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Cocaine + Caffeine = Coca-Cola
Episode 835
John Pemberton launched Coca-Cola from a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on 8th May, 1886. Legend has it that a serendipitous mishap had led to the add…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Earliest Ambulance
Episode 834
Rerun: During the Siege of Malaga, on 7th May 1487, Queen Isabella of Spain commissioned bespoke bed-wagons to transport injured soldiers from the ba…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sending Out Spam
Episode 832
The first ‘spam’ email, sent to ARPANET users on behalf of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), landed in Inboxes on 3rd May, 1978.
Marketer Gary …
2 years, 3 months ago
Creating The King James Bible
Episode 831
Accessible and rigorous, the King James Bible was published on 2nd May, 1611, at the behest of the Monarch after which it was named - and perhaps eve…
2 years, 3 months ago
America's Celebrity Child Soldier
Episode 830
Eleven year-old Johnny Clem formally became part of the Union Army on 1st May, 1863 - though he had already been participating as a Drummer Boy for t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Meet Mr Potato Head
Episode 829
The advertising industry underwent a minor revolution on 30th April 1952 when Mr Potato Head starred in the first ever nationally televised ad campai…
2 years, 3 months ago
Roget's Lexical Legacy
Episode 827
Peter Mark Roget waited until retirement to compile his personal collection of synonyms into a book for publication: the first edition of Roget’s The…
2 years, 3 months ago
The First Mountaineer
Episode 825
The Italian poet Petrarch hiked up Mont Ventoux in Provence on 26th April, 1332 - an event claimed for centuries to be the first time mountaineering …
2 years, 3 months ago
The Band of Gold Mystery
Episode 824
Rerun: Freda Payne’s banger ‘Band Of Gold’ sounds like a Motown record, but actually isn’t. Although written by Berry Gordy’s hit-making trio Holland…
2 years, 3 months ago
Jane Fonda's Workout
Episode 823
Two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda expanded her repertoire beyond acting and activism into exercise videos on 24th April, 1982, with the release of her…
2 years, 3 months ago