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The Hawaiian Pizza - A Legacy
Episode 557
Rerun. Sam Panopoulos, creator of the Hawaiian pizza, died on 8th June, 2017 at the age of 83. Originally Greek, he moved to Ontario, Canada at the a…
2 years, 7 months ago
My Name Isn't Prince
Episode 556
When Prince announced he would no longer go by his birth name on June 7th, 1993, it took the public and his record label, Warner Brothers, by surpris…
2 years, 7 months ago
Digging Up Josef Mengele
Episode 555
Notorious Nazi doctor, ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele, spent the last twenty years of his life on the run. His remains were recovered in São Paulo on…
2 years, 7 months ago
So I Acquitted An Axe Murderer
Episode 554
Lizzie Borden’s murder trial began on June 5, 1893 in New Bedford Courthouse, Massachusetts. The 32 year-old was accused of killing her father, wealt…
2 years, 7 months ago
Who Invented The Telephone?
Episode 552
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson made an important discovery, by accident, on June 2, 1875. While working on their ‘harmonic telegraph’. Watso…
2 years, 7 months ago
Heimlich’s Big Maneuver
Episode 551
‘Cafe coronaries’ were a fact of life until The Journal of Emergency Medicine published details of The Heimlich Manoeuvre on June 1, 1974.
In so doing…
2 years, 7 months ago
When Psy Broke The Internet
Episode 550
Viral megahit ‘Gangnam Style’, by South Korean pop star Psy, became the first video to reach 2 billion plays on YouTube, on May 31st, 2014.
The EDM/K-…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Peasants Are Revolting
Episode 549
The most significant rebellion of the Medieval era, the so-called Peasant’s Revolt, kicked off in Brentwood, Essex on 30th May, 1381, when tax collec…
2 years, 7 months ago
When Australia Said Sorry
Episode 547
A coalition of Australian community groups came together on May 26th, 1998 for the country’s first “National Sorry Day”, an annual day of atonement f…
2 years, 7 months ago
Shakespeare Unbanned
Episode 546
Rerun. Chinese citizens were once again able to read and perform the works of William Shakespeare on 25th May, 1977.
Chiang Ching, Chairman Mao’s wife…
2 years, 7 months ago