October 13th - October 19th
Take a trip to Wall Street, the 1884 International Meridian Conference and the Hundred Acre Wood as Radio 4 discovers fascinating, surprising and revealing stories from the past.
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
This week: The 13th to the 19th of October.
- 19th October 1987 Shares plunge after Wall Street crash - aka Black Monday
- 13th October 1884 International Meridian Conference in Washington establishes Greenwich as the Universal Prime Meridian of longitude
- 14th October 1926 A.A. Milne鈥檚 book Winnie-The-Pooh released
Presented by Caroline Nicholls and Jane Steel.
Producers: Chris Pearson and Sofie Vilcins.
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Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
