Hot Tea && History
405 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -A podcast giving you a daily historical fun fact that occurred on that date. Going past the boring textbooks of school
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Episodes
FEB 25. John Quincy Adams’ son marries relative at the White House
February 26, 2022 23:47 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 24. Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review
February 26, 2022 23:41 - 2 minutes - 2.74 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 23. Formula One champ kidnapped
February 26, 2022 23:36 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 22. The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida
February 26, 2022 23:31 - 1 minute - 1.81 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 21. Washington Monument dedicated
February 26, 2022 23:27 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 20. Ireland allows sale of contraceptives
February 23, 2022 23:23 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 19. U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima
February 23, 2022 23:16 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 18. Pluto discovered
February 23, 2022 23:11 - 2 minutes - 1.28 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 17. Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia
February 23, 2022 23:03 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 16. U.S. Navy stages daring mission during First Barbary War
February 23, 2022 22:57 - 2 minutes - 2.46 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 15. The USS Maine explodes in Cuba's Havana Harbor
February 16, 2022 00:58 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 14. "Pale Blue Dot" photo of Earth is taken
February 15, 2022 06:24 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 13. League of Nations recognizes perpetual Swiss neutrality
February 13, 2022 11:58 - 2 minutes - 2.77 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 12. President Bill Clinton acquitted on both articles of impeachment
February 12, 2022 22:36 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 11. Yalta conference ends
February 11, 2022 11:42 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 10. U.S.-Soviet spy swap
February 10, 2022 12:07 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 9. The Normandie catches fire
February 09, 2022 12:14 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 8. Americans secure Guadalcanal
February 09, 2022 02:06 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 7. The Beatles arrive in New York
February 09, 2022 02:00 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 6. Mussolini fires his son-in-law
February 08, 2022 02:33 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 5. FDR announces “court-packing” plan
February 08, 2022 01:45 - 2 minutes - 1.97 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 4. Ford buys Lincoln.
February 04, 2022 11:25 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 3. Lunik 9 soft-lands on lunar surface
February 03, 2022 11:21 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 2. First groundhog day
February 02, 2022 12:16 - 2 minutes - 2.68 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
FEB 1. Oxford Dictionary debuts
February 01, 2022 12:08 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 31. Truman announces development of H-bomb
January 31, 2022 11:23 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 30. "Bloody Sunday" in Northern Ireland
January 30, 2022 11:43 - 2 minutes - 2.45 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 29. Kansas enters the Union
January 29, 2022 11:36 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBExploring what fun historical event took place On this day
JAN 28. The space shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff
January 28, 2022 11:32 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 27. National Geographic Society founded
January 28, 2022 00:13 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 26. Tennessee passes nation’s first prohibition law
January 28, 2022 00:02 - 1 minute - 1.63 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 25. World’s largest diamond found
January 26, 2022 06:13 - 2 minutes - 2.38 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 24. Walt Disney announces $7.4 billion purchase of Pixar
January 24, 2022 12:13 - 3 minutes - 2.94 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 23. Toy company Wham-O produces first Frisbees
January 24, 2022 04:06 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 22.British colonists reach New Zealand
January 24, 2022 03:47 - 1 minute - 1.85 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 21. President Carter pardons draft dodgers
January 24, 2022 03:26 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 20. Mud March begins
January 21, 2022 02:53 - 2 minutes - 2.41 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 19. First air raid on Britain
January 20, 2022 06:14 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 18. MLB owners approve interleague play
January 20, 2022 06:08 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 17. Ireland grants a divorce for the first time in the country's history
January 20, 2022 01:23 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 16. “Moon Maniac” killer is executed
January 20, 2022 00:17 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 15. Great Boston Molasses Flood
January 20, 2022 00:04 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 14. Explosion rocks USS Enterprise
January 19, 2022 23:57 - 1 minute - 1.74 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 13. Johnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison
January 19, 2022 23:52 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 12. Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate
January 19, 2022 23:39 - 1 minute - 1.39 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 11. Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument
January 19, 2022 23:33 - 2 minutes - 2.69 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 10. FDR introduces the lend-lease program
January 19, 2022 23:25 - 3 minutes - 2.83 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 9. Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids
January 10, 2022 03:55 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 8. President Wilson delivers "Fourteen Points" speech
January 10, 2022 03:51 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day
JAN 7. A case of split personality in puzzling Chicago murders
January 07, 2022 15:19 - 2 minutes - 2.41 MBExploring what fun historical event took place on this day