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Let's Build Central Park
Episode 1199
New York City's iconic green space, Central Park - larger than Monaco and Vatican City combined - was legislated for on 21st July, 1853. Over 750 acr…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Web's First Image
Episode 1197
Tim Berners-Lee uploaded a photo of parody doo-wop group Les Horrible Cernettes on 18th July 1992 - the first image to be shared online.
The photogra…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Rebranding the Royal Family
Episode 1196
Windsor became the official surname of the British Royal family on 17th July 1917, when King George V issued a proclamation declaring that “The Name …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Kennedy Curse
Episode 1195
John F. Kennedy Jr., son of JFK and Jackie Onassis, disappeared off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard on July 16th, 1999. He had crashed his private pla…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Red Planet Gets Closer
The first images of Mars found their way back to Earth from NASA’s Mariner 4 mission on 15th July, 1965 - and were simultaneously revelatory and disa…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Catching Billy The Kid
Episode 1192
Cold-blooded killer? Folk hero? Petty thief? Billy The Kid, who met his end on 14th July, 1881, was all of the above. His luck finally ran out in a d…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Blasphemy!
Episode 1191
Mary Whitehouse successfully sued Gay News and publisher Denis Lemon at the Old Bailey in a trial that began on 11th July, 1977 - Britain’s last conv…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Adventures of the Boy Horsemen
Episode 1190
The ‘Abernathy Boys’, Temple and Louis, were aged just 5 and 8 respectively when they departed Guthrie, Oklahoma for a 1,300-mile horseback trip to R…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Bill Haley's Teenage Anthem
Episode 1189
Rock Around The Clock was a moderately successful B-side - until its inclusion in the teen rebellion movie Blackboard Jungle - following which, on 9t…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The Miracle in the Ashes
Episode 1188
‘Our Lady of Kazan’, a painting of the Virgin and Child, was discovered in the ashes of a fire in the Russian town of Kazan on 8th July, 1579. The ic…
9 months ago