The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans

Sudeten Germans were expelled by the Czechoslovak government after World War Two

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Sagrada Familia: Completing Gaudi’s vision

How architects carried on building Barcelona's basilica after the death of designer Gaudi

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Dignitas: Founding an assisted dying society

In 1998, Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli set up the controversial organisation Dignitas

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The first CIA-backed coup in Latin America

President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala was overthrown in a revolt sponsored by the US

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I designed Hello Kitty

In 1974, a Japanese artist created a character who is now worth more than $80 billion

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Subway Art: The graffiti bible

In 1984, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper released an iconic photography book

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Executed in Stalin’s Great Terror in Georgia

In the 1930s, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin executed hundreds of thousands without trial

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Georgia’s political crisis

In 1991, the newly independent country found itself on the verge of a civil war

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Fight the Power: The song that became an anthem of protest

In 1989, Public Enemy provided the soundtrack for Spike Lee's movie, Do The Right Thing

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