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Tortured in Iran's Evin Prison
Protests after Iran's 2009 election caused one man to be interrogated for 118 days
The Green March: Moroccans take over the Sahara
In 1975, unarmed Moroccans faced off against gun-carrying Spanish soldiers
The hunger-striking Bolivian president
In 1984, President Zuazo went on hunger strike, in an attempt to stabilise Bolivia
G眉rtel scandal: Spain's Watergate
How one man's secret recordings revealed one of Spain's biggest corruption scandals
The first World Laughter Day
The first World Laughter Day took place in Mumbai, India in January 1998
Russian ballerina defects to the west
The Russian ballerina who defected to the west
The mystery of France's lost king
The fate of Louis-Charles, imprisoned in 1795, was for years shrouded in rumour
The world鈥檚 first lesbian couple to get married
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage
What the 1989 solar storm did to Quebec
In 1989, a huge solar flare ground life to a halt in Quebec
The Hindenburg airship disaster
In 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames during mooring, killing 35 people on board.