
# File: index 72-73.txt (14)
# Scanned/edited by Andrew Davison, March 2025, ad@coe.psu.ac.th
# Issue: 591 1973-05-12, p.46, 47
# Issue: 592 1973-05-19, p.47
# Period: Sep 1972 to Feb 1973

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# A

Abu Simbel, saving of: 10 Feb 1973
Adrian IV: 13 Jan 1973
Advanced Passenger Train: 16 Sep 1972
Against All Odds, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Aigues Mortes fortress: 18 Nov 1972
Air age - beginning of: 16 Dec 1972
Air attacks: 23 Dec 1972
Aircraft - Nomad: 17 Feb 1973
Aircraft, remote piloted: 23 Dec 1972
Aircraft, slew wing: 30 Dec 1972
Aircraft, unmanned: 23 Dec 1972
Airships: 27 Jan 1973
Airy, George: 9 Dec 1972
Albany Fort: 24 Feb 1973
Aleppo, Citadel of: 4 Nov 1972
Alken, H.: 7 Oct 1972
Allied invasion W.W.II: 20 Jan 1973
America, Indian wars: 27 Jan 1973 
America, Overland Stage: 6 Jan 1973
American Civil War: 27 Jan 1973
American Far West, journey: 6 - 13 Jan 1973
American Oyster: 4 Nov 1972
Ammonites: 13 Jan 1973
Amundsen, Roald: 23 Dec 1972
Anderson, H.C: - house: 13 Jan 1973
Andrews, Trooper: 3 Feb 1973
Anik 1 - satellite: 17 Feb 1973
Animal life in waterfalls: 28 Oct 1972
Animals in the Desert: 21 Oct 1972
Antarctic: 30 Dec 1972
Antoniadi: 28 Oct 1972
Ants: 24 Feb 1973
Appleseed, Johnny: 23 Sep 1972
Arab castles: 4 Nov 1972
Archimedes: 14 Oct 1972
Ashes in cricket: 25 Nov 1972
Assyrian warriors: 30 Sep 1972
Astronomy - heat of stars: 13 Jan 1973
Astronomy, radio: 30 Dec 1972
Aswan Dam: 24 Feb 1973
Athenian forts: 7 Oct 1972
Atlantic Wall: 23 Dec 1972
Atom: 16 Dec 1972
Attila the Hun: 23 Dec 1972
Austen, Jane: 24 Feb 1978
Ayot St: Lawrence: 18 Nov 1972
Aztecs: 16 Sep 1972

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# B

Baghdad, forts: 21 Oct 1972
Bairnsfather, Bruce: 21 Oct 1972
Balaclava, battle of: 10 Feb 1973
Ballingdon Hall: 24 Feb 1973
Ballooning - across channel: 17 Feb 1973
Balloons, hot air: 10 Feb 1973
Bamberg, Countess of: 25 Nov 1972
Barentz, William: 20 Jan 1973
Bat, Vampire: 23 Sep 1972
Bath: 18 Nov 1972
B.B.C.: 7 Oct 1972
Beagle - Darwin: 13 Jan 1973
Beaumaris Castle: 11 Nov 1972
Beetle, stag: 13 Jan 1973
Beetle, Tiger: 9 Dec 1972
Beeton, Mrs Isabella: 9 Sep 1972
Bentley, W: O.: 18 Nov 1972
Berkeley Castle: 18 Nov 1972
Berlioz, Hector: 6 Jan 1973
Besant, Annie: 2 Dec 1972
Bible boxes: 11 Nov 1972
Birkin, Tim: 7 Oct 1972
Bitche fortress: 27 Jan 1973
Blackbeard: 21 Oct 1972
Black Prince: 17 Feb 1973
Blanchard, Jean Pierre: 17 Feb 1973
Blenkinsop, John: 14 Oct 1972
Bletchingley: 7 Oct 1972
Blind people, aids for 1972
Blood cells: 30 Sep 1972
Bodium Castle: 25 Nov 1972
Boleyn' Anne: 4 Nov 1972
Boniface: 23 Dec 1972
Bonivard, Francis 13 Jan 1973
Bonn: 13 Jan 1973
Borgia, Cesare: 3 Feb 1973
Bow Street Runners: 4 Nov 1972
Brain, human: 7 Oct 1972
Brassey, Thomas: 2 Dec 1972
Bread-making: 11 Nov 1972
Breakspear, Nicholas: 13 Jan 1973
Brialmont - engineer: 16 Dec 1972
Bridge - longest in Europe: 6 Jan 1973
Bridges - underwater: 4 Nov 1972
Brine, James: 21 Oct 1972
Britain: Battle of: 23 Dec 1972
British Grand Prix: 4 Nov 1972
Brontés, the: 30 Dec 1972
Brontés' house: 3 Feb 1973
Bruce, Robert: 23 Sep 1972
Brummell, Beau: 6 Jan 1973
Brunel, I.K.: 9, 16, 23, 30 Dec 1972; 6 Jan 1973
Buhen, Egypt: 30 Sep 1972
Bullet Train - Japan: 16 Sep 1972
Burgoyne, General: 9 Dec 1972
Burton, Sir Richard: 7 Oct 1972
Butchell, Martin van: 3 Feb 1973
Buzzards: 7 Oct 1972
Byron, Lord: 23 Dec 1972
Byzantine Empire 21 Oct 1972

