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Back to SearchCocaine + Caffeine = Coca-Cola
Episode 1370
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 months, 3 weeks ago
The Return Of 'The Scream'
Episode 1369
The theft of Edvard Munch’s iconic painting ‘The Scream’ sullied the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer - but, on 7th May, 1994, the i…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Duran Duran's James Bond Banger
Episode 1368
A View To A Kill by Duran Duran was released on 6th May, 1985. It remains the only James Bond theme to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100.
To…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Renouncing King John
Episode 1367
The Magna Carta would not have become law unless a group of Barons had first renounced their allegiance to King John on 5th May, 1215. Primarily prot…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Australia's Anthem Saga
Episode 1366
‘Waltzing Matilda’ moved a step closer to becoming Australia’s National Anthem on May 4th, 1976 - when Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser suggested in Par…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
America's Celebrity Child Soldier
Episode 1364
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 …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Jerry Lewis vs The Holocaust
Episode 1363
The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis’s notorious, unreleased Holocaust movie, faced a crisis on 30th April, 1972, when the American actor-director fo…
3 months ago
Roget's Lexical Legacy
Episode 1362
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…
3 months ago
Don't Call Me Bigot
Episode 1361
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown dealt his party’s reelection campaign a massive blow on 28th April 2010, when during a meet-and-greet in the mar…
3 months ago
Mussolini's Last Day on Earth
Episode 1360
Benito Mussolini was captured by partisans on 27th April, 1945, whilst attempting a hopeless escape to Switzerland, ‘disguised’ in a Luftwaffe coat a…
3 months ago