This Happened Today (in History) Podcast
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsAn interesting audio reflection on what happened on this day in history. Each day three topics are discussed and reviewed.
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Episodes
July 7th in History
July 07, 2023 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1981 U.S.A. Sandra Day O'Connor https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oconnor-nominated-to-supreme-court 1947 U.S.A. Roswell Timeline https://seeroswell.com/about/the-1947-roswell-incident/ 2007 Seven Wonders of the Modern World https://world.new7wonders.com/lisbon-on-07-07-2007/#:~:text=2007,-T&text=he%20Official%20New%207%20Wonders,million%...
June 13th in History
June 13, 2023 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.48 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1933 Home Owners Loan Act https://predatorylending.duke.edu/timeline/home-owners-loan-act-of-1933/#:~:text=The%20Home%20Owners'%20Loan%20Act,established%20the%20Home%20Owners'%20Loan 1944 England V1 rockets / Doodlebugs https://romanroadlondon.com/first-v1-flying-bomb-doodblebug-hits-london/ 1966 USA Miranda Rights https://www.history.com/this-day-...
June 12th in History
June 12, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1997 USA New $50 Bill https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/rr1746 1987 Germany Berlin Wall https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-challenges-gorbachev-to-tear-down-the-berlin-wall 1917 Greece King Constantine I https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantine-I-king-of-Greece The music used as the background track for this pod...
June 11th in History
June 11, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1979 USA John Wayne https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wayne-dies 1987 USA Earthquake Midwest https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/11/us/powerful-quake-rattles-midwest.html 2009 World H1N1 influenza strain https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html The music used as the background track for this podcast is American...
June 10th in History
June 10, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.39 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1947 Sweden SAAB First Car Produced https://automotivehistory.org/june-10-1947-the-saab-prototype-debuts/ 2000 UK Millennium Bridge https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051103080801.htm 1978 USA Affirmed Wins Triple Crown https://triplecrownraces.com/affirmed/ The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana created by...
June 9th in History
June 09, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.09 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1934 USA Donald Duck https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/on-this-day-in-1934-donald-duck-made-his-first-film-appearance-in-walt-disneys-the-wise-little-hen-3825452.html 1973 USA Secretariat Triple Crown Winner https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/secretariat-wins-triple-crown 1958 UK Gatwick Airport Opens https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/he...
June 8th in History
June 08, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.79 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1972 Cruise Missiles https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/tomahawk/#:~:text=Tomahawk%20Development,launched%20cruise%20missiles%20in%201972.&text=The%20Tomahawk%20was%20designed%20to,while%20at%20such%20low%20elevation . 1978 USA Naomi James http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/8/newsid_2500000/2500541.stm 1968 England James Earl...
June 7th in History
June 07, 2023 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1928 USA Chrysler Plymouth https://dealerlifetoday.com/2021/06/07/june-7-13-automotive-history/ 1966 USA Ronald Reagan https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-nominated-for-governor-of-california 1982 USA Graceland Opened to Public https://www.graceland.com/elvis-news/posts/today-in-elvis-history-graceland-opens-to-the-public-in-1982 Th...
June 6th in History
June 06, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.81 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1944 Europe Operation Overlord / D-Day https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/battles/dday/beaches.htm 1933 USA Boulder Dam https://www.nps.gov/articles/-the-greatest-dam-in-the-world-building-hoover-dam-teaching-with-historic-places.htm 1933 First Drive-In Movie Theater https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/looking-back-original-drive-...
June 5th in History
June 05, 2023 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.53 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1968 US Senator Robert Kennedy Assassinated https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-kennedy-is-assassinated 1953 Fireworks Explosions https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2008/07/the-alco-fireworks-explosion-55-years-later/ 1967 Six-Day War https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/six-day-war-begins The music used as the background...
June 4th in History
June 04, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.66 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1919 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20June%204,decades%20of%20agitation%20and%20protest 1942 World War II Battle of Midway https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway 2008 Space Lab Attaches to Space Station https://www.space.com/546...
June 3rd in History
June 03, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.77 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1965 USA Major Edward H. White II https://spacecenter.org/this-day-in-history-ed-white-becomes-first-american-to-walk-in-space/ 1864 Union disaster at cold Harbor https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-disaster-at-cold-harbor 2008 General Motors Closes Plants https://money.cnn.com/2008/06/03/news/companies/gm_announcement/ The music use...
