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

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Total: 419

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we're thrilled to unveil our new podcast: The Real History of Dracula s

October 25, 1978. Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut, premieres in Kansas City.S

The 1929 Wall Street Crash

2024/10/24

October 24, 1929. an unprecedented day of plummeting prices at the New York Stock Exchange becomes k

October 22, 1934. Federal agents track down notorious outlaw Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd and kill him

October 21, 1854. Florence Nightingale departs Britain on a mercy mission to help soldiers wounded i

Saturday Matinee: I Know Dino

2024/10/19

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we're introduced to the real life Indiana Jones: Roy Chapman Andrews. N

October 18, 1867. The U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from R

October 16, 2017. Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is killed when a bomb under her car deto

The Torsåker Witch Trials

2024/10/15

October 15, 1674. The Torsåker Witch Trials begin in Sweden, leading to 71 innocent people being sen

Breaking the Sound Barrier

2024/10/14

October 14, 1947. US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the

October 10, 2014. Two years after being shot by a gunman, 17-year-old education activist Malala Yous

October 9, 1967. After being captured by Special Forces in the mountains of Bolivia, the iconic Marx

The Great Chicago Fire

2024/10/8

October 8, 1871. A barn fire in Chicago, Illinois, sparks a conflagration that burns for more than a

October 7, 1915. During World War One, British nurse Edith Cavell is put on trial for treason for he

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear the lore behind the legendary Mississippi bluesman, Robert John

October 4, 1927. The face of Mount Rushmore is transformed to make way for a gigantic carving of fou

October 2nd, 1957. After a hot debate between filmmakers and the British military, the film The Brid

The First Bullet Train

2024/10/1

October 1, 1964. The first Shinkansen high-speed train enters service between the Japanese cities of

Suleiman the Magnificent

2024/9/30

September 30, 1520. Suleiman the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and sets his sigh

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we travel back to the mid-19th Century to witness two Eastern powers ra