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Winona's Shoplifting Scandal
Episode 417
Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills on 12th December, 2001. Amongst the products she had stuffed into her…
3 years, 1 month ago
Here Comes Corrie
Episode 415
Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap opera, first aired on 9th December, 1960. But only 13 episodes had been commissioned by Granada, …
3 years, 1 month ago
There’s Something About Mary
Episode 414
The Pope finally defined the dogma of The Immaculate Conception on 8th December, 1854; confirming that, in the view of the Catholic Church, Christ’s …
3 years, 1 month ago
Capturing The Blue Marble
Episode 413
The most famous photograph of Earth - the ‘Blue Marble’ shot captured by NASA astronauts on Apollo 17 - was taken on 7th December, 1972.
The deep blu…
3 years, 1 month ago
Disaster at the West Coast Woodstock
Episode 412
The Rolling Stones topped the bill at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California on 6th December, 1969 - a free festival intended to rival the recent…
3 years, 1 month ago
Christie's First Auction
Episode 411
James Christie held his first auction on 5th December, 1766 - billed as a sale of “genuine household furniture, jewels, plate, firearms, china and a …
3 years, 1 month ago
Rebuilding St Paul's
Episode 409
Sir Christopher Wren was officially appointed architect for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral on 2nd December, 1697, though in truth he had been …
3 years, 1 month ago
There’s Poison In My Pint
Episode 408
Rerun. Thousands of beer barrels were emptied into the streets across Lancashire on 1st December, 1900 - when it finally dawned on people that the ch…
3 years, 1 month ago
Let's Stop Smallpox
Episode 407
On 30th November, 1803 a surgeon called Dr Francisco Javier de Balmis left Spain at the head of the world's first ever international public health ex…
3 years, 1 month ago
Who Shot JFK?
Episode 406
Shortly after US president John F. Kennedy was shot dead, the Warren Commission was convened on 29th November, 1963 to answer the question on everybo…
3 years, 1 month ago