392 Épisodes

  1. 12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

    Publié: 12/12/2024
  2. 11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey

    Publié: 11/12/2024
  3. 10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

    Publié: 10/12/2024
  4. 9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS

    Publié: 09/12/2024
  5. 8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

    Publié: 08/12/2024
  6. 7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor

    Publié: 07/12/2024
  7. 6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

    Publié: 06/12/2024
  8. 5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement

    Publié: 05/12/2024
  9. 4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

    Publié: 04/12/2024
  10. 3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter

    Publié: 03/12/2024
  11. 2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

    Publié: 02/12/2024
  12. 1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full

    Publié: 01/12/2024
  13. 30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

    Publié: 30/11/2024
  14. 29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game

    Publié: 29/11/2024
  15. 28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

    Publié: 28/11/2024
  16. 27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City

    Publié: 27/11/2024
  17. 26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales

    Publié: 26/11/2024
  18. 25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world

    Publié: 25/11/2024
  19. 24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire

    Publié: 24/11/2024
  20. 23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television

    Publié: 23/11/2024

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