On This Day – 28 November
Posted on: Wed 28 Nov 2018
On This Day;
In 1720, Anne Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to death in Spanish Town, Jamaica, although their discovered pregnancies won them stays of execution.
In 1997, the 200th and final episode of the original run of “Beavis & Butt-head” aired on MTV.
In 1953, New York City began 11 days without newspapers due to a strike of photoengravers.
In 2007, Kanye West and stuntman Evel Knievel settled a copyright dispute over West’s use of the name “Evel Kanyevel” in a music video.
Breakfast producer Zoe Kounadis joins Casey Tonkin and Tom Mann to discuss more about these events in history.
Produced by Tom Mann
Image Sourced: Wikimedia Commons
