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Me At The Zoo
Episode 822
On 23 April 2005, software engineer Jawed Karim posted an 18-second clip of himself standing in front of some elephants at the San Diego Zoo – a vide…
2 years, 3 months ago
The 'Hitler Diaries' Hoax
Episode 821
Extracts from Adolf Hitler's long-lost diaries were brought to the world’s attention on 22nd April, 1983, provoking an international sensation - unti…
2 years, 3 months ago
Marathon Woman
Episode 819
Katherine Switzer became the first woman to officially participate in the Boston Marathon on 19th April, 1967, when, disguised in a hooded sweatshirt…
2 years, 3 months ago
Poland's Italian Queen
Episode 818
Milanese Princess Bona Sforza married the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund the Old, in Krakow Cathedral on 18th April, 1518 - making her the first …
2 years, 3 months ago
The World's Weirdest War
Episode 817
A 335-year-long ‘war’ (in which not a single shot was fired) officially ended on 17th April, 1986, when the UK’s Dutch ambassador landed on the Isles…
2 years, 3 months ago
Alex Haley's Faction Phenomenon
Episode 816
When ‘Roots: The Saga of an American Family’ made novelist Alex Haley an international sensation, he revisited Juffure, Gambia - the village where he…
2 years, 3 months ago
Tommy Cooper Dies On Stage
Episode 817
Tommy Cooper's unexpected death on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre on 15th April, 1984 remains one of the saddest and most surreal moments in UK comed…
2 years, 3 months ago
The First Man in Space
Episode 815
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin left Kazakhstan for space on 12th April, 1961 - the first human to venture beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. …
2 years, 3 months ago
Let's Go To Butlin's
Episode 814
Rerun: The first holiday camp in Britain, Butlin’s Skegness, opened to the public on 11th April, 1936 - although one member of the public, a certain …
2 years, 3 months ago
Yes, We Have Bananas
Episode 813
Bananas, the world’s favourite fruit, were first displayed in London on 10th April, 1633, in the shop window of botanist Thomas Johnson, editor for G…
2 years, 3 months ago