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Stealing the World Cup
Episode 1094
The Jules Rimet, trophy of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from a stamp exhibition in Westminster Central Hall on March 20th, 1966 - the year England …
1 year, 4 months ago
Welcome To Las Vegas
Episode 1093
Las Vegas was a struggling mining outpost until March 19th, 1931, when Nevada Governor Fred B. Balzar signed Assembly Bill 98, also known as the Wide…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Birth of Fast Fashion
Episode 1092
The craze for paper dresses was the huge and unexpected impact of a viral marketing campaign for the Scott Paper Company that debuted in TIME magazin…
1 year, 4 months ago
Marie Stopes' "Mother's Clinic"
Episode 1091
Marie Stopes’ “Mother’s Clinic” opened its doors in Holloway, on March 17th, 1826.
Stopes was a trailblazer, her birth control clinic providing worki…
1 year, 4 months ago
Making The Mikado
Episode 1089
The Mikado opened on March 14, 1885 to immediate acclaim, and went on to become W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s most famous and best-loved operet…
1 year, 4 months ago
Mata Hari: Showgirl, Seductress, Spy
Episode 1088
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known to the world as Mata Hari, set the Paris stage ablaze on March 13, 1905, with a scandalous dance routine …
1 year, 4 months ago
When The Dixie Chicks Got Cancelled
Episode 1087
As the Dixie Chicks’ lead singer, Natalie Maines, made an off-the-cuff remark at a London concert on 12th March, 2003, she could not have known the c…
1 year, 4 months ago
COPS Hits TV
Episode 1086
Producer John Langley had been pitching a no-frills, fly-on-the-wall documentary series following US Police Officers for six years when, in the midst…
1 year, 4 months ago
Birth of the Book Club
Episode 1085
The ‘Book of the Month Club’ was first launched, on March 10th, 1926.
Its inaugural selection, ‘Lolly Willowes’ by feminist Bloomsbury author Sylvia …
1 year, 4 months ago
Abducting Ellen Turner
Episode 1083
Kidnapped from her prestigious Liverpool boarding school on March 7, 1827, 15-year-old Ellen Turner was led to believe her family would be financiall…
1 year, 4 months ago