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The invention of superglue
In 1951, Harry Coover noticed a chemical he was working with was sticking to everything

The 'ghost town' of Namibia
In 1908, the first Kolmanskop diamond was found. It's now abandoned, buried in the desert

The father of Ethio-Jazz
In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz

Harold Riley’s 'one of a kind' portrait of Nelson Mandela
A specially commissioned portrait of Nelson Mandela by Harold Riley was unveiled in 2005

The suspicious death of Rear Admiral Durović
In 1991, a Yugoslav People’s Army commander died in mysterious circumstances

Goodluck Jonathan’s phone call that changed Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan's call to Muhammadu Buhari to concede election defeat in 2015

The Germanwings plane crash
General David Galtier who led the search operation recalls the 2015 crash

The visionary behind the European Space Agency
In October 2012, a visionary letter about the European Space Agency was sent into space

The historic handshake in space
In July 1975, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts met in space and shook hands

In event of moon disaster: 'The speech that never was'
Richard Nixon's contingency speech in case the moon landing astronauts never made it home