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Elizabeth of Russia's Bloodless Coup
Episode 148
Wearing an armoured breastplate, clasping a silver cross and seizing an Army spontoon, 31 year old Elizabeth Petrovna appeared at the HQ of the elite Preobrazhensky Regiment guards in St. Petersburg …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Lucy Fossil - No Homo
Episode 147
It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of ‘the Lucy Fossil’ - a previously undiscovered species of pre-human - in Hadar,…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Tamagotchi Effect
Episode 146
With cutesy graphics and a female-focussed origin story, Tamagotchi was positioned as a ‘nurturing toy’ for Japanese girls when Bandai launched the brand on 23rd November, 1996. But the gadget's mass…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Star Trek's Interracial Kiss
Episode 145
Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) embraced and kissed on "Plato’s Stepchildren"; an episode of ‘Star Trek’ broadcast on 22nd November, 1968 - just a year af…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
London's First Olympics
Episode 144
After Mount Vesuvius erupted - and original hosts Rome pulled out - the British Olympic council sent a letter, dated 19th November, 1906, agreeing to host the fourth modern Olympic games.
With just tw…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
William Tell's Apple Adventures
Episode 143
Switzerland’s most famous archer shot fruit off his own son’s head on 18th November, 1307. Or did he?
‘Chronicon Helveticum’ by Aegidius Tschudi, from which the date comes, claims to be a serious hi…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
On This Day: The Last Sultan
Episode 142
Mehmet VI stepped on to a British warship to seek refuge in Malta on 17th November, 1922 - thereby becoming the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, a dynasty stretching back to the 14th Century.
He wa…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago