On This Day Podcast

Day of Remembrance & the internment of Japanese Americans, Aaron Burr arrested, the Battle of Iwo Jima begins…On This Day

Russian mole Robert Hanssen arrested, and the Brussels Brinks heist...On This Day

The International Red Cross is founded, the submarine HL Hunley sinks USS Housatonic, Robert Preston steals a helicopter for a joy ride over DC, and Rene Laennec inventor of the stethoscope…On This Day

The first 911 call, and the trial of John Demjanjuk…On This Day

Susan B Anthony Day, USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, the attempted assassination of president-elect Franklin Roosevelt, Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan, and a meteor in Chelyabinsk…On This Day

Valentine's Day, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Jackie Kennedy gives her televised tour of the White House, and Maceo Parker...On This Day

Strawberry Fields Forever

The Lincoln Memorial, the murder of Sal Mineo, and the theft of Edvard Munch’s The Scream…On This Day

The Beatles record their first album Please Please Me in 10 1/2 hours...On This Day

Gary Kasparov defeated by Deep Blue, Alexander Pushkin dies in a duel, and Shirley Temple Black…On This Day

William Morgan invents volleyball, The Beatles perform on Ed Sullivan, Wilhelm Maybach inventor of the modern automobile, and Fred Morrison inventor of the Frisbee…On This Day

The Devil’s Footprints, Stasi the East German secret police, and the kidnapping of prized racehorse Shergar…On This Day

Bob Timm & John Cook break the endurance record for the longest manned refueled flight, President Kennedy bans Cuban cigars, Lisa Leslie scores 101 points in 16 minutes, and James Murray…On This Day

The Treaty of Alliance between America and France, King Charles II & King James II, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth II, and Minoru Yamasaki…On This Day

Bill Haley and The Comets arrive in England and inspire a generation of future rock’n’rollers, Byron De La Beckwith convicted of the murder of Medgar Evers, and Betty Ong…On This Day

Emperor Taizu of Song, Harry Longabaugh, George Romero, and Karen Carpenter...On This Day

Norman Rockwell, Frank Serpico is shot in a 4th floor walkup in Brooklyn, and the Day The Music Died - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper…On This Day

The Bottle Cap, Balto hero of the Iditarod Trail, and the Dyatlov Pass incident…On This Day

Combat photographer Eddie Adams takes his Pulitzer Prize winning photograph on the streets of Saigon, and the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster...On This Day

Ham the Chimp is launched into space...On This Day!