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# C

Cabora - Bassa Dam: 14 Oct 1972
Caddis flies: 28 Oct 1972
Cairo - forts: 4 Nov 1972
Calsis, siege of: 18 Nov 1972
Calamity Jane: 9 Sep 1972
Calories: 28 Oct 1972
Camber Castle: 2 Dec 1972
Camerone - Foreign Legion: 21 Oct 1972
Canary, Martha (Calamity Jane): 9 Sep 1972
Canterbury Tales: 9 Dec 1972
Cape Horn: 7 Oct 1972
Cardigan, Lord: 10 Feb 1973
Caribou: 2 Dec 1972
Carisbrooke Castle: 23 Dec 1972
Carols, Christmas: 23 Dec 1972
Cars - mobility tyres: 4 Nov 1972
Cars - safety: 3 Feb 1973
Cartoonists: 21 Oct 1972
Cassini, G.D.: 25 Nov 1972
Castello d'Este: 25 Nov 1972
Castles, European: 25 Nov 1972
Catherine de Medici: 28 Oct 1972
Catherine, Empress: 25 Nov 1972
Centipedes: 6 Jan 1973
Ceylon - Kandy: 20 Jan 1973
Chamberlain, Neville: 3 Feb 1973
Charge of the Light Brigade: 10 Feb 1973
Charles I: 14 Oct, 23 Dec 1972
Charles II: 9 Sep 1972
Charles II and drama: 3 Feb 1973
Charles the Bald: 10 Feb 1973
Charles IX: 28 Oct 1972
Chaucer, Geoffrey: 9 Dec 1972
Chawton House: 7 Oct 1972
Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel: 4 Nov 1972
Chesterton, G.K.: 3 Feb 1973
Chiddingstone Castle: 2 Dec 1972
Chillon, Chateau de: 13 Jan 1973
Christmas music: 23 Dec 1972
Christmas customs - world: 23 Dec 1972
Churchill, John S.S.: 28 Oct 1972
Clark, Jim: 11 Nov 1972
Clay pipes: 2 Sep 1972
Coal mining: 10 Feb 1973
Cochrane, Lord: 11 Nov 1972
Cocos Island - treasure: 30 Dec 1972
Coleridge, S.T.: 25 Nov 1972; 10 Feb 1973
Coligny: 28 Oct 1972
Collins, Peter: 4 Nov 1972
Collins, Wilkie: 16 Sep 1972
Conciergerie prison, Paris: 9 Dec 1972
Conkers - origin of: 30 Dec 1972
Cookery - Mrs. Beeton: 9 Sep 1972
Crabb, Commander: 2 Sep 1972
Crane fly: 3 Feb 1973
Crécy, battle of: 17 Feb 1973
Cricket - Ashes: 25 Nov 1972
Crimean War: 10 Feb 1973
Cromwell, Oliver: 23 Dec 1972
Cruikshank, George Isaac: 7 Oct 1972
Crusader castles: 4 Nov 1972
Crusader, the, begins: 13 Jan 1973
Custer: 11 Nov 1972
Cuttlefish: 9 Sep 1972
Cyclops, disappearance of: 6 Jan 1973

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# D

Dachshunds: 24 Feb 1973
Daddy-long-legs - crane fly: 3 Feb 1973
Dam - Empingham: 25 Nov 1972
Dargo fortress: 2 Dec 1972
Dartford tunnel: 4 Nov 1972
Dartford: 2 Dec 1972
Darwin, Charles: 13 Jan 1973
Daumier, Honore: 14 Oct 1972
Da Vinci: 30 Sep 1972
D-Day invasion: 23 Dec 1972
Dead Sea Scrolls: 13 Jan 1973
Deal Castle: 2 Dec 1972
Defenders, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Defoe, Daniel: 16 Dec 1972
Deighton, Robert: 7 Oct 1972
Devil's Island: 30 Dec 1972
Dew ponds: 25 Nov 1972
Dialects: 30 Sep 1972
Diamond Jubilee - Queen Victoria: 10 Feb 1973
Dickens, Charles: 13 Jan 1973
Diseases, cure, prevention: 30 Sep 1972
Disney World: 30 Dec 1972
Dollfuss, Dr.: 25 Nov 1972
Dolphins - communication: 13 Jan 1973
Domestic communications satellite: 17 Feb 1973
Donkey Breed Society 1972
Doré, Gustave: 14 Oct 1972
Douamont, siege of: 10 Feb 1973
Douamont: 16 Dec 1972
Dover Castle: 11 Nov 1972
Doyle, A. Conan: 9 Sep 1972
Dragonflies: 17 Feb 1973
Drake, Sir Francis: 9 Sep 1972 2 Sep
Drama, Shakespeare: 27 Jan 1973
Dreadnought, H.M.S: 24 Feb 1973
Dreyfus, Captain: 30 Dec 1972
Drugs: 30 Sep 1972
Duck, blue: 28 Oct 1972
Duck, torrent: 28 Oct 1972
Dunkirk - evacuation of: 30 Dec 1972
Dunlop tyres: 4 Nov, 2 Dec 1972
Durer: 30 Sep 1972

