This Week in History

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: July 28th - August 3rd - 3rd of August 1936. The African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the first o...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: July 21st - July 27th - 26th of July 1956 - When the Suez Canal Company was nationalised in Egypt, it...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: July 14th - July 20th - 16th of July 1969 - The Apollo 11 spacecraft launches in to space, and sets do...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: July 7th - July 13th - 8th of July 1099 - In the first Crusade, Christians take part in the Siege of J...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: June 30th - July 6th 1. 1st of July 1858 - The theory of evolution is first heard in public at The Lin...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week: June 23rd - June 29th 1. 25th of June 1950 - North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. June 16th - June 22nd - 16th of June 1961. At Le Bourget Airport in Paris, the ballet dancer Rudolf Nurey...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. June 9th - 15th - 12th June 1215. King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede, enshrining the right...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. June 2nd - June 8th - 5th of June 1989. On Chang’an Avenue in Beijing one man stands alone, blocking of a...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. May 26th – June 1st - 29th May 1953. At 1130 in the morning, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stood...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. May 19th – May 25th - 20th of May 1948. It used to be a German owned boat, used throughout the Secon...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. May 12th – May 18th - 13th of May 1981. While conducting blessings to a crowd in St Peter's Square,...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. May 5th – May 11th - 8th of May 1945. Nazi Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allied forces,...

Fascinating, surprising, and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. April 28th – May 4th - 30th of April 1945. Deep beneath the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitle...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. April 21st – April 27th - 26th of April 1986. The Chernobyl power plant saw the worst nuclear accident...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today. This week. April 14th – April 20th - 14th of April 1865. On a fateful night at Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln be...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world, and made us who we are today. This week. April 7th – April 13th - 11th of April 1961. The Trail of the senior Nazi official Adolf Eichmann beg...

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what else has happened on this same week throughout history. With short looks at the events that have shaped the world, and made us who we are today. This week. March 31st – April 6th - 1st of April 2001. The world's first legal gay marriages take place in Amste...