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Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.
The most successful Paralympian in history
Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade
The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets during the Falklands War
In June 1982, Peru sent fighter jets to help Argentina combat the UK
The first Rubik's Cube world champion
In 1982, a teenage refugee from Vietnam, Minh Thai, made puzzle-solving history
Boer War: Siege of Ladysmith
In 1899, British troops faced a four-month siege in South Africa
