This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the cou
February 15, 1965. Walgett, Australia. A group of about 30 Sydney students has traveled here on a fa
February 13, 1861. The city of Washington DC is waiting. Bracing itself. For weeks, there have been
It takes bold visionaries risking everything to create some of the most recognizable brands on the p
February 1, 1960. Four young Black men, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan and Joseph M
January 25, 1908. Harry Houdini is the most famous magician in America. He’s known for his escapes –
January 6, 2021. As Congress voted to affirm Joe Biden as the incoming president, rioters stormed th
January 23, 1907. The Kansas legislature has convened to decide who will be the next US Senator from
January 15, 1535. King Henry VIII has a decree. As of today, he is “the only supreme head on earth o
SEASON TWO PREMIERE – January 8, 1964. In his State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson unveils his
December 28, 2020. In this year-end recap, Sally sits down with HISTORY This Week producers McCamey
December 27, 1853. On a freezing, snowy night in Birmingham, England, 2,000 people have lined up out
December 18, 1970. Decades after the end of WWII a Nazi doctor is on trial. Today is judgment day in
December 11, 1936. Just yesterday, King Edward VIII of England officially abdicated the throne. And
December 2, 1943. World War II is raging throughout Europe, but in the Allied port city of Bari, Ita
November 24, 1966. Millions of spectators flood Broadway in New York City to watch the Macy’s Day Pa
November 16, 1532. Atahualpa, the king of the Inca Empire, marches towards the city of Cajamarca in
November 10, 1969. It’s a Monday. Across the US, parents and babysitters and grandparents and aunts
November 7, 1876. A little before midnight on election night, the Republican candidate Rutherford B.
It Was Said, a limited documentary podcast series, looks back on some of the most powerful, impactfu
October 27, 1962. 72,000 feet above Cuba, an American U2 spy plane flies over the island, capturing
