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Making Voting Secret
Episode 895
Rerun: Before the Ballot Act of 18th July, 1872, the British electorate were expected to declare their preferred candidate publicly at hustings, ofte…
2 years ago
Publishing Punch
Episode 894
Punch Magazine published its first edition on 17th July, 1841. Subtitled ‘the London Charivari’, the weekly periodical aimed to carve a niche in the …
2 years ago
The Birth Of The Parking Meter
Episode 893
The world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16th, 1935.
Park-O-Meter No. 1 was the brainchild Carl C. Magee, who’d moved to…
2 years ago
When London Stank
Episode 892
The ‘Great Stink’ - when the stench of untreated human and industrial waste was amplified by a particularly hot Summer - reached a peak on 15th July,…
2 years ago
The Anti-Disco Army
Episode 890
Rerun: ‘Disco Demolition Night’, the brainchild of 24 year-old shock jock Steve Dahl, caused mass hysteria at Comiskey Park, Chicago on 12th July, 19…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years, 1 month ago