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Jane Fonda's Workout
Episode 1358
Two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda expanded her repertoire beyond acting and activism into exercise videos on 24th April, 1982, with the release of her…
3 months, 1 week ago
How To Brew Beer in Bavaria 🍻
Episode 1357
Duke Wilhelm IV issued what later became known as the Reinheitsgebot - the decree setting out that Bavarian beer should be made using only water, bar…
3 months, 1 week ago
The 'Hitler Diaries' Hoax
Episode 1356
Extracts from Adolf Hitler's long-lost diaries were brought to the world’s attention on 22nd April, 1983, provoking an international sensation - unti…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Red Baron's Flying Circus
Episode 1355
Germany’s most famous fighter pilot, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (aka ‘The Red Baron’) was shot down near the Somme River on the Western…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Origins of AstroTurf
Episode 1354
The Houston Astrodome was a marvel of modern engineering: the world’s first fully covered sports stadium; a futuristic symbol of Houston’s rise as th…
3 months, 1 week ago
The World's Weirdest War
Episode 1352
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…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
I Name This Ship Brittania
Episode 1351
Queen Elizabeth II stood before 30,000 spectators at Clydebank to launch HMY Britannia on 16th April, 1953. The yacht’s name had been kept secret, an…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Tommy Cooper Dies On Stage
Episode 1350
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…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Meet The Naked Chef
Episode 1349
Jamie Oliver blasted on to British screens when his first TV series, ‘The Naked Chef’ premiered on BBC Two on 14th April, 1999.
Created by Pat Llewe…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The CIA's 'Brain Warfare'
Episode 1348
Project MKUltra, a CIA program aimed at mastering mind control, secretly started on 13th April, 1953, supposedly to combat Soviet brainwashing. It so…
3 months, 2 weeks ago