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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, 4 months ago
The Cabbage Patch Riots
Episode 404
Towards the end of 1983, frenzied parents battled with one another in stores across the US in a desperate bid to buy their children the toy of the mo…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Boy on the Raft
Episode 403
Elián González was just five years old when he was found clinging to an inner tube off the coast of Florida on 25th November, 1999. His mother, step-…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Lucy Fossil
Episode 402
Rerun. It took over three million years to find her. But palaeontologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray uncovered the remains of ‘the Lucy Fossil’ - a…
3 years, 4 months ago
Meet The Jukebox
Episode 401
The ‘Nickel In The Slot Player’ - the world’s first jukebox - made its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon bar in San Francisco on 23rd November, 1889.…
3 years, 4 months ago
Bye Bye Blackbeard
Episode 400
History’s most notorious pirate, Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach, was killed and decapitated by lieutenant Robert Maynard, who besieged Blackbeard’s boats …
3 years, 4 months ago
Let's Revolve A Restaurant
Episode 399
La Ronde, the USA’s first revolving restaurant, opened on 21st November, 1961, at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. On the menu in the 298ft-tall tow…
3 years, 4 months ago
How Star Wars Changed Movie Trailers
Episode 397
The official trailer for ‘The Phantom Menace’ was uploaded to the Star Wars website on 18th November, 1998 - a reaction to the franchise’s rabid fans…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Last Sultan
Episode 396
Rerun. Mehmet VI stepped on to a British warship to seek refuge in Malta on 17th November, 1922 - thereby becoming the last Sultan of the Ottoman Emp…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ivan vs Ivan
Episode 395
Why did Ivan The Terrible kill his son, Ivan? Ever since the day he supposedly brought a sceptre crashing down upon his head - 16th November, 1581 - …
3 years, 4 months ago