Cleveland Balloonfest '86
In 1986, a world record attempt was launched by the city of Cleveland, in the US.One and a half million balloons were blown up by volunteers ready to be released into the sky, with thousands of people...
30 Jul 20259min
Eta’s assassination of Juan Mari Jáuregui
On 29 July 2000, retired Spanish politician Juan Mari Jáuregui was assassinated by Basque separatists Eta. Deemed a terrorist organisation by the European Union, Eta killed more than 800 people betwee...
29 Jul 202510min
The Russian revolutionaries nearly stranded in London
In 1907, the men who would go on to lead the Russian Revolution met in London for a crucial congress.But the revolutionaries – including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky – were nearly s...
28 Jul 202510min
A Chorus Line
It's 50 years since theatre history was made - the premiere of A Chorus Line. It was seen as a seminal moment, turning the spotlight on the people who make the show for the first time.Baayork Lee tell...
25 Jul 20259min
The invention of Kevlar
In 1965, a new fibre was discovered by Polish American scientist Stephanie Kwolek. It was called Kevlar and it was found to be five times stronger than steel. Since that discovery it’s been used to s...
24 Jul 202510min
President Clinton plays the sax in Prague
In January 1994, two presidents enjoyed a memorable night in the Czech Republic – ending with an impromptu jazz performance.Five years after the fall of communism, the US president Bill Clinton visite...
23 Jul 20259min
The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
On 22 July 2005, an unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by anti-terrorism police at Stockwell Tube station, in London.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times in the head because he was mistaken f...
22 Jul 202510min
Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist
Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist - studying tribes that nobody had investigated, and taking her children on expeditions deep in the rainforest. In 1927, she dared to defy the r...
21 Jul 202510min
