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Meet Donald Duck

Episode 1163

The Wise Little Hen’, the Silly Symphonies short from was released on 9th June, 1934 and introduced a new Disney character: Donald Duck.


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Digging Up Josef Mengele
Digging Up Josef Mengele

Episode 1161

Notorious Nazi doctor, ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele, spent the last twenty years of his life on the run. His remains were recovered in São Paulo on…

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So I Acquitted An Axe Murderer
So I Acquitted An Axe Murderer

Episode 1160

Lizzie Borden’s murder trial began on June 5, 1893 in New Bedford Courthouse, Massachusetts. The 32 year-old was accused of killing her father, wealt…

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The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot
The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot

Episode 1159

Twice the usual crowd turned up to see the Cleveland Indians take on the Texas Rangers on June 4th, 1974 - drawn in not by the baseball match, but by…

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The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol
The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol

Episode 1158

Radical playwright Valerie Solanas, author of the SCUM Manifesto (for the ‘Society of Cutting Up Men’) attempted to assassinate pop artist Andy Warho…

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When UEFA Banned England

Episode 1157

Arion, Rebecca and Olly recall the shocking events of the Heysel Stadium disaster, which lead to all English football clubs being banned from Europea…

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The Peasants Are Revolting
The Peasants Are Revolting

Episode 1155

The most significant rebellion of the Medieval era, the so-called Peasant’s Revolt, kicked off in Brentwood, Essex on 30th May, 1381, when tax collec…

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The First Bank Holiday
The First Bank Holiday

Episode 1154

Whit Monday became the first of the new ‘Bank Holidays’ on 29th May, 1871, as millions of Britons got an officially-sanctioned paid day off. 

The bra…

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Here Comes The Spanish Armada
Here Comes The Spanish Armada

Episode 1153

A naval juggernaut of 137 ships, 10,000 sailors, 2,500 guns, and 20,000 soldiers was launched at England by Philip II of Spain on May 28th, 1588: the…

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Fan-Dancing, Dwarfism and Microwaves
Fan-Dancing, Dwarfism and Microwaves

Episode 1152

Microwave cookery was first demonstrated by Ross Kilgore of Westinghouse at the Chicago World’s Fair, which opened on 27th May, 1933. But the event w…

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