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History Daily

On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham (American Scandal, American History Tellers) takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened ‘on this day’ in history. Whether it’s to remember…

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The Great Disappointment 2026-10-22 · 16m
Florence Nightingale’s Crimean War 2026-10-21 · 17m
The Death of Colonel Gaddafi 2026-10-20 · 18m
The First Blockbuster Video Store 2026-10-19 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: This American President 2026-10-17 · 48m
The Unearthing of the Cardiff Giant 2026-10-16 · 16m
The Torsåker Witch Trials 2026-10-15 · 16m
The Sobibor Uprising 2026-10-14 · 17m
The Chilean Mining Accident 2026-10-13 · 19m
The Birth of Oktoberfest 2026-10-12 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Short History Of… 2026-10-10 · 52m
The Execution of Che Guevara 2026-10-09 · 17m
The Great Chicago Fire 2026-10-08 · 17m
The Battle of Lepanto 2026-10-07 · 16m
The Thammasat University Massacre 2026-10-06 · 18m
The Disastrous Flight of R101 2026-10-05 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: The Untitled History Podcast 2026-10-03 · 65m
The Premiere of The Bridge on the River Kwai 2026-10-02 · 17m
The Nuremberg Trial Verdicts 2026-10-01 · 18m
Mozart’s Last Opera 2026-09-30 · 15m
London’s New Police Force 2026-09-29 · 17m
The Black Sox Scandal 2026-09-28 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Old Gossip 2026-09-26 · 51m
The Battle of Stamford Bridge 2026-09-25 · 15m
The Black Friday Gold Market Scandal 2026-09-24 · 17m
The Search for Saudi Oil Begins 2026-09-23 · 16m
Iraq Invades Iran 2026-09-22 · 16m
Astronomers Prove Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity 2026-09-21 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: The Hound of the Baskervilles 2026-09-19 · 46m
The Battle of Chrysopolis 2026-09-18 · 16m
The Signing of the Camp David Accords 2026-09-17 · 17m
The Wall Street Bombing 2026-09-16 · 17m
The Tank’s Battlefield Debut 2026-09-15 · 17m
The Great Fire of Moscow 2026-09-14 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: The Long Rewind 2026-09-12 · 66m
The Theft of the French Crown Jewels 2026-09-11 · 16m
The End of the Great Northern War 2026-09-10 · 17m
The Boston Police Strike 2026-09-09 · 17m
Star Trek Debuts on US Television 2026-09-08 · 17m
Jesse James and the Northfield Bank Raid 2026-09-07 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Eating History 2026-09-05 · 24m
The End of the Roman Empire 2026-09-04 · 17m
Frederick Douglass Escapes Slavery 2026-09-03 · 16m
Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence for Vietnam 2026-09-02 · 16m
The Deepest Underwater Rescue 2026-09-01 · 17m
Princess Diana Dies in a Car Crash 2026-08-31 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Jane Austen Stories 2026-08-29 · 45m
The Origins of Stockholm Syndrome 2026-08-28 · 18m
The Shortest War in History 2026-08-27 · 16m
Harry Houdini’s Underwater Escape 2026-08-26 · 16m
Captain Matthew Webb Swims Across the English Channel 2026-08-25 · 18m
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre 2026-08-24 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Government that Doesn't Suck 2026-08-22 · 48m
The Lake Nyos Disaster 2026-08-21 · 17m
The Menendez Murders 2026-08-20 · 16m
The First All-American Soap Box Derby 2026-08-19 · 16m
The Disaster at Dieppe 2026-08-18 · 17m
The United States Annexes California 2026-08-17 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: ArtMuse 2026-08-15 · 74m
The Stanford Prison Experiment 2026-08-14 · 17m
The Mock Battle of Manila 2026-08-13 · 17m
The First Antiseptic Surgery 2026-08-12 · 18m
The Watts Rebellion Takes Over Los Angeles 2026-08-11 · 20m
The Sinking of the Vasa 2026-08-10 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: I Know Dino 2026-08-08 · 45m
Alice Ramsey Completes Her Drive Across America 2026-08-07 · 15m
The Battle of Junin 2026-08-06 · 17m
The Murder of Vice Principal Bian Zhongyun 2026-08-05 · 15m
Britain Takes Control of Gibraltar 2026-08-04 · 15m
Jesse Owens Wins Gold in Nazi Germany 2026-08-03 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: American Criminal 2026-08-01 · 42m