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# E

Eagle F-15 Jet: 16 Dec 1972
Ecology - satellites: 18 Nov 1972
Edinburgh, Duke of (Award Scheme): 21 Oct 1972
The Edwardians, begins: 24 Feb 1973
Edward II: 2 Sep, 18 Nov 1972
Edward III: 17 Feb 1973
Edward IV: 30 Dec 1972
Edward VII: 24 Feb 1973
'Egypt,' sinking of the: 20 Jan 1973
Egyptian cargo and warships: 24 Feb 1973
El Dorado: 17 Feb 1973
Empingham Dam: 25 Nov 1972
English Channel tunnel: 10 Feb 1973
Escape, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Eskimoes: 23 Sep 1972
Essex, Earl of: 14 Oct 1972
Ethiopia, Italian occupation: 28 Oct 1972
European forts: 28 Oct 1972
Everest, Mount: 10 Feb 1973
Evesham, battle of: 18 Nov 1972
Eyam - martyrs of: 3 Feb 1973

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# F

Factory workers, Victorian: 16 Sep 1972
Farouk, King: 9 Sep 1972
Fawkes, Guy: 2 Sep 1972
Fennec, the: 21 Oct 1972
Ferrari: 30 Sep 1972
Ferrari, Enzo: 25 Nov 1972
Fiji: 16 Dec 1972
Fireflies: 18 Nov 1972
Firework Code: 4 Nov 1972
Flight, pioneers of: 16 Dec 1972
Florence: 2 Sep 1972
Flounders: 4 Nov 1972
Flying by muscle power: 16 Sep 1972
Flying doctor service: 11 Nov 1972
Flynn, John: 11 Nov 1972
Folk Stories of America, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Food: 28 Oct 1972
Football - Ramsey: 30 Dec 1972
Ford's motor car: 25 Nov 1972
Forests, tropical: 10 Feb 1973
Forsyth, Colonel: 11 Nov 1972
Fox, John: 25 Nov 1972
Francis Napoleon: 16 Dec 1972
Frankfort-on-Main: 27 Jan 1973
Franklin, Benjamin: 16 Sep 1972
Fraunhofer, Joseph Von: 11 Nov 1972
Freddie, King: 9 Sep 1972
Friar John: 18 Nov 1972
Friends Adventure: 7 Oct 1972
French chateaux: 21 Oct 1972
French Foreign Legion: 21 Oct 1972
French Revolution, Louis XVI: 3 Feb 1973; 9 Dec 1972
Fuel cells - space capsules: 17 Feb 1973
Fujiyama, Mount: 23 Sep 1972
Fur trade in Canada: 24 Feb 1973

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# G

Gainsborough, Thomas: 23 Sep 1972
Galileo: 25 Nov 1972
Garden fish ponds: 9 Sep 1972
Gaulle, General de: 13 Jan 1973
Gavarni, Paul: 14 Oct 1972
Gaveston: 18 Nov 1972
General Strike, 1926: 30 Sep 1972
Gerald, Earl of Desmond: 2 Dec 1972
Gerbils: 21 Oct 1972; 20 Jan 1973
German Grand Prix, 1935: 21 Oct 1972
Ghandi, Mahatma: 4 Nov 1972
Gillray: 30 Sep 1972
Gliders, early: 16 Dec 1972
Globe Theatre: 27 Jan 1973
Glow-worms: 18 Nov 1972
Goats: 4 Nov 1972
Going to the theatre, begins: 27 Jan 1973
'Golden Hind': 9 Sep 1972
Gold-mining, open-cast: 11 Nov 1972
Graf Spee: 2 Dec 1972
Grace, W: G.: 25 Nov 1972
Grasshoppers: 27 Jan 1973
The Great Western: 23 Dec 1972
Greece, fight for independence: 23 Dec 1972
Greek cargo and warships: 24 Feb 1973
Grenville, Sir Richard: 30 Sep 1972
Gresley, Sir Nigel: 20, 27 Jan, 3, 10, 17 Feb 1973
Grey, Sir George: 13 Jan 1973
Grivitza Redoubt: 16 Dec 1972
Guadalcanal, attack: 18 Nov 1972
Guilty!, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Guinness, Sir Alec: 16 Sep 1972
Guise, Duke of: 28 Oct 1972
Gunpowder Plot: 2 Sep 1972
Gunpowder, weapons: 2 Dec 1972
Guyana: 2 Sep 1972

