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John Lennon's Jesus Controversy
Episode 784
John Lennon's controversial statement that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus was first published in the London Evening Standard on 4th March, …
1 year, 10 months ago
I Want My MTV
Episode 782
Mick Jagger, Madonna, and David Bowie were amongst the megastars who participated in the ‘I Want My MTV!’ campaign which debuted on 1st March, 1982; …
1 year, 10 months ago
Salem's Witchcraft Epidemic
Episode 781
The strange behaviour of two young girls, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris, sparked the infamous Salem Witch Trials on February 29th, 1692, whe…
1 year, 10 months ago
Dord: The Ghost Word
Episode 779
Rerun: Webster’s New International Dictionary (Second Edition) was the largest book to be mass produced, but - as was revealed on 28th February, 1939…
1 year, 10 months ago
Unmasking Mardi Gras
Episode 778
New Orleans witnessed its first modern Mardi Gras procession - kick-started by a group of students eager to revive the traditional masquerade, banned…
1 year, 10 months ago
Woodrow Wilson and the Grand Canyon
Episode 777
President Woodrow Wilson finally signed into law a bill establishing The Grand Canyon as the USA's 15th National Park on this day in 1919.
Although pr…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Plot To Kill The Cabinet
Episode 775
The Cato Street Conspiracy - a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and the entire Cabinet as they attended a private dinner party - was…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Most Famous Sheep in the World
Episode 774
RERUN: Dolly The Sheep, the first ever successfully cloned mammal, was introduced to the world’s press at the Roslin Institute in Scotland on 22nd Fe…
1 year, 10 months ago
When Polaroid Changed Photography
Episode 773
Edwin Land unveiled the world's first instant camera to the Optical Society of America on 21st February, 1947.
Snapping a quick black-and-white selfie…
1 year, 10 months ago
Let's Colonise Florida
Episode 772
Departing from Puerto Rico with grand plans to establish a new colony, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León set out on his ill-fated second expedition…
1 year, 10 months ago