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The end of the Irish marriage bar

Until 1973, married women in Ireland were banned from working in state jobs

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Apollo 13

In 1970, a Moon mission almost ended in tragedy after an explosion on board the spaceship

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Giant Gonzalez: from NBA star to WWE wrestler

Jorge Gonzalez was the first Argentinian in an NBA draft. How did he end up wrestling?

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Emperor Haile Selassie overthrown

In September 1974, a military junta launched a coup against Ethiopia's monarchy

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When Emperor Haile Selassie lived in exile in England

In 1936, the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie was exiled in Bath in the UK

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Ardi: the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor

In 1994, a college student discovered a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton in Ethiopia

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Abebech Gobena: Africa's 'Mother Teresa'

In 1980, Abebech Gobena founded an orphanage in Ethiopia to save children from starvation

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When Italy gave back Ethiopia鈥檚 stolen obelisk

The Axum Obelisk was looted by Italian soldiers in 1937 on the orders of Benito Mussolini

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The invention of the CT scanner

In 1971, the CT scanner was invented by Allan Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfield

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Camouflaging Leningrad

In 1941, landmarks were painted and covered in the Russian city during World War Two

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India鈥檚 plague outbreak

In 1994, hundreds of thousands of people fled the city of Surat

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The discovery of New Zealand鈥檚 first dinosaur

The discovery of New Zealand's first dinosaur by Joan Wiffen

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