Episodios

  • 8th June 1968: James Earl Ray arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in connection with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

    8th June 1968: James Earl Ray arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport in connection with the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
    Jun 8 2025
    Ray arrived in London in late May 1968 and, on 8 June, went to Heathrow Airport where he was detained after attempting to board a flight to Brussels using a false Canadian ...
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  • 7th June 1832: The Great Reform Act becomes law, significantly changing the electoral system of the UK

    7th June 1832: The Great Reform Act becomes law, significantly changing the electoral system of the UK
    Jun 7 2025
    Officially known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, the Great Reform Act was introduced to improve the outdated and unrepresentative electoral system in England and Wales by eliminating rotten boroughs, creating new constituencies to represent industrial towns, and standardising voting ...
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  • 6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin

    6th June 1822: ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’ William Beaumont first treats Alexis St Martin
    Jun 6 2025
    Alexis St. Martin, who had been shot in the stomach, was first treated by US Army surgeon William Beaumont who became known as the ‘Father of Gastric ...
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  • 5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair

    5th June 1963: John Profumo, the British Secretary of State for War, resigns following a political scandal caused by his extramarital affair
    Jun 5 2025
    The Profumo affair was one of the defining political scandals of post-war Britain, damaging the credibility of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and was seen as contributing to the erosion of public trust in ...
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  • 4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

    4th June 1411: King Charles VI of France grants the exclusive right to ripen Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
    Jun 4 2025
    The royal charter marked one of the earliest recorded examples of legal protection for a specific regional food product in Europe by ensuring that only cheese matured in the caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon could bear the name "Roquefort," preventing producers in other regions from marketing similar cheeses under the same ...
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  • 3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

    3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz
    Jun 3 2025
    Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public ...
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  • 2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy

    2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy
    Jun 2 2025
    Marconi filed a patent application in London for a spark-gap transmitter that generated radio waves and a coherer as a receiver to detect the signals, which was the first patent for a communication system based on radio ...
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  • 1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad

    1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad
    Jun 1 2025
    Beginning in May 1946, Ion Antonescu's trial was overseen by the People’s Tribunal in Bucharest that found him guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by firing ...
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