Untitled Episode
June 02, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.77 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1953 England Queen Elizabeth II https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Coronation-1953/ 1935 USA Babe Ruth Retires https://www.history101.com/june-2-1935-babe-ruth-retires-game-baseball/ 1966 Space Surveyor 1 Moon Landing http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/13 The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana crea...
June 1st in History
June 01, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.33 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1938 Superman Appears For The First Time https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/on-this-day-in-1938-superman-appears-for-the-first-time-in-d-c-comics-3796844.html 1968 USA Helen Keller https://sites.aph.org/hall/inductees/keller/ 1980 CNN Launched in Atlanta https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cnn-launches The music used as the background t...
May 31st in History
May 31, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.44 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1859 UK Big Ben https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-history-of-big-ben-in-1-minute/ 1977 U.S.A. Alaska Oil Pipeline https://aoghs.org/transportation/trans-alaska-pipeline/ 1889 U.S.A. Dam Break Johnstown, Pennsylvania https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-johnstown-flood The music used as the backgr...
May 30th in History
May 30, 2023 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.14 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1911 U.S.A. Indianapolis 500 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-indianapolis-500-held 1922 U.S.A. Lincoln Memorial https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-lincoln-memorial 1971 U.S.A. Mariner 9 Launched https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mariner-9-departs-for-mars The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana cre...
May 29th in History
May 29, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1953 Tibet Conquest Of Mount Everest https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hillary-and-tenzing-reach-everest-summit 1999 Space International Space Station https://www.edn.com/discovery-docks-with-international-space-station-may-29-1999/ 1932 U.S.A. World War I Vets https://www.thecenterforruleoflaw.org/rule-of-law-blog/may-29-1932-world-war-i...
May 28th in History
May 28, 2023 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.42 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1977 U.S.A. Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/519 2006 U.S.A. Barry Bonds https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barry-bonds-babe-ruth-home-runs-mlb 1990 17 year cicadas https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cicadas/13or17year.html The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana create...
May 27th in History
May 27, 2023 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.08 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1936 England RMS Queen Mary https://queenmary.com/history/ 1937 U.S.A. Golden Gate Bridge https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-27/ 1995 U.S.A. Christopher Reeve| https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/06/01/riding-accident-paralyzes-actor-christopher-reeve/0be8dd07-bb0c-438d-ae4a-de206f5942f7/ The music used as the backgroun...
May 26th in History
May 26, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1940 France The Dunkirk Evacuation https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Evacuation-of-Dunkirk/ 1896 U.S.A. Dow Jones https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/when-did-dow-jones-industrial-average-djia-begin.asp 1977 U.S.A. George Willig https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/35-years-ago-today-george-willigthe-human-fly-c...
May 25th in History
May 25, 2023 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.15 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1968 St. Louis Gateway Arch https://nowweknowem.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/the-st-louis-gateway-arch-was-dedicated-today-in-1968-as-vice-president-hubert-humphrey-declared-that-the-arch-was-a-soaring-curve-in-the-sky-that-links-the-rich-heritage-of-yesterday-with-the-rich/ 1977 U.S.A. First Star Wars Movies Opens https://www.history.com/this-day-in-hi...
May 24th in History
May 24, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1844 Morse's First Telegram https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_Telegraph_Messages_from_the_Capitol.htm 1883 U.S.A. Brooklyn Bridge https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brooklyn-bridge-opens 1856 The Pottawatomie Massacre https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/pottawatomie-massacre The music used as the ba...
May 23rd in History
May 23, 2023 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.89 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1934 U.S.A. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/bonnie-and-clyde 1937 U.S.A. John D. Rockefeller https://hudsonvalley.org/biography/john-d-rockefeller-1839-1937/ 1701 Captain William Kidd https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/execution-captain-kidd The music used as the background track for this podca...
May 22nd in History
May 22, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1933 U.S.A. Federal Emergency Relief Fund https://content.lib.washington.edu/feraweb/essay.html 1972 President Richard Nixon Visits Soviet Union https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/president-nixon-arrives-in-moscow-for-talks-with-soviet-leaders-may-22-1972-223378 1972 Ceylon Change Name To Sri Lanka https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-1209...
May 21st in History
May 21, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1950 Unusual Tornado Southern England http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/21/newsid_2966000/2966457.stm 1968 U.S. Submarine Scorpion https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/what-happened-to-the-uss-scorpion/ 1881 U.S.A. American Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/National/history-full-history.pdf The mus...
