Week 24: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
From Half-Arsed History by Riley Knight
June 12, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 50024
About this episode
This episode covers significant historical events including the 1955 Le Mans Disaster and the construction of the Taj Mahal.
This week in history we’ve got the reason the Taj Mahal was built, we’ve got the debut of the world’s first bike, we’ve got the delivery of the Statue of Liberty - and we’ve got the story of the most infamously deadly motorsports disaster in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Riley Knight
Topics covered
- motorsports disaster
- historical events
- Taj Mahal
- Statue of Liberty
- bicycles
- 1955
Keywords
- Le Mans
- Taj Mahal
- Statue of Liberty
- bicycle
- motorsports
- disaster
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Taj Mahal
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