Episodios

  • 3rd May 1921: Partition of Ireland divides Ireland into two separate political entities

    3rd May 1921: Partition of Ireland divides Ireland into two separate political entities
    May 3 2025
    The Government of Ireland Act established one parliament in Belfast for Northern Ireland and another in Dublin for Southern Ireland. While both remained under the authority of the United Kingdom, each was granted a degree of self-governance and the border remains today as the boundary between the Republic of Ireland and Northern ...
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  • 2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England

    2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England
    May 2 2025
    The Hudson's Bay Company maintained a monopoly over trade in the area for over 200 years, ensuring it had a lasting impact on the economic and political development of what would later become ...
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  • 1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

    1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt
    May 1 2025
    The Covenant of Perfectibility, the forerunner of the original Bavarian Illuminati, was founded by Adam Weishaupt in ...
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  • 30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France

    30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France
    Apr 30 2025
    The French government sold the entire Louisiana Territory, which included an area that now forms part of fifteen separate states, at less than 3 cents per ...
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  • 29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

    29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard
    Apr 29 2025
    Sir Francis Drake entered the Bay of Cádiz and attacked the Spanish naval fleet in an event known as ‘Singeing the King of Spain's ...
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  • 28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

    28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army
    Apr 28 2025
    Ali's refusal to be inducted led to him being stripped of his boxing titles and later convicted of draft evasion for which he was sentenced to five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and a ban from boxing. He remained free on bail while the case was under ...
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  • 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

    27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy
    Apr 27 2025
    Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans near the village of Dongo whilst attempting to flee to Switzerland, and was executed the next ...
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  • 26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender

    26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender
    Apr 26 2025
    He was dragged out of the barn where he had been hiding and died three hours ...
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