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Hershey and the Chocolate Theme Park
Episode 853
Rerun. Hersheypark was created as a recreation ground for the workers and families who staffed the Hershey chocolate factory in Pennsylvania when it …
1 year, 7 months ago
Recording 'White Christmas'
Episode 852
Bing Crosby recorded the biggest-selling single of all time, ‘White Christmas’, on 29th May, 1942. The session took just 18 minutes, and the song was…
1 year, 7 months ago
Welcome To Quintland
Episode 851
‘Miracle babies’ the Dionne Quintuplets - Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie, the first known quintuplets to survive infancy - born on 28th M…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Very First Eurovision
Episode 849
Rerun: Spectacle, camp and glamour were NOT on the agenda in Lugano, Switzerland on 24th May, 1956: the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest was broadca…
1 year, 7 months ago
Demonstration? Defenestration!
Episode 848
Rerun: Throwing people out of windows might seem a peculiar way to protest, but it’s happened so often in history, it’s got a special name: defenestr…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jerry Lee Lewis's Child Bride
Episode 847
When Jerry Lee Lewis landed at Heathrow Airport for his first UK tour on 22nd May, 1958, he was met with a flurry of journalists eager for a scoop. Y…
1 year, 7 months ago
Burying Bob Marley
Episode 846
The funeral for Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley was half religious ceremony, half rock concert on 21st May, 1981.
An estimated 100,000 people are beli…
1 year, 7 months ago
How To Survive A Nuclear Bomb
Episode 845
‘Protect and Survive’, the UK Government’s pamphlet offering Britons advice on how to navigate the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, was published on…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Man Who Invented The Wild West
Episode 843
Rerun: Gun totin’, horse ridin’ spectacular ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’ opened in Omaha, Nebraska on 17th May, 1883 - the start of a multi-decade run.…
1 year, 7 months ago
Marie Antoinette's Wedding
Episode 842
Rerun: The future Queen of France was accompanied by 57 carriages, 117 footmen and 376 horses on her journey from Austria to Versailles - but remarka…
1 year, 8 months ago