Podcast Episodes
Back to Search15th August 1965: The Beatles perform at Shea Stadium in New York City, in front of a crowd of over 55,000 people
The Beatles were first flown by helicopter to a nearby helipad and then driven to Shea Stadium in an armoured van where they performed a 30 minute se…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
14th August 1980: Lech Walesa leads a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk and triggers the formation of the Solidarity trade union
Within two years up to 80% of the entire Polish workforce had joined Solidarity or one of its sub-organisations, and they regularly used strikes to a…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
13th August 1521: Aztec Empire ends with the Fall of Tenochtitlan to Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés
The Aztec defence was led by the Emperor Cuauhtémoc but, despite determined resistance, the defenders were gradually overwhelmed and Cuauhtémoc was c…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
12th August 1981: IBM announces the release of the 5150, the first IBM Personal Computer
The IBM PC quickly became a commercial success and a standard in the emerging personal computer industry, establishing a broad market based on the IB…
8 months ago
11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs
The ball sailed over the right-field fence to land in Lexington Avenue that ran alongside Cleveland’s League ...
8 months ago