OPEC Cuts Production
The Arab-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agrees to cut oil exports by 5 percent until Israel withdraws from territories occupied in the Yom Kippur War. Failing to … (more...)
October 17
This Day in History
1973
1973
U.S. Gets Hit With Oil Embargo
This day in 1973 saw the beginning of the four-month oil crisis that rocked the world’s economy and forced the United States of America to reconsider its reliance on oil imports from the Middle East. … (more...)
1814
London Beer Flood
On this day in 1814, a massive vat of fermenting beer in a central London brewery suddenly burst, leading to the flooding of the surrounding area in what was dubbed the London Beer Flood. The … (more...)
This Day in History
January 18
TV Guide
- 7:30am Mysteries at the Castle
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am Myth Hunters Rec
- 10:30am The Cars That Made Us Rec
- 11:30am India On Film Rec
- 12:30pm The Roosevelts Rec
- 1:30pm Frontiersmen: The Men Who Built America Rec
- 3:30pm Mysteries at the Castle Rec
- 4:30pm Coast Australia Rec
- 5:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Rec
- 6:00pm Great British Railway Journeys Rec
- 6:30pm The Train: The Granville Rail Disaster Rec
- 7:30pm River Hunters Rec
- 8:30pm Families That Changed The World Rec
- 9:30pm Secrets Of Britain's Great Cathedrals Rec
- 10:30pm Jesse Owens Rec
- 11:30pm The Universe Rec
- 12:30am In Search Of Aliens Rec
- 1:30am Time Team Rec
- 2:30am Declassified: Stories of American Spies Rec
- 3:15am King Arthur: The Legend Rec
- 4:00am River Hunters Rec
- 4:45am Families That Changed The World Rec
