SBS50: Biggest Stories

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For fifty years SBS has been at the forefront of delivering multilingual, multicultural, and First Nations content, tailored to Australia's diverse communities. In this series we highlight major news events, personalities, places and stories that made headlines in Australia and around the world.

  1. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1975

    One of the stories that shook the world in 1975 was Cambodia’s genocide. Communist forces lead by Pol Pot attempted to socially engineer a classless, peasant society. The Khmer Rouge took aim at intellectuals, city residents, ethnic Vietnamese, civil servants, and religious leaders.

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  2. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1976

    1976 was marked by a dramatic hostage-rescue mission carried out by Israeli soldiers at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July the 4th.

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  3. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1977

    1977 was significant in the entertainment world for two events. Star Wars hit theatres for the first time and went onto become the third highest grossing film ever. And then - sad news for rock ‘n roll fans – the premature death of Elvis Presley.

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  4. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1978

    In 1978 Egypt made peace with Israel. The Camp David Accords recognized the rights of the Palestinian people, and a process was to be implemented guaranteeing their full autonomy within five years.

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  5. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1979

    In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female Prime Minister. She served as Prime Minister until 1990 and during her time in office earned the nickname the "Iron Lady" for her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

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  6. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1980

    1980 was a dark year for the world of popular music. On Tuesday the 9th of December, singer John Lennon was shot dead outside his New York apartment by Mark David Chapman, a mentally ill young man.

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  7. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1981

    1981 was a year connected to assassinations, there was an attempt on the Pope and one on American president, Ronald Reagan. But the shots that rang loudest around the world came from Egypt, when an army officer, Khalid Isambouli, and three other soldiers set upon Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat during a victory parade, killing him and ten others.

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  8. 09/03/2025

    SBS50: Biggest Stories 1982

    1982 was the year that the humble smiley face emoticon first made its appearance online at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania.

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