Episodes

July 20, 1944. During World War II, German military leaders stage a final high-stakes assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.

July 19, 1903. Controversy and cheating accusations follow cyclist Maurice Garin’s victory at the first-ever Tour de France.

July 18, 64 AD. When the Great Fire of Rome reduces two-thirds of the city to ashes, Emperor Nero uses the catastrophe as an excuse to persecute a new religious group: the Christians.

July 17, 1918. Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed by revolutionaries, bringing an end to Russia’s three-century-old Romanov dynasty.

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July 14, 1698. An ambitious plan by Scotland to found a colony in Panama goes disastrously wrong.

July 13, 1985. The benefit concert Live Aid is held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, drawing in over a billion television viewers and raising millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

July 12, 1984. US Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale puts forward Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, making her the nation’s first woman to run on a major party national ticket.

July 11, 2001. After being sued by the music industry, the popular file-sharing service, Napster, closes down. 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.

July 10, 1985. While berthed in New Zealand, a Greenpeace protest ship is sunk by French intelligence agents.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we bring you part one of a four part series that looks at the story of OxyContin—a painkiller that helped spur an epidemic of opioid abuse and drug addiction. Link to American Scandal: https://wondery.com/shows/american-scandal/ 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.

July 7, 2011. A phone hacking scandal forces Rupert Murdoch to shut down his long-running News of the World.

July 6, 1535. English statesman Thomas More is beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.

July 5, 1996. Dolly the sheep is born in Scotland, becoming the first successfully cloned mammal from an adult cell.

July 4, 1838. The Huskar Pit mine in northern England floods, drowning 26 children, and leading to significant changes in labor laws.

July 3, 2013. Following major demonstrations against his rule, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, is ousted by the nation’s military.

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June 30, 1908. A massive and mysterious explosion occurs near Siberia’s Tunguska River, puzzling scientists and sparking a search for answers.

June 29, 1613. During a performance of William Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII, the famous Globe Theatre burns to the ground.

June 28, 1969. A police raid on a gay bar in New York City ignites the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

June 27, 1954. The CIA deposes one of Guatemala’s first democratically elected presidents, upending the nation’s government and ushering in decades of instability.

June 26, 1953. Lavrentiy Beria, the most influential of Joseph Stalin's secret police chiefs, is arrested and ousted from power.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, join us in the shadowed realm of Southern Gothic as we unravel the mysteries surrounding the ancient Baynard Mausoleum.  Link to Southern Gothic: https://podfollow.com/southern-gothic 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.

June 23, 2016. The United Kingdom votes to withdraw from the European Union, sending shockwaves through Europe and transforming British politics.