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Episode 1261
A 12 x 8.5cm ‘Correspondenzkarte’, the earliest progenitor of the modern-day postcard, was created by the Austrian Post on 1st October, 1869.
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The Shipwrecked Mr. Crusoe
Episode 1260
Literature’s most famous castaway, Robinson Crusoe, was washed up on a desert island - where he would remain for 28 years - on 30th September, 1659.
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What Happened To Couto Misto?
Episode 1259
A tiny microstate nestled between Spain and Portugal, Couto Misto existed for centuries until its dissolution on 29th September, 1864. The final act…
10 months ago
Yves Rossy: Rocketman
Episode 1257
Pushing the boundaries of human flight to hitherto unknown extremes, Swiss aviator Yves Rossy entered the record books on 26th September, 2008, becom…
10 months ago
The Falcon Clause: Dividing Britain
Episode 1256
Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland met in York to settle the whole "where does England end, and where does Scotland begin?" question o…
10 months, 1 week ago
America's Transgender Celebrity
Episode 1255
Christine Jorgensen began gender reassignment surgery in Copenhagen on 24th September 1951. The New York Daily News later heralded the event with a h…
10 months, 1 week ago
See Facts? Ceefax!
Episode 1254
The BBC’s teletext information service, Ceefax, launched on 23rd September, 1974 - providing the British public with a way to look up headlines, foot…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Candy Bomber of Berlin
Episode 1253
Operation Little Vittles" - an initiative during the Berlin Airlift to drop Allied sweets and chocolates from planes as a gift to the German children…
10 months, 1 week ago
Discovering The Iceman
Episode 1251
When German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon stumbled upon a dead body in the Oertzel Alps on 19th September, 1991, they believed it to be a recently fa…
10 months, 1 week ago
Welcome To Tiffany's
Episode 1250
Tiffany, now a $16 billion jewelry empire, opened their first store at 259 Broadway, New York, on 18th September, 1837. Their first day’s sales total…
10 months, 2 weeks ago