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Fall of the Maya
Episode 1322
The Guatemalan island of Flores, once known as Nojpetén, witnessed the final clash between Spanish conquistadors and the last independent Maya kingdo…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, We Canberra
Episode 1321
What is Australia’s capital city? Not Sydney. Nor Melbourne. It’s Canberra: so named at an official ceremony on 12th March, 1913 - when the site was …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Meet The Luddites
Episode 1320
Disgruntled textile workers stormed a factory near Nottingham on March 11th, 1811, kickstarting the political movement famously known as Luddism.
The…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Foreigners Fighting For France
Episode 1319
The infamous French Foreign Legion was formed by King Louis Philippe on March 10, 1831, to help the French control Algeria using mercenaries who were…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Stalin's Daughter
Episode 1318
Svetlana Aleluyeva walked into the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on 9th March, 1967, and asked for political asylum. As the only daughter of Joseph Stali…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Shutting Down Napster
Episode 1316
Pioneering music-sharing platform Napster faced a pivotal legal showdown on March 6th, 2001, when - despite the company’s defence that it was merely …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Hula Hoop Mania!
Episode 1315
The hip-swivelling Hula Hoop craze swept through America within months of its 1958 debut - yet Wham-O didn’t receive a patent for it until 5th March,…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
John Lennon's Jesus Controversy
Episode 1314
John Lennon's controversial statement that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus was first published in the London Evening Standard on 4th March, …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Comstock's War On Obscenity
Episode 1313
Sending rude mail was dealt a devastating blow on 3rd March, 1873, when the campaign against pornography, reproductive health, birth control, and abo…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
It's King Kong!
Episode 1312
King Kong roared onto the silver screen on March 2nd, 1933, in an extraordinary simultaneous screening at Radio City and the Roxy, New York - attract…
4 months, 4 weeks ago