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Back to SearchMeet 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.
With his di…
10 months ago
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…
10 months ago
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…
10 months ago
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…
10 months ago
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…
10 months ago
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…
10 months, 1 week ago
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…
10 months, 1 week ago
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…
10 months, 1 week ago
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…
10 months, 1 week ago
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…
10 months, 1 week ago