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# H

Hadrian, Emperor: 21 Oct 1972
Hadrian's Wall: 14, 21 Oct 1972
Hair, human: 21 Oct 1972
Hall, Asaph: 4 Nov 1972
Halle, John: 27 Jan 1973
Hamilton, Joseph: 24 Feb 1973
Hampden, Squire: 14 Oct 1972
Hancock: Land: 24 Feb 1973
Hangars, aircraft: 23 Dec 1972
Harlech Castle: 11 Nov 1972
Hawker, Robert: 3 Feb 1973
Hawthorn, Mike: 28 Oct 1972
Haxted Mill: 28 Oct 1972
Heart, human: 21 Oct 1972
Helicopters - cranes: 28 Oct 1972
Hemmett, James: 21 Oct 1972
Hengist and Horsa: 27 Jan 1973
Henry III: 18 Nov 1972
Henry IV: 6 Jan 1973
Henry VI: 30 Dec 1972
Henry VIII: 4 Nov, 16 Dec 1972
Herschel, Sir William: 4 Nov 1972
Herschel: 2 Dec 1972
Hickock, Wild Bill: 9 Sep 1972
Highland Journey, A: 3 - 24 Feb, 4973
Hillary, Edmund: 10 Feb 1973
Hindenburg: 27 Jan 1973
Hindus: 4 Nov 1972
History's Heroes, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Hitler: 25 Nov 1972
Hitler, plot: 16 Sep 1972
Hofburg Palace: 16 Dec 1972
Hogarth, William: 30 Sep 1972
Holmes, Sherlock: 9 Sep 1972
Hopkins, Matthew: 4 Nov 1972
Horatius, Hero of Rome: 9, 23 Sep 1972
Horn, Cape: 7 Oct 1972
Horsa and Hengist: 27 Jan 1973
Hotair balloons: 10 Feb 1973
House fly: 4 Nov 1972
Housman, A.E.: 9 Dec 1972
How Science Works For You, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Howe, Sir William: 9 - 23 Dec 1972
Hudson, Henry: 9 Dec 1972
Hungarian Rebellion, 1956: 9 Dec 1972
Huguenots: 28 Oct 1972
Humason, Milton: 16 Dec 1972
Hussey, Rev.: 9 Dec 1972
Huxley, Thomas: 13 Jan 1973
Huygens, Christian: 25 Nov 1972
Hyaenas: 9 Sep 1972

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# I

Iceland 23 Dec 1972
Imperial War Museum: 4 Nov 1972
Impressionists - Monet 30 Dec 1972
Incas: 23 Sep 1972
India - Ghandi 4 Nov 1972
Indians: 2, 9 Sep 1972
Industrial Revolution: 16 Sep 1972
Iron Ore, Australia: 24 Feb 1973
Irving, Henry: 17 Feb 1973
Isabella of Castile: 11 Nov 1972
Isle of Man: 4 Feb 1973
Italian State Railways: 23 Sep 1972

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# J

Jamaica Inn: 9 Dec 1972
James I: 2 Sep 1972
Jane, Calamity: 9 Sep 1972
Japan: 2, 10 Sep, 21 Oct 1972
Japan, foreign trade: 21 Oct 1972
Japan industry: 9 Sep 1972
Japan, sports: 23 Sep 1972
Jeffreys, Dr. H.: 18 Nov 1972
Jeffries, John: 17 Feb 1973
Jerboa, the: 21 Oct 1972
Jet engines: 11 Nov 1972
Jets, noise prevention: 2 Dec 1972
Johnson, Amy: 20 Jan 1972
Johnson, Dr.: 20 Jan 1972
Johnson, Dr., A Highland Journey: 3, 24 Feb 1973
Josephine, Empress: 2 Sep 1972
Juana, Princess: 11 Nov 1972
Jupiter: 23 Sep, 18 Nov 1972

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# K

Kangaroo: 20 Jan 1973
Kangaroo mouse: 21 Oct 1972
Kidd, Captain: 16 Dec 1972
Kill or Cure, begins: 20 Jan 1973
King, Dr. Martin Luther: 16 Dec 1972
Kiwi: 9 Dec 1972
Knights Hospitallers: 4 Nov 1972
Knossus, Crete: 16 Dec 1972
Knox, Captain: 20 Jan 1973
Krak des Chevaliers: 4 Nov 1972

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# L

Lancin fort: 16 Dec 1972
Lanfranc, Bishop: 24 Feb 1973
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke: 23 Dec 1972
Langsdorff, Captain: 2 Dec 1972
Lapps, reindeer: 23 Dec 1972
Laser beams: 16 Sep 1972
laser surveying: 30 Dec 1972
Lassell, William: 2 Dec 1972
The Last Supper, da Vinci: 23 Sep 1972
Latimer, Hugh: 16 Dec 1972
Lavenham, Suffolk: 16 Dec 1972
Law - corrupt judges: 9 Sep 1972
Law of the Land, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Lawrence, T E.: 30 Sep 1972
Layer Marney Tower: 14 Oct 1972
Legends of the Rhineland, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Le Mans: 25 Nov 1972
Le Mans 1955: 28 Oct 1972
Leon, Ponce de: 14 Oct 1972
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer: 18 Nov 1972
Leverrire, Urbain: 28 Oct, 9 Dec 1972
Liais, J: 4 Nov 1972
Light Brigade, Charge of: 10 Feb 1973
Lighting, street: 3 Feb 1973
Lilienthal, Otto: 16 Dec 1972
Little Monsters, begins: 9 Dec 1972
Liverpool and Manchester Railway: 11 Nov 1972
Llan, meaning: 18 Nov 1972
Lobengula, King: 23 Dec 1972
Lockheed S-3A: 30 Sep 1972
Locke, Joseph: 18, 25 Nov 1972
Longridge, Preston: 23 Dec 1972
The Lost World: 30 Sep 1972 - 6 Jan 1973
Looking Into Science, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Louis XVI: 9 Dec 1972; 3 Feb 1973
Loveless, George and James: 21 Oct 1972
Lowell, Percival: 4 Nov, 16 Dec 1972
Lucan, Lord: 10 Feb 1973
Ludlow: 9 Dec 1972
Lunt Fort, Baginton: 11 Nov 1972
Lusitania, sinking of: 18 Nov 1972
Luther King, Martin: 16 Dec 1972

