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The beginning of Benidorm
How one man grew a sleepy Spanish town into one of the world’s biggest holiday resorts
The first mega cruise ship
In 1988, the world’s largest passenger ship set sail on her maiden voyage from the USA
Kawarau Bridge: The first bungee jumping site in New Zealand
In 1988 AJ Hackett brought bungee jumping to paying customers
The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans
Sudeten Germans were expelled by the Czechoslovak government after World War Two
Sagrada Familia: Completing Gaudi’s vision
How architects carried on building Barcelona's basilica after the death of designer Gaudi
Dignitas: Founding an assisted dying society
In 1998, Swiss lawyer Ludwig Minelli set up the controversial organisation Dignitas
The first CIA-backed coup in Latin America
President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala was overthrown in a revolt sponsored by the US
I designed Hello Kitty
In 1974, a Japanese artist created a character who is now worth more than $80 billion
Subway Art: The graffiti bible
In 1984, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper released an iconic photography book
Executed in Stalin’s Great Terror in Georgia
In the 1930s, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin executed hundreds of thousands without trial
