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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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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

11th June 1963: Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death

22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

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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