Breaking the sound barrier
On 14 October 1947, American Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound.Despite having two broken ribs, Chuck reached Mach 1.06 – a speed of more than 1,100km per hour.H...
10 Nov 202510min
Discovering the largest dinosaur ever
In 2012, a shepherd uncovered a bone belonging to a new species of dinosaur on a ranch in Patagonia, in Argentina.A team from the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio found more than 150 bones, belo...
7 Nov 202510min
The ‘father of e-books’
In 1971, an American historical document typed out on a university computer played a vital role in the digital revolution of electronic books. It became the foundation of Project Gutenberg.Michael Har...
6 Nov 202510min
The creation of Miffy
It's 70 years since Miffy was created.The little rabbit with two dots for eyes and an X for a mouth went on to feature in 32 books translated into more than 50 languages.The Dutch author and illustrat...
5 Nov 202510min
President Clinton is impeached
In 1999, the US Senate chamber in Washington DC was turned into a court to put President Bill Clinton on trial, after he admitted lying about an affair with an intern called Monica Lewinsky. In 2011, ...
4 Nov 202510min
The brains behind Thunderbirds
In 1965, a groundbreaking children's show using cutting-edge puppets first blast onto television screens. Thunderbirds was set in 2065 and followed the antics of secret organisation ‘International Res...
3 Nov 202510min
Emerante de Pradines: Haiti’s musical trailblazer
Emerante de Pradines was a Haitian singer, dancer and folklorist who became the first person from her country to sign a record deal. She was dedicated to de-demonising vodou music and folklore and wen...
31 Okt 202510min
Orson Welles broadcasts The War of the Worlds
The night before Halloween in 1938, 23-year-old Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air performed a radio adaptation of HG Wells’s The War of the Worlds.It would become one of the most notorio...
30 Okt 202510min
