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The funk and soul club that changed Manchester
Manchester’s first racially inclusive nightclub

Dassler brothers’ rift
Brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler would go on to create global firms Adidas and Puma.

The raising of the Mary Rose
King Henry VIII's warship, The Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed in October 1982

Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
Pablo Escobar's pet hippos were found roaming Colombian waterways in 2007

Chiune Sugihara: The Japanese Schindler
In 1940, Chiune Sugihara saved the lives of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis

The power of Jomo Kenyatta
Death pardons and chasing diplomats with sticks

Festival of Light
The Nationwide Festival of Light held by Christians protested against societal changes

Iran-Iraq War begins
On 22 September 1980 the Iran-Iraq war began, one of the bloodiest in recent history

The first Pope to visit Africa
Popes rarely left the Vatican City in the 1960s, but in 1969, Pope Paul VI visited Uganda

Ancient fossils give new insight
A student discovered fossils in 1967 helping our understanding of the world's evolution