Home

History Daily

On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal,&n

Episodes

Total: 419

Blackbeard’s Final Battle

2024/11/22

November 22, 1718. Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards a pirate ship off the coa

November 21, 1916. During a voyage to pick up wounded servicemen, the Titanic’s sister ship sinks.Su

The Gettysburg Address

2024/11/19

November 19, 1863. In the midst of a bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the

Introducing Mickey Mouse

2024/11/18

November 18, 1928. Mickey Mouse makes his big screen debut in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie.Support

November 15, 1969. Half a million people march in Washington, D.C., to protest the government’s acti

November 14, 1994. The first Channel Tunnel passenger train departs London and arrives in Paris less

Japan’s Dictator on Trial

2024/11/12

November 12, 1948. Former general and prime minister Hideki Tojo is sentenced to death for his part

November 11, 1869. A new law in the Colony of Victoria, Australia begins the forced removal of thous

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we investigate one of the first recorded murder trials in American hist

The Defeat of Smallpox

2024/11/9

December 9, 1979. A commission of scientists declare that the scourge of the world – the infectious

November 8, 1923. A young demagogue named Adolf Hitler attempts to overthrow the Bavarian Government

November 7, 1944. A spy who predicted the Nazi invasion of the USSR and Japanese attack on Pearl Har

November 6, 1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States, bringing tensions

The Gunpowder Plot

2024/11/5

November 5, 1605. Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars below London’s Houses of Parliament ahead of

The Iran Hostage Crisis

2024/11/4

November 4, 1979. United States diplomats and citizens are held hostage after a group of militant Ir

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear about America's 4th president, James Madison, and how he made c

The First Issue of Ebony

2024/11/1

November 1, 1945. A new magazine envisioned as the Black community’s answer to Life hits the newssta

Jane Austen’s First Novel

2024/10/30

October 30, 1811. After a long struggle to find a publisher, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is

October 29, 2018. A 737 MAX plane crashes in Indonesia, killing 189 people on board and kicking off

October 28, 1886. French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi’s colossal statue symbolizing French-US friends