Castro's Cuban revolution attempt
In 1953, Fidel Castro attacked military barracks in the east of Cuba in a bid to revolutionise the country. He failed, but it marked the beginning of his career as a guerrilla fighter. Michael Voss sp...
9 Dec 202410min
India’s 1998 nuclear tests
In May 1998, India conducted five nuclear tests, drawing international condemnation. It was the first time the country had tested nuclear weapons for 24 years. Governments including the USA and Japan ...
6 Dec 20249min
Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism
In October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an impromptu speech in the Australian parliament setting out the misogyny she endured for years as a prominent female politician. In 2022, she spoke ...
5 Dec 202410min
The ‘Three Marias’
In May 1974, people gathered in Lisbon, Portugal, to see whether three women would be sent to jail for writing a book. Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa and Maria Isabel Barreno’s ‘Novas Cartas...
4 Dec 20249min
The discovery that led to Covid vaccines
Dr Katalin Karikó grew up in a small town in Hungary with no electricity or running water at home. She overcame great adversity to become a scientist and publish a groundbreaking paper in 2005 showing...
3 Dec 202410min
Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine
In 1972, feminist campaigner Gloria Steinem co-founded the first magazine in the US which was owned, run and written by women.Called Ms. Magazine, it covered issues including equal rights, abortion an...
2 Dec 202410min
The end of the US HIV travel ban
For 22 years, a travel and immigration ban was in place which stopped people with HIV legally entering the US.In 2009, President Barack Obama announced it would be lifted, from the start of 2010. HIV-...
29 Nov 20249min
The deepest man-made hole in the world
In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a hole more than 12,000 metres deep.It was called the Kola Superdeep Borehole.They wanted to achieve a world record and learn more about the...
28 Nov 202410min
