The Shah of Iran's party
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian Empire by throwing a huge three-day party. Trees were planted, birds imported, and a runway built in the middle ...
6 Nov 20248min
In exile from Iran
On 16 January 1979, the Shah of Iran and his wife, Farah Pahlavi, left Iran for the last time. There had been increasingly violent protests against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime. Ayatollah Khomeini r...
5 Nov 20249min
Iran hostage crisis
One of the most dramatic moments from the Iranian revolution took place in November 1979. Young insurgents stormed the US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, taking 52 Americans captive. Barry Rose...
4 Nov 20249min
Siegfried and Roy tiger attack
For nearly 40 years, the magicians Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher wowed audiences in Las Vegas with their death-defying tricks involving white lions and tigers.But in 2003, their show at the Mirag...
1 Nov 20249min
Brazil’s electronic voting
In 1996, Brazil introduced a pioneering electronic voting system, revolutionising its election process. Carlos Velozo, an electoral lawyer and judge, played a pivotal role in implementing this system,...
31 Okt 20249min
The Ken Burns Effect
In 2002, filmmaker Ken Burns received an intriguing proposition from Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. He wanted Burns’ signature filming style to be inserted into the video editing software of every Macintosh c...
30 Okt 20248min
Jean Batten: New Zealand’s record breaking aviator
New Zealander Jean Batten was nicknamed the ‘Queen of the Skies’ for her record breaking flights of the 1930s. After abandoning a career in music, Jean learnt to fly at the age of 21. She soon joined ...
29 Okt 20249min
The creation of Greenwich Mean Time
In 1676, Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed was looking to find a way to determine longitude at sea, so ships could know their position and hazards.Feuds with Sir Isaac Newton, dirty rivers and a missing...
28 Okt 202410min
