Episodes

November 20, 1992. After a year of bad press for Britain's royals, Windsor castle catches fire, raising questions about the cost and future of the British monarchy.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we dive into the tragedy that is the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Link to History of World War II Podcast: worldwariipodcast.net/ Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is …

November 17, 1989. Police violently shut down a student demonstration in Prague, sparking a revolution that ends communist rule in Czechoslovakia.

November 16, 1581. Towards the end of a notorious reign characterized by cruelty and widespread abuse, Russian ruler Ivan the Terrible murders his own son in a fit of rage.

November 15, 1864. During the American Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman begins his devastating March to the Sea.

November 14, 1889. Reporters Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland begin a race to beat Phileas Fogg’s fictional journey around the world in 80 days.

November 13, 1985. The volcanic eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia spurs a deadly mudslide that buries a city and kills over 20,000 people.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we bring you part one of a three part series on the Dust Bowl, an event that’s been called the greatest man made ecological disaster in American history. Link to American Scandal: https://wondery.com/shows/american-scandal/ Support the show! …

November 10, 1969. “Sesame Street” debuts on American television and goes on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world.

November 9, 1938. After a Jewish teenager shoots a German diplomat, the Nazi regime coordinates a wave of antisemitic violence.

November 8, 1974. Infamous British Aristocrat the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London.

November 7, 1637. Puritan reformer Anne Hutchinson stands trial in Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.

November 6, 1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States, bringing tensions to a head between America’s North and South.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we bring you the history of the African Union, and a look to the future of the continent under the AU. Link to It’s A Continent: itsacontinent.comSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and …

November 3, 1979. At a rally planned by the Communist Workers Party, a gang of Klansmen and American Nazis murder five protestors.

November 2, 1899: The Boers begin a 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

November 1, 1755. A massive earthquake hits Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, reducing half the city to rubble and killing over 50,000 people.

October 31, 1837. While being forcibly removed from their homeland, hundreds of Creek Indians die in a steamboat collision on the Mississippi River.

October 30, 1961. The day the USSR detonates the largest bomb in history, the Soviets decide to remove Joseph Stalin’s body from public display, in an effort to build a new image for the Soviet Union.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we explore this wild theory that completely explodes the prevailing wisdom, and asserts that the Sphinx is in fact 10,000 years old—or maybe even more. Link to Ancient History Fangirl: ancienthistoryfangirl.comSupport the show! Join Into History …

October 27, 1992. United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by a shipmate for being gay, sparking a national debate that results in the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” military directive. Support the show! Join Into History for …

October 26, 1979. The head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency assassinates South Korean President Park Chung-Hee.

October 25, 1415. English king Henry V defeats a larger French army with the help of longbow archers at the Battle of Agincourt.

October 24, 1917. The Italian army is crushed by Austrian and German troops during World War I, losing thousands of soldiers and retreating over 150 kilometers in a terrible battle which still scars the country.