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Harold Riley: Painting Nelson Mandela
Harold Riley was the only artist in the world granted a sitting with Nelson Mandela
Kinder Scout mass trespass
Walkers trespassed on Kinder Scout to demand access to the countryside in 1932
The gathering that helped shape decolonisation
In 1945, Manchester's Pan-African Congress helped shape the struggle against colonialism
‘Baby’ computer is invented
In 1948, the ‘Baby’ paved the way for today’s computers
The nightclub that changed Manchester
In 1962, the Reno became Manchester's first racially inclusive nightclub
The discovery of the San José shipwreck
In 2015, the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks was found off the coast of Colombia
The birth of India's call centre industry
Pramod Bhasin set up India’s first call centre in 1997
Stardust: Ireland's deadly nightclub fire
In 1981, a fire in a Dublin nightclub killed 48 people
Connecting homes to the internet using cable TV
In 1991, Rouzbeh Yassini created technology enabling millions of homes to access the web
Norway’s teacher resistance in World War Two
During the Nazi occupation of Norway, the country’s teachers resisted teaching propaganda
