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Inventing Chicken Manchurian
Chef Nelson Wang created Chicken Manchurian in 1975
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 BBC broadcasting through the Iron Curtain
Transmitting independent broadcasts through the Iron Curtain between 1947 and 1991
Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service
The BBC'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
