World’s largest village took on neo-Nazi haters
When Neo-Nazis tried to hold a march through the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, the normally quiet village made the news around the world
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Extraordinary legacy of an ordinary man
The roughly typed manuscript tied up with string didn’t promise much but it delivered a small publisher a bestseller
Unsung vaccination hero saved millions of lives
When Dr Maurice Hilleman read about a flu outbreak in Hong Kong in 1957 he sounded the alarm about a coming pandemic
Proud Zulu nation ended with fall of defiant king
As long as King Cetshwayo remained at large there was still a chance of resistance from the Zulu nation but the British finally got their man 140 years ago today
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Kaiser’s marriage was a means to end tensions
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Cats and art a strange mix at fabled museum
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Stars rose and fell as Hollywood hit repeat
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Screen siren Hayworth haunted by ‘ugly truth’
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Aussie Norman stood with Black Power athletes
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Mary, Queen of Scots couldn’t escape cousin’s wrath
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Rebel Aussie refused to kowtow to a Nazi salute
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Jerome Robbins gave dance unique American twist
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