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Jerry Lee Lewis's Child Bride
Episode 1382
When Jerry Lee Lewis landed at Heathrow Airport for his first UK tour on 22nd May, 1958, he was met with a flurry of journalists eager for a scoop. Y…
2 months, 1 week ago
Greyhound Hits The Road
Episode 1381
When Carl Wickman started America’s first bus company on 21st May, 1914, they weren’t a bus company, and they weren’t called Greyhound - they were a …
2 months, 1 week ago
Make Me Some Levi's
Episode 1380
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a US patent for reinforcing work trousers with copper rivets on 20th May 1873; an innovation that would eventua…
2 months, 1 week ago
Fox's 'Glee' Gambit
Episode 1379
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s musical comedy-drama ‘Glee’ was first screened on Fox on May 19th, 2009. In a strategy to whip up excitement before th…
2 months, 1 week ago
How Shrek Changed Hollywood
Episode 1378
Dreamworks’ irreverent animated comedy Shrek opened in 3,500 U.S. theaters on 18th May, 2001 - dethroning The Mummy Returns with a $42 million openin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Unkillable King George
Episode 1376
George III narrowly dodged a bullet for the SECOND time in one day on 15th May, 1800, as he attended a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
America's Last Witchtrial
Episode 1375
Can ‘mesmeric’ mental powers harm you from afar? Well, no. But that didn’t stop Lucretia L. S. Brown accusing fellow Christian Scientist Daniel H. Sp…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Man Who Shot The Pope
Episode 1974
Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square on 13th May 1981, in front of thousands of pilgrims attending his weekly general audience. Struck mu…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Richard I's Awkward Wedding Night
Episode 1973
Richard the Lionheart was a bachelor into his thirties, but finally got hitched on May 12th, 1191, at the Chapel of St. George at Limassol, Cyprus. H…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Dynasty's Flamboyant Finale
Episode 1972
With big hair, big drama, and even bigger shoulder pads, Aaron Spelling’s primetime soap-opera ‘Dynasty’ defined the 1980s. But, by May 11th, 1989, t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago