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392 Épisodes

1. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

   Publié: 01/01/2025
2. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

   Publié: 31/12/2024
3. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

   Publié: 30/12/2024
4. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

   Publié: 29/12/2024
5. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

   Publié: 28/12/2024
6. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

   Publié: 27/12/2024
7. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

   Publié: 26/12/2024
8. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

   Publié: 25/12/2024
9. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

   Publié: 24/12/2024
10. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Publié: 23/12/2024
11. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Publié: 22/12/2024
12. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Publié: 21/12/2024
13. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Publié: 20/12/2024
14. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

    Publié: 19/12/2024
15. 18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

    Publié: 18/12/2024
16. 17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight

    Publié: 17/12/2024
17. 16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

    Publié: 16/12/2024
18. 15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition

    Publié: 15/12/2024
19. 14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

    Publié: 14/12/2024
20. 13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2

    Publié: 13/12/2024