October 18, 1977: Night of Death in Stammheim
18. 10. 2026 🎧 Listen
The seventh floor of West Germany's most heavily guarded prison. Long corridors, barred windows, cameras, guards. And yet, in a single Octob…
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A Human Leap from the Stratosphere and Breaking the Speed of Sound
14. 10. 2026 🎧 Listen
On October 14, 2012, Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner jumped in a pressure suit from 39 km above the Earth and became the first pe…
October 12, 1960: The Day a Shoe Pounded at the UN
12. 10. 2026 🎧 Listen
October 12, 1960 went down in the history of international diplomacy with a scene unlike any other. The United Nations General Assembly turn…
How the hijacking of Boeing 737 on FlyDubai flight 1073 unfolded
8. 10. 2026 🎧 Listen
On September 30, 2026, FlyDubai flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was supposed to be a routine three-hour route. Instead, it became one of…
The Day James Bond 007 Was Born
5. 10. 2026 🎧 Listen
It was October 5, 1962, when a premiere took place in a London cinema for a film that few regarded as a future phenomenon. Dr. No – the firs…
Why the Czech Republic Has a Public Holiday on 28 September
28. 9. 2026 🎧 Listen
Every year on 28 September, the usual working bustle in the Czech Republic comes to a halt. Children don't go to school, most employees look…
When Engineer Jack Kilby Successfully Demonstrated the First Working Integrated Circuit in the Lab
13. 9. 2026 🎧 Listen
Imagine worlds where computers would still take up entire gyms, be cooled by industrial fans, and require a small hydroelectric power plant…
September 11 is the day a hijacked plane attacked the towers of the World Trade Center in New York
11. 9. 2026 🎧 Listen
The Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001, began on the East Coast of the United States as a completely ordinary, sunny late-summer day. Wit…