Moon Shot, Star Wars & the Fall of Constantinople | May 25–29

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Moon Shot, Star Wars & the Fall of Constantinople | May 25–29

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This week in history is genuinely stacked. On May 25, 1961, JFK stood before Congress and dared America to reach the moon. Sixteen years later to the day, George Lucas unleashed Star Wars on unsuspecting cinema queues — and the modern blockbuster was born. In between and beyond, the week of May 25–29 turns out to be one of the most event-dense stretches in the entire calendar year.

The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on May 26, 1967, changing what a rock record could be. Peter the Great broke ground on Saint Petersburg on May 27, 1703. The Golden Gate Bridge opened to two hundred thousand pedestrians on that same date in 1937. The German battleship Bismarck went to the bottom of the Atlantic on May 27, 1941. Japan obliterated the Russian Baltic Fleet at Tsushima in 1905. An eighteen-year-old West German amateur pilot named Mathias Rust landed a Cessna near Red Square in 1987. And on May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces breached the walls of Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire after more than a thousand years.

That's nine hinge-points of history sharing a single week — spanning wars, music, architecture, space exploration, and the fall of civilisations. Whether you're a casual history fan or a dedicated buff, this episode is the perfect introduction to just how much the world can change in seven days.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

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