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• 'I organised the first Comic Con'

  In 1964, a group of teenage boys organised a convention in New York – it became known as the first official Comic Con. The idea began after 16-year-old Bernie Bubnis wrote an article in his comic book fanzine. But when no-one else took...

  30 jul 2026 615 sec.

• Sweden's summer shutdown

  In the summer of 1978, many Swedish workers relished the chance to take longer, paid vacations than ever before. This was thanks to an update to Sweden’s Annual Leave Act - or Semesterlagen in Swedish - passed the previous year. The...

  29 jul 2026 688 sec.

• The last execution by garrote: Salvador Puig Antich

  In 1974, an execution method known as the garrote, a chair with a metal collar tightened by a screw to break the neck, was used for the last time. Francisco Franco's regime used it to execute two young men on the same day. The last was...

  27 jul 2026 653 sec.