Front Page

Podcast

23rd September 1974: BBC launches the Ceefax teletext service

On the 23rd September 1974, the world’s first teletext service went live when the BBC began transmitting its Ceefax service. Designed as a way to broadcast text-based information during the overnight ‘close-down’ of television services,... Read More

Podcast

22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society was established in Washington D.C. in January 1888. Founded by just thirty-three men, the Society’s first... Read More

Podcast

21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published

On the 21st September 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit was first published in the United Kingdom. Although it has remained in print ever since, Tolkien made a number of revisions to... Read More

Podcast

20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War

The Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto Alegre. The early 1830s had seen gaucho ranchers in southern Brazil growing increasingly frustrated with the country’s... Read More

Podcast

19th September 1970: First Glastonbury Festival takes place

On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Organised by dairy farmer Michael Eavis, the event was billed as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival and... Read More

Podcast

18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles. Millicent Lillian Entwistle was born in Wales to English parents, but had settled in New York with... Read More

Podcast

17th September 1978: Egypt & Israel sign Camp David Accords

On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister... Read More

HistoryPod

24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America