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Inventing Rubik’s Cube
In 1974, a Hungarian architect, Ernő Rubik invented his bestselling puzzle
Invention of the ballpoint pen
In 1938 a Hungarian journalist László BÃró invented the ballpoint pen
A right royal night out
Princess Diana, Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury went on a night out in London in 1988
When tourism came to the Maldives
In February 1972 the first group of tourists arrived in the Maldives
The National Health Service begins
The UK’s National Health Service started on 5 July 1948
Longest-serving democratically elected communist government
A democratically elected communist government came to power in eastern India in 1977
The trial of John Demjanjuk
In 1986, John Demjanjuk was accused of being ‘Ivan the Terrible’
I made Lady Gaga's meat dress
In 2010 Lady Gaga attended the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of beef
The 'graveyard' for communist statues
Communist statues in Hungary's capital Budapest were moved to Memento Park in 1993
Sampoong department store disaster
On 29 June 1995 the Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed killing 502 people
