510 Episodes

  1. 8th February 1950: The Stasi formally established in East Germany as the Ministry for State Security

    Published: 8/02/2025

  2. 7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television

    Published: 7/02/2025

  3. 6th February 1819: Modern Singapore established with the signing of the Treaty of Singapore

    Published: 6/02/2025

  4. 5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time

    Published: 5/02/2025

  5. 4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master

    Published: 4/02/2025

  6. 3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’

    Published: 3/02/2025

  7. 2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

    Published: 2/02/2025

  8. 1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

    Published: 1/02/2025

  9. 31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog

    Published: 31/01/2025

  10. 30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death

    Published: 30/01/2025

  11. 29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile

    Published: 29/01/2025

  12. 28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

    Published: 28/01/2025

  13. 27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

    Published: 27/01/2025

  14. 26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

    Published: 26/01/2025

  15. 25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

    Published: 25/01/2025

  16. 24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

    Published: 24/01/2025

  17. 23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition

    Published: 23/01/2025

  18. 22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

    Published: 22/01/2025

  19. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

    Published: 21/01/2025

  20. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

    Published: 20/01/2025

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