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Ed Sullivan Bows Out
Episode 1101
After a 23 year run that included introducing American audiences to The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones, the last original episode of ‘…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Sacheen Littlefeather's Oscars Controversy
Episode 1100
When Marlon Brando won Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role in The Godfather on March 27, 1973, he sent Native American activist Sacheen Lit…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Italy's Deadly Roadrace
Episode 1099
The Mille Miglia - a daring, 1,000-mile race across Italy - was first held on March 26th, 1927. Using ordinary dirt roads as the racetrack, competito…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Tunnel Under The Thames
Episode 1098
Marc Brunel’s visionary under-water tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping finally opened to the public on 25th March, 1843. It had taken 18 years to bui…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Kidnapping Ronnie Biggs
Episode 1097
Fugitive Ronnie Biggs - infamous for participating in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, then escaping from Wandsworth Prison - was rescued by Bajan po…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Most Expensive Divorce Ever
Episode 1095
Medieval power couple King Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, seemingly unable to produce a male heir, had a messy breakup. Their annulmen…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Stealing the World Cup
Episode 1094
The Jules Rimet, trophy of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from a stamp exhibition in Westminster Central Hall on March 20th, 1966 - the year England …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Welcome To Las Vegas
Episode 1093
Las Vegas was a struggling mining outpost until March 19th, 1931, when Nevada Governor Fred B. Balzar signed Assembly Bill 98, also known as the Wide…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Birth of Fast Fashion
Episode 1092
The craze for paper dresses was the huge and unexpected impact of a viral marketing campaign for the Scott Paper Company that debuted in TIME magazin…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Marie Stopes' "Mother's Clinic"
Episode 1091
Marie Stopes’ “Mother’s Clinic” opened its doors in Holloway, on March 17th, 1826.
Stopes was a trailblazer, her birth control clinic providing worki…
9 months, 4 weeks ago