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Ethiopia's 1984 famine
In 1984, a news report on a famine in Ethiopia led to a global fundraising campaign

I found the first dinosaur remains in Antarctica
In 1986, Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero discovered a new kind of Ankylosaurus

The fight to stop skin lightening in India
In 2013, Kavitha Emmanuel began campaigning to stop skin lightening in India

Eight years trapped on the Suez Canal in Egypt
After the Six Day War in 1967, 14 ships were stuck on the Great Bitter Lake

Dyke and Dryden: Cosmetic kings
In 1969, Dyke and Dryden started one the most successful black British businesses

Fleeing Afghanistan alone as a child
Dr Waheed Arian escaped poverty and war in Afghanistan to begin a new life in the UK

The Rose Revolution in Georgia
In 2003, demonstrators stormed the parliament building in Tbilisi, holding flowers

The Sunflower Movement
In 2014, more than 500,000 Taiwanese people protested against a new trade deal with China

'Robocops’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Handmade robots were installed in DRC's capital city Kinshasa to direct traffic

How the QR code was invented
In 1994 Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara designed a square of data, now known as a QR code