On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal,&n
August 7, 1974: Philippe Petit walks on a high wire between the newly built twin towers of the World
August 6, 1991. British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee launches a digital information revolutio
August 5, 1969. Police in Atlanta, Georgia raid a screening of Andy Warhol’s underground film Loneso
August 2, 216 BCE. During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian army, led by Hannibal, defeats the
August 1, 1774. English philosopher and chemist, Joseph Priestley, discovers a mysterious new gas, w
July 31, 1910. Following a transatlantic manhunt, Hawley Harvey Crippen is arrested in Canada for a
July 30, 1966. England defeats West Germany to lift the World Cup in the country where soccer origin
July 29, 1862. One of the most famous Confederate spies of the American Civil War is finally arreste
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we unwrap the fanciful sensation that swept English social circles duri
July 26, 1755. Notorious Italian playboy Giacomo Casanova is arrested and incarcerated in a supposed
July 25, 1978. The first baby conceived via IVF is born in England, marking the success of an 18-yea
July 24, 1911. Hiram Bingham III rediscovers the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru after th
July 23, 1982. Three people are killed when a helicopter crashes on the set of Twilight Zone: The Mo
July 22, 1942. The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, transporting hundreds of thousan
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we take a personal look at one of the most iconic first ladies in Ameri
July 19, 1903. Bicyclist Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. This episode originally aired
July 18, 1969. U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island,
July 17, 1674. The skeletons of two boys are discovered in the Tower of London, leading to speculati
July 16, 1945. An atomic bomb is detonated in New Mexico, marking success in the Manhattan Project.S
July 15, 1815. After suffering a crushing defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte surre
