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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 …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
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…
8 months ago
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…
8 months ago
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…
8 months ago
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.
The stunt had been arranged to counter…
8 months ago