Red Cross and Red Crescent begin work
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1864 the founding charter of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent... Read More
The Computer Age begins
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1944 the early computer Harvard Mark-1 was completed. Built by IBM, it was... Read More
Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima brings regrets
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing an... Read More
War with Germany, a test of the human spirit
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1914, Britain declared war on Germany and so began what is known by... Read More
Daniel Defoe makes the novel fashionable
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1703 the novelist and pamphleteer Daniel Defoe was placed in a pillory for... Read More
Maximilien Robespierre experiences terror
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1794 Maximilien Robespierre and twenty-two other revolutionary leaders were guillotined in Paris. The... Read More
Sir Walter Raleigh starts the smoking habit
To listen to this post, click here – On this day in 1586 Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco to England for the first time. Following... Read More