Columbus reaches the New World

The US flag in front of the Capitol Building

U.S. Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes

Russian policeman holding a truncheon

Chechen rebels take hostages in Moscow theatre

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Chamberlain declares ‘peace in our time’

Black and white image of the Everest summit

Hillary and Norgay reach Everest summit

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Hawaii becomes the 50th State

Waxwork figure of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated

Gaddafi during a state visit to Ukraine in 2008

Gaddafi Becomes Premier of Libya

A pile of "Vote 2020" badges in red, white and blue

First U.S. presidential election

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Fiji stop recognising the Queen's official birthday

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Lincoln issues his first Emancipation Proclamation

Painting of Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address

Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

Aerial image showing 'Launch Stands' and '17 Missile Erectors'

Kennedy addresses US warning of nuclear weapons in Cuba

View from the window where JFK was shot

J.F.K. is assassinated in Dallas, Texas

A variety of contraceptive methods including the coil, condoms and pills.

Ireland allows sale of contraceptives

The National Geographic Society building

National Geographic Society founded

Citizens clash during a protest against Milosevic's regime

Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes

Part of the exhibition at the Memorial to the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany.

Nuremberg trials begin

Statue of Laika the dog

Soviet dog Laika launched into space

Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet hardliners launch coup against Gorbachev