On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal,&n
May 29, 1953. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first explorers to reach the top of Mount
May 28, 1934. The Dionne quintuplets are born. The identical sisters are the first quintuplets to su
May 27, 1943. A B-24 bomber crashes in the Pacific Ocean, beginning a two year ordeal at sea and in
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we are told the thrilling account from a man that almost escaped East G
May 24, 1883. The Brooklyn Bridge is opened to the public, becoming the longest suspension bridge in
May 23, 1980. Critics are left underwhelmed by the release of a new psychological horror movie: Stan
May 22, 1968. The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion disappears in the middle of the Atlantic Oc
May 21, 1924: In an effort to commit what they consider to be the “perfect crime,” Nathan Leopold an
May 20, 1916. Freezing, exhausted and starving, Ernest Shackleton and two other crewmen stumble back
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we bring you the story of how the Pinkerton Detective Agency started- a
May 17, 1954: In the Brown v. Board of Education case, the US Supreme Court rules that racial segreg
May 16, 1975. Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher, becomes the first woman to re
May 15, 1940. Maurice and Richard McDonald open their McDonald’s Bar-B-Que restaurant in San Bernard
May 14, 1643. A four-year-old prince ascends to the throne of France, beginning a decades-long reign
May 13, 1981. Pope John Paul II is shot in a mysterious assassination plot with potential ties to th
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we travel back to the fourth century BCE, and explore the path blazed b
May 10, 1877. Rutherford B. Hayes becomes the first U.S. President to use a world-changing new techn
May 9, 1998. Israeli singer Dana International becomes the first transgender performer and winner at
May 8, 1886. American pharmacist John S. Pemberton sells the first glass of Coca-Cola at a pharmacy
May 7, 1994. Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the N
