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Apartheid and the Olympics
Apartheid and the Olympics

Episode 1223


The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned South Africa from competing in the upcoming Tokyo Games on 18th August, 1964, after the nation had …

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The Real Macbeth
The Real Macbeth

Episode 1221

Immortalised by Shakespeare, Scottish king Macbeth was killed in battle near Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire on 15th August 1057; a demise that brought sign…

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Capturing Carlos The Jackal
Capturing Carlos The Jackal

Episode 1220


A decades-long manhunt closed in on international terrorist Illich Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos the Jackal, on 14th August, 1994 - when he was sedate…

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Building The Berlin Wall
Building The Berlin Wall

Episode 1219

Berliners awoke on 13th August, 1961 to find their city divided in half. East German troops had worked overnight to roll out barbed wire and barricad…

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Ponzi Gets Busted
Ponzi Gets Busted

Episode 1218

The ‘Get Rich Quick’ scheme pioneered by scamster Charles Ponzi came to an end with his arrest on 12th August, 1920 - but ‘Ponzi schemes’ remain a po…

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Who Invented Hip Hop?
Who Invented Hip Hop?

Episode 1217

Clive Campbell, better known as DJ Kool Herc, soundtracked his sister Cindy Campbell’s back-to-school party in the Bronx on 11th August, 1973 - and i…

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I Need A Dollar
I Need A Dollar

Episode 1215


The dollar emerged as the official currency of the United States at a meeting of the Continental Congress on 8th August, 1786. During the American R…

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The Aryan Polynesian Hypothesis
The Aryan Polynesian Hypothesis

Episode 1214

The Kon-Tiki expedition, led by Norwegian explorer and ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl, reached Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelag near Tahiti, on 7th Augus…

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The First Woman To Swim The Channel
The First Woman To Swim The Channel

Episode 1213

Gertrude Ederle smashed records on 6th August, 1926, becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel - and in faster time than any man before he…

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Houdini's Last Escape
Houdini's Last Escape

Episode 1212

Harry Houdini survived 91 minutes in an underwater coffin at the Shelton Hotel, New York on 5th August, 1926. 

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