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Greyhound Hits The Road
Greyhound Hits The Road

Episode 1381

When Carl Wickman started America’s first bus company on 21st May, 1914, they weren’t a bus company, and they weren’t called Greyhound - they were a …

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Make Me Some Levi's
Make Me Some Levi's

Episode 1380

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a US patent for reinforcing work trousers with copper rivets on 20th May 1873; an innovation that would eventua…

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Fox's 'Glee' Gambit
Fox's 'Glee' Gambit

Episode 1379

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s musical comedy-drama ‘Glee’ was first screened on Fox on May 19th, 2009. In a strategy to whip up excitement before th…

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How Shrek Changed Hollywood
How Shrek Changed Hollywood

Episode 1378

Dreamworks’ irreverent animated comedy Shrek opened in 3,500 U.S. theaters on 18th May, 2001 - dethroning The Mummy Returns with a $42 million openin…

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The Unkillable King George
The Unkillable King George

Episode 1376

George III narrowly dodged a bullet for the SECOND time in one day on 15th May, 1800, as he attended a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. …

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America's Last Witchtrial
America's Last Witchtrial

Episode 1375

Can ‘mesmeric’ mental powers harm you from afar? Well, no. But that didn’t stop Lucretia L. S. Brown accusing fellow Christian Scientist Daniel H. Sp…

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The Man Who Shot The Pope
The Man Who Shot The Pope

Episode 1974

Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square on 13th May 1981, in front of thousands of pilgrims attending his weekly general audience. Struck mu…

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Richard I's Awkward Wedding Night
Richard I's Awkward Wedding Night

Episode 1973

Richard the Lionheart was a bachelor into his thirties, but finally got hitched on May 12th, 1191, at the Chapel of St. George at Limassol, Cyprus. H…

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Dynasty's Flamboyant Finale
Dynasty's Flamboyant Finale

Episode 1972

With big hair, big drama, and even bigger shoulder pads, Aaron Spelling’s primetime soap-opera ‘Dynasty’ defined the 1980s. But, by May 11th, 1989, t…

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Cocaine + Caffeine = Coca-Cola

Episode 1370

John Pemberton launched Coca-Cola from a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on 8th May, 1886. Legend has it that a serendipitous mishap had led to the add…

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