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Marion Donovan: Housewife Inventor
Until the mid-20th century, putting nappies on babies involved folding and pinning cloth towelling, then pulling a pair of rubber pants over the top.…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Second Mrs McCartney
Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in an extravagant ceremony at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland, on 11th June, 2002.
300 VIP guests wer…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Very First 'Boat Race'
Episode 1164
The Oxford v Cambridge Men’s Boat Race has been an annual tradition since 1856 - but the first one was the result of a light-hearted bet between two …
1 year, 1 month ago
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.
With his di…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 2 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…
1 year, 2 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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months ago