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Creating ciabatta bread
In 1982, rally driver Arnaldo Cavallari created ciabatta bread in Adria, in Italy

Chile mine rescue
In 2010, 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days in the San José mine in Chile

Grozny siege
In December 1994, Russian forces began the siege of Chechnya’s capital Grozny

Colombia's 'false positives' killings
When Colombia's military murdered thousands of innocent civilians

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Transmitting independent broadcasts through the Iron Curtain between 1947 and 1991

Una Marson and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Caribbean Service
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s first black producer, Una Marson, and the beginnings of the Caribbean Service

Felix Baumgartner's huge leap
In 2012, Felix Baumgartner skydived from the edge of space

Soviet fashionista
Slava Zaitsev was the first designer to design high fashion pieces in the Soviet Union

Returning to District Six
Zahra Nordien returned to District Six decades after being expelled during apartheid

The Nazi occupation of Jersey
A woman who risked her life to hide a Russian prisoner during World War Two