On the 23rd September 1974, the world’s first teletext service went live when the BBC began transmitting its Ceefax service.
3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’
3rd May 2017
On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.
On the 5th February 1924 the BBC ‘pips’ were broadcast for the first time.
Desert Island Discs is Britain’s longest-running radio programme.
On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC.
15th October 1923: Rentenmark introduced in Weimar Germany
15th October 2018
14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites
14th October 2018
13th October 54: Emperor Claudius dies in mysterious circumstances
13th October 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2017
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017