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30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases the album Thriller

30th November 2018
Tagged as: America, Culture, International, Music, Recording, USA

On the 30^th November 1982, Michael Jackson released the album Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling album of all time.

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11th July 1947: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe marked by this live #WorldFringeDay podcast

11th July 2017
Tagged as: Anniversary, Art, Buxton, Comedy, Culture, Derbyshire, Edinburgh, Festival, International, Music, Scotland

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.

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30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases the album Thriller

11th July 1947: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe marked by this live #WorldFringeDay podcast

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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone

9th January 1349: Jews massacred in Basel during the Black Death persecutions

3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne

9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies

16th August 1858: Queen Victoria sends the first transatlantic telegram

15th August 1914: The Panama Canal officially opened with the transit of SS Ancon

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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