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April 15, 2023

Saturday Matinee: The History of China

On today’s Saturday Matinee, pack your bags and get ready for international adventure: we’re traveling to the East with the History of China Podcast. Link to The History of China: https://podfollow.com/741606139 Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily. See Privacy …

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April 14, 2023

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

April 14, 1865. At Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C., the actor, John Wilkes Booth, assassinates U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

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April 13, 2023

The Flight of Apollo 13

April 13, 1970. An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13 leaving the spacecraft crippled, and the lives of the crew in peril.

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April 11, 2023

The Stone of Destiny Returns

April 11, 1951. Four months after it was stolen by Scottish nationalists from Westminster Abbey, the Stone of Destiny — used in the coronation of British monarchs for centuries — is found in the ruins of Scotland’s Arbroath Abbey.

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April 10, 2023

The Beginning of Ping Pong Diplomacy

April 10th, 1971. To thaw relations between the countries, the US table tennis team arrives in the People's Republic of China, marking the start of what will become known as “Ping Pong Diplomacy.”

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April 8, 2023

Saturday Matinee: Detectives Don't Sleep

On today’s Saturday Matinee, cross the police tape to shadow the real detectives who worked history’s most intriguing cases, true crime stories from all over the world. Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and …

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April 7, 2023

The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

April 7th, 1926. Three years into Benito Mussolini's fascist rule, an Irish woman named Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate the Italian dictator.

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April 6, 2023

The Race to the North Pole

April 6, 1909. Robert Peary leads an expedition to the Arctic and declares himself the first man to reach the North Pole.

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April 5, 2023

The La Belle Discotheque Bombing

April 5, 1986. A bombing at a discotheque in West Berlin kills three and injures hundreds, leading the US to launch retaliatory airstrikes against the accused sponsor of the terrorist attack, Libya.

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April 4, 2023

The Birth of Microsoft

April 4, 1975. Bill Gates and Paul Allen formalize their partnership with the creation of Microsoft, ushering in the personal computer revolution.

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April 3, 2023

The Arrest of the Unabomber

April 3, 1996. Ted Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents and accused of being the elusive Unabomber.

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April 1, 2023

The Mystery of March 32nd

The tradition of April Fools Day is born in a gruesome political murder that prevents the recognition of March 32nd, a day so steeped in mystery it doesn’t appear on the calendar. The Council of Mars is:Lindsay Graham, Lead CantorEmily …

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March 31, 2023

Robert De Niro Wins an Oscar for Raging Bull

March 31, 1981. The famous Actor Robert De Niro wins an academy award for his role in Director Martin Scorcese’s Raging Bull. Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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March 30, 2023

The Lost Language of Crete is Uncovered

March 30, 1900. Clay tablets inscribed with mysterious writing are discovered at an archaeological dig on Crete, leading to a decades-long international effort to decipher them.

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March 29, 2023

General Grant Launches the Appomattox Campaign

March 29, 1865. Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant launches the Appomattox Campaign, which will ultimately force the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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March 28, 2023

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident

March 28, 1979. The worst nuclear accident in American history begins when Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island power plant experiences a partial meltdown.

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March 27, 2023

The Arrest of Typhoid Mary

March 27, 1915. After years of evading authorities and causing outbreaks, the woman known as Typhoid Mary is arrested and placed in quarantine.

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March 25, 2023

Saturday Matinee: 1001 Stories From The Old West

On Today's Saturday Matinee, the discovery of silver turns Tombstone, Arizona into a Boomtown, brewing tension that leads to the famous gunfight at the OK Corral. Link to 1001 Stories From The Old West: https://podfollow.com/1613213865 Go to HistoryDaily.com for more …

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March 24, 2023

The Internment of Japanese Americans

March 24, 1942. During World War Two, the US Army begins forcibly moving Japanese Americans into internment camps.

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March 23, 2023

The Return of Lewis and Clark

March 23, 1806. After completing the first U.S. overland expedition to the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark begin their return to Missouri.

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March 22, 2023

The Lumière Brothers Screen The First Motion Picture

March 22, 1895. In Paris, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate motion picture technology for the first time.

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March 21, 2023

The March from Selma

March 21, 1965. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march against laws repressing the voting rights of African Americans in Alabama.

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March 20, 2023

General MacArthur Vows to Return to the Philippines

March 20, 1942. During World War II, US General Douglas MacArthur escapes the Japanese-occupied Philippines, and makes his famous vow to return.

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