The Arrest of the Murderous Dr. Crippen 2026-07-31 · 16m
Penguin’s First Paperbacks 2026-07-30 · 17m
Confederate Spy Belle Boyd is Captured 2026-07-29 · 16m
The United States Occupies Haiti 2026-07-28 · 16m
The Death of Vincent van Gogh 2026-07-27 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Biography 2026-07-25 · 55m
Sri Lanka’s Black July 2026-07-24 · 16m
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Invasion 2026-07-23 · 16m
The Preparedness Day Bombing 2026-07-22 · 16m
The Scopes Monkey Trial 2026-07-21 · 16m
The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 2026-07-20 · 19m
Saturday Matinee: In Pursuit 2026-07-18 · 35m
The Discovery of the Princes in the Tower 2026-07-17 · 16m
The Great Schism 2026-07-16 · 16m
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 2026-07-15 · 16m
The Lincoln Hospital Takeover 2026-07-14 · 14m
Live Aid Rocks Both Sides of the Atlantic 2026-07-13 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: History Snacks 2026-07-11 · 19m
Telstar Reaches Orbit 2026-07-10 · 15m
The First Convicted Train Murderer 2026-07-09 · 16m
The Death of Kim Il-Sung 2026-07-08 · 17m
The Roswell UFO Incident 2026-07-07 · 18m
The Execution of Thomas More 2026-07-06 · 16m
What Does the Declaration of Independence Mean, 250 Years Later? 2026-07-04 · 56m
The Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 2026-07-03 · 17m
America’s True Independence Day 2026-07-02 · 16m
The Creation of the Congo Free State 2026-07-01 · 16m
The Night of the Long Knives 2026-06-30 · 19m
The First Cyber Spy 2026-06-29 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Founding Fathers: An American Dream 2026-06-27 · 61m
The Berlin Airlift Begins 2026-06-26 · 17m
The First Rainbow Flag 2026-06-25 · 15m
The End of the Münster Rebellion 2026-06-24 · 17m
The Monuments Men 2026-06-23 · 17m
The Cuyahoga River Fire Fuels America’s Environmental Movement 2026-06-22 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: Been There, Done That 2026-06-20 · 30m
Juneteenth 2026-06-19 · 15m
Theodore Roosevelt Splits the Republican Party 2026-06-18 · 16m
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act 2026-06-17 · 16m
The Founding of Ford Motor Company 2026-06-16 · 17m
The Fraudulent Discovery of Troy 2026-06-15 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: What We Did Before 2026-06-13 · 46m
Retreat from Cold Harbor 2026-06-12 · 15m
Margaret Thatcher’s Last Election Victory 2026-06-11 · 16m
Benjamin Franklin’s Kite Experiment 2026-06-10 · 16m
Britain Leases Hong Kong 2026-06-09 · 17m
George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes a Literary Sensation 2026-06-08 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat 2026-06-06 · 52m
The First Scientific Report on the AIDS Epidemic 2026-06-05 · 16m
The Ten-Cent Beer Night Riot 2026-06-04 · 16m
The Extinction of the Great Auk 2026-06-03 · 15m
Billy Bishop’s Victoria Cross 2026-06-02 · 15m
The Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2026-06-01 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: History of the Second World War 2026-05-30 · 31m
The Arrest of an Art Forger 2026-05-29 · 16m
Jell-O’s Trademark 2026-05-28 · 16m
A B-24 Crash Survivor Begins a Fight for Survival 2026-05-27 · 16m
America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park 2026-05-26 · 15m
The Edict of Worms 2026-05-25 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Medal of Honor 2026-05-23 · 33m
The Disappearance of the USS Scorpion 2026-05-22 · 16m
Paris’s Bloody Week 2026-05-21 · 17m
The Meter Convention 2026-05-20 · 16m
The Invention of the Rubik’s Cube 2026-05-19 · 16m
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens 2026-05-18 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Anthology of Heroes 2026-05-16 · 65m
The Assassination of Japan's Prime Minister 2026-05-15 · 16m
The Second Salem Witch Trial 2026-05-14 · 16m
The Escape of Robert Smalls 2026-05-13 · 17m
The End of the British General Strike 2026-05-12 · 15m
The Creation of Comedy Troupe Monty Python 2026-05-11 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: History Analyzed 2026-05-09 · 67m
The Release of The Beatles' Final Album 2026-05-08 · 15m
William of Rubruck’s Mongol Mission 2026-05-07 · 16m
The Hitler Diaries Hoax 2026-05-06 · 18m
