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Austria's wine scandal
In 1985, scientists discovered poisonous anti-freeze in bottles of fine Austrian wine
Jimmy Carter visits Cuba
In 2002, former US President Jimmy Carter paid a controversial visit to Cuba
Cuba's Mariel boatlift
In 1980, more than 100,000 Cubans left the country for the US
The 'Jugroom Fort' rescue mission
In 2007, British forces staged a daring rescue from a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan
Ötzi: The Iceman of Bolzano
In September 1991, two German hikers found a 5,000-year-old mummy in a glacier
The Kaohsiung Incident
On 10 December 1979, pro-democracy activists clashed with police in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
The liberation of Auschwitz
In 1945, General Vasily Petrenko freed prisoners at the Nazi death camp
John Logie Baird invents television
On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated the prototype for television
Agatha Christie: best-selling novelist of all time
In January 1976, author Agatha Christie died aged 85
