an audio journey through this day in history
How much can we learn about the famous playwright from the death of his son? 11-08-2010_Hamnet.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 11-08-2010_Hamnet...
The man who altered time is born in 1856. 10-08-2010_William_Willett.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 10-08-2010_William_Willett.mp3 (6...
A small band of Nez Perce Indians clash with the United States Army. 09-08-2010_Battle_of_the_Big_Hole.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
We investigate the "Missingest Man in New York", Judge Joseph Force Crater. 06-08-2010_The_Missingest_Man_in_New_York.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
The story of the U-boat commander, Otto Kretschmer 05-08-2010_Silent_Otto.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 05-08-2010_Silent_Otto.mp3...
We trace the importance of a humble, everyday device that was vital for the French Revolution. 04-08-2010_The_Pencil_and_the_French_Revolution.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 04-08-2010_The_Pencil_and_the_French_Revolution.mp3 (5.07 MB) Music credit Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in D, 3rd movement In the 1790's, after the beheading of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution, the French Revolutionary army had begun to expand...
The Church Committee begins hearings on a secret US government program that involved giving unsuspecting citizens LSD. 03-08-2010_MKULTRA.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 03-08-2010_MKULTRA.mp3 (12.1 MB) Music credit Long Note One Though the project is still shrouded in mystery, on this day in history in 1977 the Church Committee began its hearing on the illegal US Central Intelligence Agencies human research program, run...
One of the giants of American literature dies in 1988. 02-08-2010_Rayomd_Carver.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 02-08-2010_Rayomd_Carver...
What ever happened to Teamsters Union Boss, Jimmy Hoffa? 30-07-2010_Jimmy_Hoffa.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 30-07-2010_Jimmy_Hoffa...
The USS Forrestal incident (Forrest Fire) becomes one of the worst US Naval disasters 29-07-2010_USS_Forrestal.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
The Red Priest dies a pauper in Vienna. 28-07-2010_Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 28-07-2010_Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi...
It's time to put on your all-Rush mix-tape, grab a 2 liter bottle of Shasta and make a saving throw for the father of role-playing games. 27-07-2010_Gary_Gygax.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 27-07-2010_Gary_Gygax.mp3 (11.78 MB) Music credit Nerves Ernest Gary Gygax, an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson, was born in...
Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders the raid of a polygamist Mormon fundamentalist community. 26-07-2010_Short_Creek_Raid.mp3 (download) Click here...
One of the most important Indian revolutionaries was born in 1906. 23-07-2010_Chandrasekhar_Azad.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 23-07...
The shocking and unfortunate story of German physicist, Georg Wilhelm Richmann. 22-07-2010_Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 22-07-2010_Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann.mp3 (4.28 MB) Music credit Dissolution Georg Wilhelm Richmann, a German physicist who lived in Russia, was born into a Baltic German family in modern day Estonia. Though his father had died of plague before his birth, his mother remarried and...
The airship Wingfoot Air Express crashes into a bank in Chicago. 21-07-2010_Wingfoot_Air_Express.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 21-07...
The dream of a young president and a nation comes true on a summers day in 1969. 20-07-2010_Apollo_11.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
The Iroquois Confederacy attempt to strike a deal with The Crown. 19-07-2010_The_Nanfan_Treaty_and_the_Iroquois_Confederacy.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 19-07-2010_The_Nanfan_Treaty_and_the_Iroquois_Confederacy.mp3 (9.27 MB) Music credit Grandfathers Journey The Deed from the Five Nations to the King, of their Beaver Hunting Ground, more commonly known as the Nanfan Treaty, was conducted in Albany, New York, on July...
Miss Macao is hijacked! 16-07-2010_The_Miss_Macao.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 16-07-2010_The_Miss_Macao.mp3 (4.63 MB...
The key to deciphering an ancient language is dug up in the port city of Rashid. 15-07-2010_Rosetta_Stone.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
The epicenter of conspiracy theories and alien technology is revealed by the US government to actually exist. 14-07-2010_Area_51.mp3 (download) Click...
Spain defeats the Netherlands ... in 1573. 13-07-2010_Seige_of_Haarlem.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 13-07-2010_Seige_of_Haarlem.mp3...
The inventor of money-back guarantees, buy one get one free, and some very fine china. 12-07-2010_Josiah_Wedgwood.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
Today we learn about UVB-76, one of the mysterious numbers stations. 16-06-2010_UVB-76.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 16-06-2010_UVB...
The first human blood transfusion is administered. 15-06-2010_Jean-Baptiste_Denys.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 15-06-2010_Jean-Baptiste_Denys.mp3 (2.55 MB) Music credit Dragon and Toast In 1667, Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully documented human blood transfusion using about twelve ounces of sheep blood into a 15-year old boy, who had been bled with leeches 20 times. The boy, along with a second patient...
Today is Kamehameha Day! 11-06-2010_Kamehameha_Day.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 11-06-2010_Kamehameha_Day.mp3 (3.63 MB) Music credit Tea Roots Today is Kamehameha Day, a public holiday of the state of Hawaii honoring Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaii. While Kamehameha was king, Hawaii was a center of the fur and sandalwood trade. Pineapples were brought to Hawaii...
The king of all wild things is born in 1928. 10-06-2010_Maurice_Bernard_Sendak.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 10-06-2010_Maurice_Bernard_Sendak...
One of the greatest athletes of all time runs away with and into the record books. 09-06-2010_Secretariat.mp3 (download) Click here to download...
The first man to measure the true dimensions of the solar system is born in 1625. 08-06-2010_Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 08-06-2010_Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini.mp3 (3.03 MB) Music credit Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major, op. 9 No. 3 - 3. Allegro - Tomaso Albinoni (who was also born on this day in history in 1671) Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born in 1625 in Perinaldo, near Sanremo, at that time...
Alois Schicklgruber, the father of Adolph Hitler, is born in Lower Austria. 07-06-2010_Alois_Hitler.mp3 (download) Click here to download: 07...
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