The Battle for Castle Itter 2026-05-05 · 17m
Execution of the Carthusian Monks 2026-05-04 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: American Hysteria 2026-05-02 · 66m
Henry Ford’s Five-Day Week 2026-05-01 · 16m
The Bristol Bus Boycott 2026-04-30 · 16m
The Frank Rockslide 2026-04-29 · 16m
Billy the Kid Escapes 2026-04-28 · 18m
The Publication of Paradise Lost 2026-04-27 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Legends of the Old West 2026-04-25 · 34m
The First Solo Voyage Around The World 2026-04-24 · 16m
The New Coke Blunder 2026-04-23 · 16m
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence 2026-04-22 · 17m
The Death of the Red Baron 2026-04-21 · 16m
Baldwin III Overthrows His Mother 2026-04-20 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: European Christmas Markets Tour! 2026-04-18 · 44m
The First World Championship Fight 2026-04-17 · 15m
The Texas City Disaster 2026-04-16 · 17m
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster 2026-04-15 · 16m
The Black Sunday Dust Storm 2026-04-14 · 15m
The Flight of Apollo 13 2026-04-13 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Etymoleon 2026-04-11 · 22m
Mount Tambora Erupts in Indonesia 2026-04-10 · 16m
The Return of HMS Wager’s Castaways 2026-04-09 · 17m
Kurt Cobain’s Body Is Found 2026-04-08 · 15m
The Teapot Dome Scandal 2026-04-07 · 15m
The Race to the North Pole 2026-04-06 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: The United States Civil Rights Trail 2026-04-04 · 31m
The Pony Express 2026-04-03 · 15m
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Tops the Chart 2026-04-02 · 17m
The Accidental Capture of Brielle 2026-04-01 · 27m
The Introduction of the Hays Code 2026-03-31 · 16m
The Lost Language of Crete is Uncovered 2026-03-30 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Real Vikings 2026-03-28 · 52m
Friendship Blooms Between Japan and America 2026-03-27 · 16m
Bangladesh Declares Independence 2026-03-26 · 16m
The Abolition of the British Slave Trade 2026-03-25 · 17m
The John Christie Murders 2026-03-24 · 15m
The First Passenger Elevator 2026-03-23 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: History For The Reckoning 2026-03-21 · 61m
Babe Didrikson’s Hitless Inning 2026-03-20 · 16m
Discovering the Wreck of the SS Georgiana 2026-03-19 · 17m
The Assassination of King George I of Greece 2026-03-18 · 16m
The Fight for the Unification of Italy 2026-03-17 · 19m
The First F.A. Cup Final 2026-03-16 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Past Lives 2026-03-14 · 28m
The Dunblane Massacre 2026-03-13 · 15m
Gandhi’s Salt March 2026-03-12 · 15m
A Mother’s Pride: The Founding of PFLAG 2026-03-11 · 16m
Dr. King’s Assassin Pleads Guilty 2026-03-10 · 16m
The First Barbie 2026-03-09 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Hit Parade 2026-03-07 · 65m
The First Lady’s First Press Conference 2026-03-06 · 17m
The Boston Massacre 2026-03-05 · 17m
The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson 2026-03-04 · 19m
John Dillinger’s Jailbreak 2026-03-03 · 15m
The Election of Pope Pius XII 2026-03-02 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Ladies of Lore 2026-02-28 · 60m
The Rosenstrasse Protests 2026-02-27 · 16m
The Birth of Radar 2026-02-26 · 18m
The Execution of France’s “Lonely Hearts Killer” 2026-02-25 · 18m
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 2026-02-24 · 17m
The Cato Street Conspiracy 2026-02-23 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: The Secret World of Roald Dahl 2026-02-21 · 39m
Nazis in New York 2026-02-20 · 17m
The Feminine Mystique 2026-02-19 · 17m
The Execution of Dedan Kimathi 2026-02-18 · 17m
James Monroe Delivers the Treaty of Ghent 2026-02-17 · 19m
Rescuers Reach Trapped Cave Explorer Floyd Collins 2026-02-16 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers 2026-02-14 · 41m
Baseball’s Negro National League is Formed 2026-02-13 · 16m
Dior Unveils the New Look 2026-02-12 · 16m
The Egyptian Revolution 2026-02-11 · 20m
David Bowie Becomes Ziggy Stardust 2026-02-10 · 16m
The Simpsons Makes Television History 2026-02-09 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe 2026-02-07 · 53m
The Munich Air Disaster 2026-02-06 · 17m
The Official End of The Third Punic War 2026-02-05 · 16m
