On the 6th November 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin’s College of Art in London.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.
On the 5th October 1962, two cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No – the first of the James Bond series of films – hit cinema screens on the same day as the Beatles released their debut single Love Me Do.
On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.
On the 16th September 1978, filming began on Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Michelangelo’s David is considered to be one of the greatest examples of Renaissance sculpture.
Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
HistoryPod is proud to be able to celebrate #WorldFringeDay, and the foundation of the Fringe movement, in this special live recording from the Buxton Festival Fringe in the wonderful English spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.
On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017