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381 Episodio

1. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

   Pubblicato: 10/01/2025
2. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

   Pubblicato: 09/01/2025
3. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

   Pubblicato: 08/01/2025
4. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Pubblicato: 07/01/2025
5. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

   Pubblicato: 06/01/2025
6. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

   Pubblicato: 05/01/2025
7. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

   Pubblicato: 04/01/2025
8. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

   Pubblicato: 03/01/2025
9. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

   Pubblicato: 02/01/2025
10. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

    Pubblicato: 01/01/2025
11. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

    Pubblicato: 31/12/2024
12. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

    Pubblicato: 30/12/2024
13. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Pubblicato: 29/12/2024
14. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Pubblicato: 28/12/2024
15. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Pubblicato: 27/12/2024
16. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Pubblicato: 26/12/2024
17. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Pubblicato: 25/12/2024
18. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Pubblicato: 24/12/2024
19. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Pubblicato: 23/12/2024
20. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Pubblicato: 22/12/2024