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When 3-D First Flopped
Episode 956
Journalists, exhibitors and producers packed the Ambassador Hotel Theater, Los Angeles on 27th September, 1922 - to see the first ever paid-for scree…
1 year, 10 months ago
The French King of Sweden
Episode 954
Rerun: Jean Bernadotte’s dad, a local prosecutor in the southwestern French city of Pau, intended for his son to follow in his footsteps as a lawyer.…
1 year, 10 months ago
Praise The Lord, It's Billy Graham
Episode 953
Billy Graham’s Los Angeles Crusade started modestly on 25th September, 1949. But after newspaper giant William Randolph Hearst told his editors to "p…
1 year, 10 months ago
Sexing Up Jane Austen
Episode 952
The ‘Austenmania’ craze of the mid-90s kicked off with the BBC’s production of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, which first aired on 24th September, 1995.
Now p…
1 year, 10 months ago
Richard II's Blowout Banquet
Episode 951
The most extravagant feast of the Middle Ages took place at the London home of the Bishop of Durham on September 23rd, 1387, in honour of King Richar…
1 year, 10 months ago
Fonzie Jumps The Shark
Episode 949
Rerun: Henry Winkler, an accomplished water-skier, had asked the producers of ‘Happy Days’ if he could showcase his skills on the sitcom. On 20th Sep…
1 year, 10 months ago
Let's Illuminate Blackpool
Episode 948
Rerun: Powered by steam engines, and positioned on 60ft poles along the seafront, the Blackpool illuminations were first shown to adoring public on 1…
1 year, 10 months ago
How the Paralympics Began
Episode 947
The first Paralympic Games - hosting 400 athletes from 23 countries - took place in Rome on 18th September, 1960.
But it was only known by this name …
1 year, 10 months ago
Mary, King of Hungary
Episode 946
Mary, ‘King’ of Hungary, was coronated today in history, on 17th September, 1382.
The Hungarian nobility had never had a female monarch, and did not …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Oklahoma Land Grab
Episode 945
The largest land rush in history kicked off on 16th September, 1893 - on Oklahoma's Cherokee Strip. Tens of thousands of people—horseback riders, wag…
1 year, 10 months ago