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# M

Mackerels: 4 Nov 1972
Maginot Line: 23 Dec 1972
Malaria: 14 Oct 1972
Maldives: 2 Dec 1972
Malmaison: 2 Sep 1972
Man-Powered Flight: 16, 23 Sep 1972
Marbella: 25 Nov 1972
Marconi: 7 Oct 1972
Marie Antoinette: 9 Dec 1972
Mariner 4: 4 Nov 1972
Marlborough: Duke of: 7 Oct 1972
Mars: 4 Nov 1972
Martello towers: 9 Dec 1972
'Mary Rose' disaster: 3 Feb 1973
Masada, fortress: 13 Jan 1973
Maskelyne, Dr. Nevil: 2 Dec 1972
Masons: 2 Sep 1972
Massacre at Wounded Knee: 11 Nov 1972
Masters of Mystery: 9 - 23 Sep 1972
Matabele tribe: 25 Nov 1972
Match Box Girl Strike: 2 Dec 1972
Mayas: 16 Sep 1972
Maynard, Robert: 21 Oct 1972
McDonald, David: 2 Dec 1972
Medici: Lorenzo de: 13 Jan 1973
Medici, Mary de: 6 Jan 1973
Medical cures: 10 Feb 1973
Medicine - drugs for pain: 14 Oct 1972
Medicine - quacks: 20, 27 Jan, 10 Feb 1973
Men With A Mission, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Mercader, Ramon: 14 Oct 1972
Mercury: 28 Oct 1972
Messerschmitt 262: 9 Sep 1972
Meudon Observatory: 28 Oct 1972
Mexico - gold: 30 Dec 1972
Microfilm: 20 Jan 1973
Microscope - electron: 6 Jan 1973
Mig-22 jet: 16 Dec 1972
Mightier Than The Sword, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Mighty Monarchs, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Miles, General Nelson: 11 Nov 1972
Mille Miglia: 30 Sep 1972
Milton, John: 27 Jan 1973
Mink: 28 Oct 1972
Minos, King: 16 Dec 1972
Missolonghi - Byron's death: 23 Dec 1972
Mitchell, William: 18 Nov 1972
Modern Marvels, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Monaco Grand Prix: 28 Oct 1972
Monet, Claude: 30 Dec 1972
Mongols: 18 Nov 1972
Monitor lizard: 4 Nov 1972
Monkeys, squirrel: 17 Feb 1973
Monmouth Rebellion: 9 Sep 1972
Montfort, Simon de: 18 Nov 1972
Montreal - underground city: 9 Dec 1972
Monumental Moves: 24 Feb 1973
The Moonstone: 16 Sep 1972
Moore, Clement C: 23 Dec 1972
Moorhen: 17 Feb 1973
Mosby, John: 27 Jan 1973
Moss, Stirling: 30 Sep, 28 Oct, 4 Nov 1972
Mota, La, Castle: 3 Feb 1973
Motor bikes - early: 11 Nov 1972
Murat, Joachim: 9 Dec 1972
Murray, Matthew: 14 Oct 1972
Muslims: 4 Nov 1972
Mussolini: 25 Nov 1972
Mycenae forts: 7 Oct 1972
Mystery, Masters of: 9 - 23 Sep 1972

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# N

Nagy, Imre: 9 Dec 1972
Napoleon II: 16 Dec 1972
Napoleon's Harp: 2 Sep 1972
Nature's Villains, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Nebuchadnezzar: 23 Sep 1972
Nelson: 2, 9, 16, 23 Sep 1972
Nelson, death of: 24 Feb 1973
Neptune: 9 Dec 1972
New Breisach: 9 Dec 1972
New Lanark Mills: 23 Dec 1972
New Guinea tribesmen: 16 Sep 1972
New Zealand - Maoris: 13 Jan 1973
Nicholas St.: 23 Dec 1973
Nigeria: 20 Jan 1973
Nile, The Riddle of: 7 Oct 1972
Noise prevention: 2 Dec 1972
Nolan, Philip: 17 Feb 1973
Norman invasion: 23 Dec 1972
North Sea - oil storage: 13 Jan 1973
North-west Passage: 9 Dec 1972
Nuclear age forts: 23 Dec 1972
Nuclear attacks: 23 Dec 1972
Nuclear defence: 23 Dec 1972
Nuclear power: 16 Dec 1972
Nuclear Submarine Hunter: 30 Sep 1972
Nuvolari, Tazio: 21 Oct 1972

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# O

Oakley, John: 17 Feb 1973
Oak trees: 2 Sep 1972
O'Brien, Donat: 27 Jan 1973
O'Connor, Pat: 11 Nov 1972
Odin: 17 Feb 1973
Oil, discovery, drilling: 6 Jan 1973
Oil storage - North Sea: 13 Jan 1973
Oland Bridge: 6 Jan 1973
Ombudsman: 11 Nov 1972
Optophones: 18 Nov 1972
'Ordzhonikidze', Russian cruiser: 2 Sep 1972
Orloff, Count: 25 Nov 1972
Osprey, the: 18 Nov 1972
Osterriche Bundesbahn: 2 Sep 1972
Otters: 13 Jan 1973
Outlaws and Indians: 6 Jan 1973
Outposts of The Empire, begins: 17 Feb 1973
Outwood Mill: 13 Jan 1973
Overland Stage: 30 Dec 1972 - 20 Jan 1973
Oyster, American: 4 Nov 1972

