History as told by the people who were there.
In 1951, American chemist Dr Harry Coover was experimenting with a substance called cyanoacrylate bu
In the early 1900s, the first diamond was found in Kolmanskop, in the African country of Namibia. It
For more than 50 years, Mulatu Astatke has been performing at venues around the world, inspiring aud
Harold Riley was the only artist in the world granted a sitting to capture Nelson Mandela on canvas.
As Yugoslavia began to break down, the Balkans conflict began - a series of brutal wars characterise
In 2015 Goodluck Jonathan became the first Nigerian president to concede election defeat. It allowed
When General David Galtier hovered above the French Alps in a helicopter on 24 March 2015 he could n
In October 2012, the founding father of the European Space Agency was honoured when a spacecraft nam
In July 1975, former competitors the Soviet Union and the United States both launched rockets into t
“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to re
On 18 March 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to spacewalk.He spent around 10 mi
In 2003, 21 people died when a space rocket exploded at Brazil’s Alcantara Launch Centre, three days
On 18 March 2015, 22 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed at the Bardo National Museum in Tu
In 1997, Isatou Ceesay, who lives in The Gambia had an idea to make bags and purses out of old disca
By the beginning of 1990, the United States Congress stalled on passing the Americans with Disabilit
In 1959, Todd Matshikiza composed the score for King Kong, it was South Africa’s first musical with
There are few inventions that we rely on as much as the Global Positioning System, also known as GPS
In March 1965, hundreds of peaceful civil rights protesters in Selma were brutally beaten by Alabama
In 1987, a decades-long war in Chad reached a dramatic turning point in what would come to be known
In December 1989, more than 20,000 US soldiers descended on the tiny Central American country of Pan