May 20th in History
May 20, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.43 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1927 U.S.A. Charles Lindbergh http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp 1862 U.S.A. The Homestead Act https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm 2009 Voice of Mickey Mouse Dies https://www.france24.com/en/20090521-voice-mickey-mouse-dies-62- The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana cr...
May 19th in History
May 19, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1921 U.S.A. Emergency Quota Act https://www.nps.gov/articles/closing-the-door-on-immigration.htm 2007 Record Shipwreck Found Off Cornish Coast https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/fishermen-stumble-upon-link-to-gold-laden-shipwreck.html 1997 Hong Kong Avian Flu https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avian-flu-kills-young-boy The mus...
May 18th in History
May 18, 2023 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1980 U.S.A. Mount St. Helens https://earthsky.org/earth/this-date-in-science-cataclysmic-eruption-at-mount-st-helens/ 1974 India Becomes Nuclear Power https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/cold-war/page-17.html 2011 United States Man Eats 25,00th Big Mac https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43073264 The music used as the background track for this podcas...
May 17th in History
May 17, 2023 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.05 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1875 U.S.A. First Kentucky Derby https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/moments/aristides 1946 U.S.A. Railroads Seized By Truman https://www.mainstreet-nashville.com/life/history/nashville-banner-page-for-may-17-1946/article_cdbbc83a-b67a-11eb-9606-4f5e39c99b07.html 1954 U.S.A. Brown v. Board of Education https://www.history.com/topics/black-history...
June 2nd in History
June 02, 2022 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.77 MBThank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics. The People history.com - http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1953 England Queen Elizabeth II https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Coronation-1953/ 1935 USA Babe Ruth Retires https://www.history101.com/june-2-1935-babe-ruth-retires-game-baseball/ 1966 Space Surveyor 1 Moon Landing http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/13 The music used as the background track for this podcast is Americana ...
March5th in History
March 05, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.88 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: AT&T & BellSouth Merger Hula Hoop Brett Favre Support the Show.
March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBIn this episode we will discuss the following topics: Polio Vaccine Vietnam War Memorial Ford Motor Company
March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.68 MBIn this episode we will discuss the following topics: Centralia Mine Disaster Girl Scout Cookies Stock Market Mini Crash Support the Show.
March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.19 MBIn this episode we will discuss the following topics: The Exxon Valdez The New York Subway Lines Ranger 9 Lunar Probe Support the Show.
March 23, 2020
March 23, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Mir Space Station Roger Bannister Womens Suffrage Support the Show.
March 22, 2020
March 22, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.99 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: FAA Andrew Lloyd Webber Equal Rights Amendment Support the Show.
March 21, 2020
March 21, 2020 04:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: WW2 Troop Ships Alcatraz God Bless America Support the Show.
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.6 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: The Mailbox Princess Anne The Vatican Support the Show.
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Pancho Villa Daylight Savings Time California Blackouts Support the Show.
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Palomeres Hydrogen Bomb Incident Cambridge-Oxford Boat Race The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Support the Show.
March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.19 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Robert Goddard The Debt Ceiling The Federal Trade Commission Support the Show.
March 15, 2020
March 15, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Grandview, Texas Fires Pancho Villa Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelters Support the Show.
March 14, 2020
March 14, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.19 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Operation Ripper Jodrell Bank RadioTelescope Norman Thagard and the Shuttle-Mir Missions Support the Show.
March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.03 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: The Hoover Dam The 9/11 Memorial & Museum The Phoenix Lights Support the Show.
March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.96 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Fireside Chats Girl Scouts The Truman Doctrine Support the Show.
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.95 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Levi Jeans The 1918 H1N1 Flu Pandemic The Hoover Dam Support the Show.
March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter The 1964 Mustang France Mine Explosion Support the Show.
March 9, 2020
March 09, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBIn this episode we discuss the following topics Barbie The Alaska Pipeline Notorious BIG Support the Show.
March 8, 2020
March 08, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.04 MBIn this episode, we discuss the following topics: Daytona Beach Race Course The Suez Canal Russian Revolution Support the Show.
March 7, 2020
March 07, 2020 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.29 MBIn this episode, we discuss the following topics: Alexander Graham Bell Oreo's Stanley Kubrick Support the Show.