1: A cursed gem - history of the hope diamond

1: A cursed gem - history of the hope diamond

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27: The first lady with 3,000 pairs of shoes - history of Imelda Marcos & Marie Antoinette

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Well, that is the embodiment of Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, and Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. You probably know these women’s stories, so you may not see it at first, ...  Afficher plus

26: Were the moon landings fake? - history of the Apollo Moon landings

To this day, 5% of Americans believe that the Apollo Moon landings were faked - that’s more than 16 million people. How did this theory start? And why, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, do some still believe it? This & the Flat Earth conspiracy theory will be discussed t ...  Afficher plus

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The history of space travel
The History Hour

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the first ever space-walk by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. Also, the speech that woul ...  Afficher plus

Apollo 13
Witness History

On 13 April 1970, a Moon mission almost ended in tragedy, after an explosion on board the spaceship.Fred Haise was one of the Apollo 13 astronauts. In 2010, he spoke to Richard Howells about how they managed to get back to Earth against the odds.Eye-witness accounts brought to li ...  Afficher plus

‘How I sold my clothes and created a $5 billion Vinted empire’
Witness History

In 2008, Lithuanian student Milda Mitkutė realised she had too many clothes when she was moving out.She told her friend Justas Janauskas and together they came up with a website to sell them. It later became Vinted, the online marketplace, which now has more than 500 million item ...  Afficher plus

JFK: The Most Popular President?
American History Hit

Who was JFK? How popular was he in his lifetime? And how did his untimely death impact the world's memory of him?


In this first of two episodes to mark 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, we are exploring his personality and popularity ...

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