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The First Woman To Swim The Channel
Episode 1213
Gertrude Ederle smashed records on 6th August, 1926, becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel - and in faster time than any man before he…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Houdini's Last Escape
Episode 1212
Harry Houdini survived 91 minutes in an underwater coffin at the Shelton Hotel, New York on 5th August, 1926.
The stunt had been arranged to counter…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Bekonscot: Britain In Miniature
The world’s first model village, Bekonscot in Buckinghamshire, had its initial public open day on 4th August, 1929. Begun as a personal project of ac…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The First Michelin Guide
Episode 1209
Andre and Edouard Michelin published their first Guide on 1st August, 1900. Now recognised as the gold standard in luxury restaurant reviews, the or…
1 year ago
The Great Rum Debate
Episode 1208
The Royal Navy were issued with their final daily ration of rum - ending a tradition of more than 300 years - on July 31, 1970. The day became known …
1 year ago
Where's Jimmy Hoffa?
Union boss Jimmy Hoffa left his Michigan home for what was supposed to be a peace summit with mobsters Anthony Provenzano and Anthony Giacalone on 30…
1 year ago
The First Boy Scouts
Episode 1206
Robert Paden-Powell took twenty boys to Brownsea Island, Poole on 29th July, 1907, to embark on a ten-day camp. The trip was, essentially, a laborato…
1 year ago
The Plane That Crashed into the Empire State
Episode 1205
Captain William Smith, a decorated World War II pilot, was flying a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a routine mission on 28th July, 1945. In heavy fog over N…
1 year ago
Is it a Boat? Is it a Plane? No, it's Hovercraft
Episode 1203
The Hovercraft SR-N1, piloted by Captain Peter Lamb, sailed from Calais to Dover on 25th July 1959, fifty years to the day after Louis Blériot made t…
1 year ago
The Aussies Who Outswam The Soviets
Episode 1202
The ‘Quietly Confident Quartet’ of Mark Tonelli (backstroke), Peter Evans (breaststroke), Mark Kerry (butterfly), and Neil Brooks (freestyle) won Gol…
1 year ago