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How Mexico created the world's first public earthquake warning system

In 1971 the Campaign for Real Ale was set up becoming a hugely influential movement

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital

In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army

In 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest to protest at Soviet rule

In October 1986, American artist Keith Haring painted a huge mural on the Berlin Wall

In 2011, Maltese voters went to the polls to decide if divorce should be legalised

In 2006, Australia's first feature film in Aboriginal languages was created

In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo