Reagan and Gorbachev: The Geneva Summit
Forty years ago, in November 1985, two of the world’s most powerful leaders met for the first time. With Cold War tensions running high and the nuclear arms race dominating global politics, US Preside...
17 Nov 202510min
When Maldives' ministers met underwater
On 17 October 2009, the Maldives’ top government officials donned their scuba gear for the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting. Fish floated around while ministers communicated with hand gestures...
14 Nov 202510min
Bataclan attack in Paris
On 13 November 2015, 90 people were shot dead by gunmen at the Bataclan theatre in France during an Eagles of Death Metal concert. A further 40 people were killed in co-ordinated terror attacks by jih...
13 Nov 202510min
Prosecuting Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials
In November 1945, the first major war crimes trial in history opened in the German city of Nuremberg. Senior Nazis who had committed atrocities during World War Two were prosecuted by the victorious A...
12 Nov 202511min
Birth of the G7
In November 1975, a summit took place at Rambouillet, France, where the heads of six of the world’s most industrialised nations and their finance ministers came together.The leaders of the US, France,...
11 Nov 202510min
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In 1971, an American historical document typed out on a university computer played a vital role in the digital revolution of electronic books.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