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# P

Pain: 14 Oct 1972
Pain cure - devices: 25 Nov 1972
Pain-killing tablets: 14 Oct 1972
Palissy, Bernard: 2 Dec 1972
Paris Commune: 30 Sep 1972
Paris - liberation of: 13 Jan 1973
Paris-Madrid Race, 1903: 14 Oct 1972
Paris, Siege of 1871: 30 Sep 1972
Park, Mungo: 24 Feb 1973
Parliament, beginning of: 18 Nov 1972
Parry Thomas: 6 Jan 1973
Passports to the Past, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Penguins: 30 Sep 1972
Pennal, Leslie: 18 Nov 1972
Penshurst Place: 16 Sep 1972
People in Peril, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Pepys, Samuel: 3 Feb 1973
Percy, George: 17 Feb 1973
Perry, Commodore: 21 Oct 1972
Peter and Paul Fortress: 25 Nov 1972
Peterlfio: 7 Oct 1972
Peter the Great: 25 Nov 1972
Philip of Austria: 11 Nov 1972
Philipon, Charles: 14 Oct 1972
Phips, William: 6 Jan 1973
Phoenician Ships: 24 Feb 1973
Pickering, W.H.: 16 Dec 1972
Pierrefonds Castle: 25 Nov 1972
Pigeons, homing: 23 Sep 1972
Pipes, clay: 2 Sep 1972
Piranha fish: 2 Sep 1972
Plague, the Great: 3 Feb 1973
Planets, The, begins: 28 Oct 1972
Pluto: 16 Dec 1972
Poe: Edgar Allan: 23 Sep 1972
Polar exploration: 23 Dec 1972; 20 Jan, 17 Feb 1973
Polish State Railways: 16 Sep 1972
Pollution: 7 Oct 1972
Pontefract Castle: 6 Jan 1973
Pontiac, Red Indian: 27 Jan 1973
Pontypridd: 30 Sep 1972
Portago, Alphonse: 30 Sep 1972
Pottery - Palissy: 2 Dec 1972
Potts, Trooper 28 Oct 1972
Prince Regent 6 Jan 1973
Prisons and Their Prisoners, begins: 11 Nov 1972
Ptolemy: 2 Dec 1972
Pueblo Indians: 9 Sep 1972
Purloined Letter: 23 Sep 1972
Pygmy tribes: 2 Sep 1972

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# Q

Quackery - Age of: 3 Feb 1973
Qu'appelle Valley: 3 Feb 1973
Quelea birds: 14 Oct 1972
Quesada, Gonzalo: 17 Feb 1973
Quick, Tom: 16 Sep, 16 Dec 1972

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# R

R 100 airship: 27 Jan 1973
Racing cars: 9 Dec 1972; 6 Jan 1973
Radio astronomy: 30 Dec 1972
Radiosonde apparatus: 9 Dec 1972
RAF: raid, World War II: 20 Jan 1973
Raglan, Lord: 10 Feb 1973
Rail transport: 16 Sep 1972
Rameses II: 10 Feb 1973
Ramsey, Alf: 30 Dec 1972
Raphael: 14 Oct 1972
Reindeer Round-Up: 23 Dec 1972
Renault, Louis: 14 Oct 1972
Restmorel Castle: 28 Oct 1972
Restoration Comedy: 3 Feb 1973
Revenge, The: 30 Sep 1972
Rhodes, Cecil: 25 Nov 1972
Rhodes, siege of: 2 Dec 1972
Richard II: 6 Jan 1973
Richelieu, Cardinal: 6 Jan 1973
Ridley, Bishop: 16 Dec 1972
Riel, Louis: 14 Oct 1972
Riggenbach, Nicklaus: 13 Jan, 19:73
Ring of Nibelungs, ends: 20 Jan 1973
Robert the Bruce family: 4 Nov 1972
Robinson Crusoe, ends: 2 Sep 1972
Rocket locomotive: 11 Nov 1972
Roman fortifications: 14 Oct 1972
Roraima, Mount: 9 Dec 1972
Ross, Ronald: 9 Dec 1972
'Roughing It', Twain: 20 Jan 1973
Rowlandson: 7 Oct 1972
Royal Silver Wedding: 16 Sep 1972
Rushen Castle: 23 Sep 1972
Rutherford, Lord: 16 Dec 1972
Russell, Lord John: 21 Oct 1972
Russell, William Howard: 10 Feb 1973

