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See Facts? Ceefax!
Episode 103
The BBC’s teletext information service, Ceefax, launched on 23rd September, 1974 - providing the British public with a way to look up headlines, football results and TV listings, some twenty years be…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The All-Female Jury
Episode 102
Witchcraft and infanticide were the charges levelled against young maidservant Judith Catchpole at the General Provincial Court in Patuxent County, Maryland on September 22nd, 1656. Since the case hi…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
‘The Cod War’ Heats Up
Episode 101
‘The Fish Feud!’ - as the tabloids originally termed the standoff between Britain and Iceland over fishing rights - had escalated into a fully-fledged ‘Cod War’ by 21st September, 1958, when the dest…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Fonzie Jumps The Shark
Episode 100
Henry Winkler, an accomplished water-skier, had asked the producers of ‘Happy Days’ if he could showcase his skills on the sitcom. On 20th September, 1977 his wish came true - in a shark-jumping sequ…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Bermuda Triangle Theory
Episode 99
Why were multiple ships and planes lost in the section of the Atlantic between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda? Journalist Edward van Winkle-Jones first floated the idea of ‘the Bermuda Triangle’ - al…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The First Student Newspaper
Episode 98
The Cornell Daily Sun - the oldest continuously independent college daily newspaper in the United States - published its first issue on 16th September, 1880. It featured some campus sports reports, s…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago