Chimes of Big Ben Broadcast for the First Time
Big Ben was first heard over the radio at midnight on 31 December 1923, to announce the New Year.
Big Ben was first heard over the radio at midnight on 31 December 1923, to announce the New Year.
Seeing the potential of the new technology, William Henry Smith opened his first railway bookstall on 1 November 1848.
On 24 October 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
The 'dragon lady' seized control on September 21st, 1898.
The author of Wuthering Heights died on 19 December, 1848, aged 30.
Richard Cavendish remembers the opening of the ‘Austerity Olympics’ on 29 July 1948.
On June 15th, 1098, the army of the First Crusade discovered the Holy Lance – the very spear that had pierced Christ’s side on the cross - in the city of Antioch.
The Empire Windrush, carrying some 500 passengers from Jamaica, arrived at Tilbury Dock on 22 June 1948.
Having made many powerful enemies, the Dominican friar and puritan fanatic Girolamo Savonarola was executed on 23 May 1498.
Richard Cavendish describes the formation of the state of Israel, proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, on May 14th, 1948.