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# S

Sable: 28 Oct 1972
Safety - cars: 3 Feb 1973
Sail And Steam, begins: 24 Feb 1973
Saladin, Sultan: 4 Nov 1972
Samoa: 30 Sep 1972
San Marino: 28 Oct 1972
Santa Claus story: 23 Dec
Santa Claus, letters to: 23 Dec 1972
Sassoon, Siegfried: 20 Jan 1973
Satellite, domestic communications: 17 Feb 1973
Satellites, ecology: 18 Nov 1972
Saturn: 25 Nov 1972
Savanarola: 13 Jan 1973
Savoy, Duke of: 13 Jan 1973
Scapa Flow: 6 Jan 1973
Schiaparelli: 4 Nov 1972
Schroter: 11 Nov 1972
Scorpion flies: 10 Feb 1973
Seott, R.F.: 23 Dec 1972
Scott, Sir Walter: 6 Jan 1973
Scotland, Dr. Johnson: 3 Feb 1973
Scrolls, Dead Sea: 13 Jan 1973
Scuttling of German fleet: 6 Jan 1973
Sea Serpent of Gloucester: 2 Sep 1972
Second World War: 23 Dec 1972
Sedgemoor, battle of: 9 Sep, 16 Dec 1972
Segrave, Henry: 6 Jan 1973
Selassie, Emperor: 28 Oct 1972
Shakespeare, William: 27 Jan 1973
Shaw's Corner: 18 Nov 1972
Ships, simulator: 30 Dec 1972
Shopkeepers, Victorians: 23 Sep 1972
Shropshire: 9 Dec 1972
Siddons, Sarah: 10 Feb 1973
Sidney, Sir Philip: 16 Sep 1972
Siege warfare: 16 Dec 1972
Simulator, ships: 30 Dec 1972
Singapore: 3 Feb 1973
Singha Raja: 20 Jan 1973
Sitting Bull: 11 Nov 1972
Skye: 17 Feb 1973
Slavery in Algiers: 17 Feb 1973
Slave trade: 28 Oct 1972, 4 Nov 1972
Sleeping sickness: 16 Dec 1972
Slew wing aircraft: 30 Dec 1972
Slocum, Joshua: 9 Sep 1972
Slow worms: 16 Dec 1972
Smith, John: 17 Feb 1973
Snake-fly, the: 16 Dec 1972
Solomon Islands 30 Sep 1972
Somerset: 24 Feb 1973
Somewhere To Go, begins: 30 Sep 1972
South Pole: 23 Dec 1972
South Sea Bubble: 4 Nov 1972
Space capsules - fuel cells: 17 Feb 1973
Space missions to Jupiter: 18 Nov 1972
Space missions to Mars: 4 Nov 1972
Space missions to Venus: 11 Nov 1972
Space-Ship: 7 Oct 1972
Space shuttle craft: 24 Feb 1973
Spain - sunken treasure: 27 Jan 1973
Spectroscope - Fraunhofer: 11 Nov 1972
Speke, John Hanning: 7 Oct 1972
Spider, House: 30 Dec 1972
Squirrel monkeys: 17 Feb 1973
St. Bartholomew Massacre: 28 Oct 1972
St. Mawes Castle: 2 Dec 1972
Stag beetle: 13 Jan 1973
Stalactites & Stalagmites: 27 Jan 1973
Stalin: 14 Oct 1972
Stanfield, John: 21 Oct 1972
Stanhope, Lady Hester: 13 Jan 1973
Star Fort, Magdeburg: 10 Feb 1973
Starling: 28 Oct 1972
Stauffenberg, Claus: 16 Sep 1972
Steam power - tractors: 11 Nov 1972
Steinbeck, John: 27 Jan 1972
Stephenson, George: 14, 21, 28 Oct, 4, 11 Nov 1972
Stewart, Jackie: 4 Nov 1972
Stone Age Barrow: 10 Feb 1973
Stourton: 25 Nov 1972
Strauss, Johann the younger: 10 Feb 1973
Strawberries: 7 Oct 1972
Street Lighting - history of: 3 Feb 1973
Strike, General 1926: 30 Sep 1972
Sugar Cane: 2 Dec 1972
Surveying, Laser instruments: 30 Dec 1972
Survival, begins: 17 Feb 1973
Sutcliff, Rosemary: 23 Dec 1972
Sweden, Oland Bridge: 6 Jan 1973
Swiss Alps tunnel: 10 Feb 1973
Syracuse fort: 14 Oct 1972
Szczerbiec sword: 16 Sep 1972
Stamps:$
  Belgian 18 Nov 1972; 17 Feb 1973
  Canada: 2 Sep, 21 Oct, 23 Dec 1972; 13 Jan 1973
  Czechoslovakia: 4 Nov 1972
  Forged stamps: 9 Dec 1972
  German: 27 Jan 1973
  Jersey 24 Feb 1973
  Malaya: 11 Nov 1972
  New Zealand: 9 Sep 1972
  Seaside stamps 14 Oct 1972
  Swiss: 30 Sep 1972
  Torn stamps: 6 Jan 1973

