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Zheng He's Treasure Odyssey
Episode 889
Rerun: China’s greatest naval explorer, Zheng He, set sail on the first of seven epic voyages on 11th July, 1405. He led a fleet of 255 ships, with a…
1 year, 6 months ago
Evolution on Trial
Episode 888
The Scopes Monkey Trial - one of the most famous show trials in U.S. history - began in Dayton, Tennessee on 10th July, 1925.
Though it centred on Jo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Mozart's Grand Tour
Episode 887
Mozart’s grand tour of Western Europe, began on 9th July 1763, when the boy wonder was just 7 years old.
Taking in Germany, France, and England, Wolfg…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kim Il-Sung: Good Mourning
Episode 886
When North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 8th July, 1994, his nation went into ten days of mourning, reflecting t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Birth of the Bikini
Episode 884
Rerun: Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July …
1 year, 6 months ago
Here Comes The Hamburger
Episode 883
Rerun: Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries - b…
1 year, 6 months ago
Sailing Alone Around The World
Episode 882
Captain Joshua Slocum set sail from Nova Scotia in The Spray, his revamped oyster sloop, on 3rd July, 1898: the first solo circumnavigation of the wo…
1 year, 6 months ago
Death of Hypercolor
Episode 881
Generra Sportswear, the Seattle-based company that distributed Hypercolor - the T-shirts that changed colour with heat - and declared bankruptcy on 2…
1 year, 6 months ago
When Sharks ATTACK!
Episode 880
The real-life ‘Shark Week’ that inspired Peter Benchley's novel Jaws kicked off with the shocking mauling of 23 year-old Charles Vansant off the coas…
1 year, 6 months ago
Before There Was 'Crufts'
Episode 878
Rerun: The first modern dog show took place in Newcastle on 28th June, 1859. Essentially a sideshow to the annual exhibition of cattle, it featured j…
1 year, 6 months ago