Nicolas Fouquet upsets the French King
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1661 the French Superintendent of Finance Nicolas Fouquet was arrested on suspicion of... Read More
John Glenn enters space
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1998 the astronaut John Glenn became the oldest man in space when he... Read More
Frederick Douglass fights for African Americans
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1838 Negro slave Frederick Douglass escaped from captivity in Maryland, USA. Douglass was... Read More
JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1973 the author and academic JRR Tolkien died. For most of his life... Read More
Phyllis Wheatley, slave and poetess
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1773 Phyllis Wheatley became the first female African born slave to become a... Read More
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley created Frankenstein’s monster
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1797, the author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born. Mary’s mother was the well-known... Read More
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his speech “I have a dream,” addressing... Read More