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# T

Taff, River: 30 Sep 1972
Tailed frog: 28 Oct 1972
Tank, the: 16 Dec 1972
Tankers - liquid gas: 2 Dec 1972
Tarbela Dam: 17 Feb 1973
Taruffi, P.: 30 Sep 1972
Tales of The Track, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Tattershall Castle: 25 Nov 1972
Tax - 20 shillings: 14 Oct 1972
Television: 17 Feb 1973
Tell Us Your News Competition, begins: 30 Sep 1972
'Temple of Health': 3 Feb 1973
Temple Meads Station: 16 Dec 1972
Tenniel, John: 21 Oct 1972
Tenzing, Sherpa: 10 Feb 1973
Theatre - restoration: 3 Feb 1973
Theatre Royal: 17 Feb 1973
Theatre, Shakespeare: 27 Jan 1973
The Day That, begins: 30 Sep 1972
They Broke the Rules, begins: 30 Dec 1972
They Made the Railways, begins: 30 Sep 1972
Thought: human brain: 7 Oct 1972
Tibet: 23 Sep 1972
Tiger Beetle: 9 Dec 1972
Timber - use of: 27 Jan 1973
Time travellers - astronomy: 20 Jan 1973
Tiryns forts: 7 Oct 1972
Tito, President: 27 Jan 1973
Tolpuddle Martyrs: 21 Oct 1972; 20 Jan 1973
Tombaugh, Clyde: 16 Dec 1972
Tools of Science: 2, 9 Sep 1972
Tordesillas Castle: 11 Nov 1972
Toucan: 23 Sep 1972
Touch wood: 2 Sep 1972
Toulon: 20 Jan 1973
Tower of London: 28 Oct 1972
Traction Engine Rally: 11 Nov 1972
Tractors - engines: 30 Dec 1972
Tractors, Steam: 11 Nov 1972
Trafalgar, Battle of: 24 Feb 1973
Trains, magnetic: 23 Sep 1972
Treason, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Treasure - British Isles: 10 Feb 1973
Treasure - gold: 20 Jan 1973
Treasure Hunters, The, begins: 16 Dec 1972
Treasure Hunting - scientific: 3 Feb 1973
Treasure - Spain: 27 Jan 1973
Trench warfare: 16 Dec 1972
Trenck, Baron: 10 Feb 1973
Trenton, Battle of: 23 Dec 1973
Trevithick, Richard: 7 Oct, 9, 30 Sep 1972; 20 Jan 1973
The Trigan Empire:$
  Series 36, 'The Fiendish Experiment', / 'The Hydro Man', ends: 23 Sep 1972
  Series 37, 'The Curse of King Yutta', 30 Sep, - 25 Nov 1972
  Series 38, 'The Lost Years', 2 Dec 1972 - 10 Feb 1973
  Series 39, 'Journey to Orcadia', / 'Atomic Disaster!', starts: 17 Feb 1973
Tropical forests: 10 Feb 1973
Trotsky: 14 Oct 1972
Troyenstein castle: 25 Nov 1972
Tuaregs: 24 Feb 1973
Tunnel, English Channel: 10 Feb 1973
Tunnel, Swiss Alps: 10 Feb 1973
Tunnels - history of: 3 Feb 1973
Tunisia: 14 Oct 1972
Turbo-trains: 23 Sep 1972
Turpin, Dick: 20 Jan 1973
Turtle eggs: 4 Nov 1972
Twain, Mark: 28 Oct 1972; 20 Jan 1973
Twenty Shillings Tax: 14 Oct 1972
Tyres - mobility: 4 Nov 1972
Tyres - racing cars: 2 Dec 1972

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# U

UFO Club: 2 Dec 1972
Ukhaidir Fort: 27 Jan 1973
Underground City: 9 Dec 1972
Unicorns: 16 Sep 1972
Uranus: 2 Dec 1972

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# V

Vacarella, Nino: 25 Nov 1972
Van Butchell, Martin: 3 Feb 1973
Venus: 11 Nov 1972
Vesuvius 9 Sep 1972
Videotapes: 17 Feb 1973
Vigo Bay - sunken treasure: 27 Jan 1973
Vikings - forts: 28 Oct 1972
Vitamins: 28 Oct 1972
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee: 10 Feb 1973
Victorians - children's stones: 9 Sep 1972
Victorians - funerals: 2 Sep 1972
Victorians: 16 Sep 1972
Victorians, ends: 23 Sep 1972
Virginia: 17 Feb 1973
Visby: 18 Nov 1972

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# W

Wakes, The: 21 Oct 1972
Wales: 25 Nov 1972
Wall, Great: 30 Sep 1972
Waltheof, Earl of Northampton: 24 Feb 1973
War poetry - Sassoon: 1973
Wars of Roses: 30 Dec 1972
Warsaw Ghetto: 7 Oct 1972
Warwick, Earl of: 30 Dec 1972
Washington - crossing Delaware: 23 Dec 1972
Wasps: 20 Jan 1973
Waterways - Oklahoma: 21 Oct 1972
Waterways Museum: 30 Sep 1972
Weather controlling: 16 Dec 1972
Weather forecasts: 9 Dec 1972
Weather - man-made, 16 Dec 1972
Weather symbols: 9 Dec 1972
Wesley, John: 21 Oct 1972
West Germany: 25 Nov 1972
Wheat: 6 Jan 1973
Where East Meets West: 2 - 23 Sep 1972
White, Gilbert: 28 Oct 1972
Whittle, Frank: 11 Nov 1972
Wilberforce, Bishop: 13 Jan 1973
Wilberforce, William: 28 Oct 1972
Willis, Patrick: 24 Feb 1973
Wingate, Orde: 28 Oct 1972
Witch-hunting: 4 Nov 1972
Wolsey, Cardinal: 4 Nov 1972
Wood - uses of: 27 Jan 1973
Wood - world's: 27 Jan 1973
World's Great Civilisations: 2 Sep 1972
World War II - liberation of Paris: 13 Jan 1973
World War II - RAF raid: 20 Jan 1973
Wounded Knee, Massacre at: 11 Nov 1972

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# Y

Yalta Conference: 25 Nov 1972
Yellowstone Park: 30 Dec 1972
York, battle of: 24 Feb 1973
York Castle: 20 Jan 1973
Yorkshire moors: 30 Dec 1972
You Know the Name, begins: 9 Sep 1972
Yugoslavia - Hitler's invasion: 27 Jan 1973
Yule Log, bringing in: 23 Dec 1972
Yuta disaster: 24 Feb 1973

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# Z

Zambesi Dam: 14 Oct 1972
Zenobia: 16 Sep 1972
Zola, Emile: 30 Dec 1972
