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#OnThisDay in 1930, the BBC transmitted its first television play, 'The Man with a Flower in his Mouth' by the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello. Among the audience was the prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, who watched it at 10 Downing Street. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Marc David Baer traces the history of relations between two of the three Abrahamic religions – Judaism and Islam 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1793, Jean-Paul Marat, a fervent supporter of the French Revolution, was stabbed to death in his bathtub. He was killed by Charlotte Corday, who was a Girondin sympathiser and the daughter of royalist parents. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | In the final episode of this Sunday Series, Professor Adam IP Smith explores the end of the American Revolutionary War and the complicated legacy that followed 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1962, a group of young men played their first concert as a rhythm and blues band at the Marquee Club in Oxford Street, London. They called themselves the ‘Rollin’ Stones’. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1960, Harper Lee published her debut novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. With the southern civil rights movement making headlines day after day, her story of racial injustice in a small southern town could hardly have been better timed. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Tilar J Mazzeo recounts the extraordinary true story of Mary Ann Patten, the 19-year-old wife of a sea captain who took command of a clipper ship during one of the most dangerous voyages of the 19th century 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app

#OnThisDay in 1962, the Telstar communications satellite was launched aboard a Delta rocket at Cape Canaveral. Telstar made possible the transatlantic transmission of live television images and was the inspiration for a hit record by 'The Tornados'. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1877, the world’s first tennis tournament opened at the All England Club, Wimbledon. The title was won by Spencer Gore. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Peter Ross explores the food which was on offer to the inhabitants of Georgian London 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1822, Percy Shelley drowned off the coast of Italy. On the day of his death, the poet had gone out sailing on his boat, the 'Don Juan', off the coast of Lerici. But when a violent storm sprang up, Shelley – a poor swimmer – did not survive. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Sue Roe explores the life of Pablo Picasso – the revolutionary artist whose genius, turbulent romances and restless reinvention transformed modern art 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1930, Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died, aged 71. He passed away at his house in Crowborough, East Sussex and was originally buried in the house’s rose garden. Later, he was later reinterred with his first wife at Minstead in the New Forest. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall reveal how the great ideological battle of the Cold War was waged on the football pitch 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1942, Anne Frank and her family entered their hiding place known as the 'Secret Annex'. This became their home for the next two years, until they were caught by the Germans. 📸 Getty

On the podcast | In the third episode of our new Sunday Series, Adam IP Smith reveals the strategies used during the Revolutionary War 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

#OnThisDay in 1948, the NHS was launched. The public uptake was overwhelming, with 94 per cent of the population having registered as NHS patients by the day of the launch. On opening day, 2,751 British hospitals were part of the NHS. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1910, in what was dubbed the fight of the century, African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeated James J Jeffries in Reno, Nevada. Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion of the world. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1996, the British prime minister John Major promised to return the Stone of Scone. The Stone had been taken by Edward I in the 13th century. In November 1996, the Stone returned home and was met with great patriotic fanfare. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1961, Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winning author, died by suicide at his home near Ketchum, Idaho. Prior to his death, Hemingway had suffered from depression and paranoia following his failing memory and his inability to write. 📸 Getty