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Doi Moi: Vietnam's economic miracle
Radical reforms introduced in 1986 lifted millions out of poverty

Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal
In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.

The death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler's secretary recalls his last days in 1945

Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa
Dame Janet Suzman recalls directing Shakespeare's classic in 1987

Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke'
On 23 April 1985, Coca-Cola changed the secret formula of its fizzy drink

The creation of YouTube
In April 2005, the first video was posted onto YouTube

The origin of World Book Day
23 April 1996, saw the first World Book Day. It originated from a Spanish tradition

Clearing landmines in Cambodia
Aki Ra laid hundreds of landmines for the Khmer Rouge, but began clearing them in 1992

The Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia
In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia

The invention of the white LED lightbulb
In 1993, a lightbulb moment led to the invention of the first white light emitting diode