The 47 Ronin 2026-02-04 · 17m
The Battle for the Fifteenth Amendment 2026-02-03 · 18m
The Real-Life Robinson Crusoe is Rescued 2026-02-02 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Business History 2026-01-31 · 35m
The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson 2026-01-30 · 17m
Birth Control Activist Margaret Sanger Stands Trial 2026-01-29 · 16m
The Challenger Disaster 2026-01-28 · 19m
The End of the Siege of Leningrad 2026-01-27 · 16m
The First Television 2026-01-26 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Forgotten Australia 2026-01-24 · 68m
The Television Premiere of Roots 2026-01-23 · 16m
The Portuguese Royal Family Flees to Brazil 2026-01-22 · 16m
Concorde Takes Flight 2026-01-21 · 19m
An Inauguration to Remember 2026-01-20 · 19m
The First Zeppelin Raid on Britain 2026-01-19 · 19m
Saturday Matinee: The History Bureau 2026-01-17 · 29m
The End of the Roman Republic 2026-01-16 · 18m
The Boston Molasses Disaster 2026-01-15 · 16m
The Evacuation of Guadalcanal 2026-01-14 · 16m
The Sole Survivor of the Retreat from Kabul 2026-01-13 · 17m
The New York Jets Win Super Bowl III 2026-01-12 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: True Life Spy Stories 2026-01-10 · 34m
The Resignation of Sir Anthony Eden 2026-01-09 · 17m
The Capture of Drug Lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 2026-01-08 · 15m
The Last English City in France 2026-01-07 · 16m
Mother Teresa Arrives in India 2026-01-06 · 16m
The Beginning of the Prague Spring 2026-01-05 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: American Scandal 2026-01-03 · 39m
The End of Islamic Spain 2026-01-02 · 17m
Operation Raspberry Takes on the U-Boats 2026-01-01 · 16m
Winning Monopoly 2025-12-31 · 16m
The Assassination of Russia’s “Mad Monk” 2025-12-30 · 17m
The Brutal Killing of Thomas Becket Shocks England 2025-12-29 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Curiosity Meets The Past 2025-12-27 · 30m
King Lear’s Royal Premiere 2025-12-26 · 17m
The First Performance of “White Christmas” 2025-12-25 · 16m
America’s First National Christmas Tree 2025-12-24 · 16m
The Fall of King James II 2025-12-23 · 16m
The Mock Execution of Dostoevsky 2025-12-22 · 19m
Saturday Matinee: Gone Medieval 2025-12-20 · 47m
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol 2025-12-19 · 17m
The Korematsu Case 2025-12-18 · 17m
Emperor Timur Captures Delhi 2025-12-17 · 16m
The Boston Tea Party 2025-12-16 · 17m
The Premiere of Gone With the Wind 2025-12-15 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories 2025-12-13 · 47m
The Battle of Tolvajärvi 2025-12-12 · 16m
Frank Sinatra Jr. Is Released by His Kidnappers 2025-12-11 · 16m
America’s First Paper Money 2025-12-10 · 16m
Jim Morrison’s On-Stage Arrest 2025-12-09 · 18m
The Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge 2025-12-08 · 17m
Special Update on Wondery+ 2025-12-07 · 1m
Saturday Matinee: Cautionary Tales 2025-12-06 · 37m
Flight 19 Disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 2025-12-05 · 16m
Boss Tweed Escapes Prison 2025-12-04 · 16m
The Battle of the Eureka Stockade 2025-12-03 · 15m
The Start of the Cuban Revolution 2025-12-02 · 15m
The Assassination of Sergei Kirov 2025-12-01 · 19m
Saturday Matinee: Rebel on Main 2025-11-29 · 60m
America’s Deadliest Nightclub Disaster 2025-11-28 · 15m
The Genesis of the Nobel Prize 2025-11-27 · 16m
Washington’s Thanksgiving 2025-11-26 · 18m
The Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters 2025-11-25 · 15m
Darwin’s Origin of Species 2025-11-24 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: Ship History Radio 2025-11-22 · 31m
Judas Maccabeus Recaptures Jerusalem 2025-11-21 · 19m
The Real-Life Moby Dick 2025-11-20 · 16m
Pelé's 1,000th Career Goal 2025-11-19 · 15m
Introducing Mickey Mouse 2025-11-18 · 15m
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Begins 2025-11-17 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: The Ancients 2025-11-15 · 52m
The First Passenger Train Through the Channel Tunnel 2025-11-14 · 16m
The Amityville Murders 2025-11-13 · 16m
John Bunyan’s Arrest 2025-11-12 · 16m
The Signing of the World War One Armistice 2025-11-11 · 16m
Dr. Livingstone Is Found Alive in Africa 2025-11-10 · 20m
Saturday Matinee: Founded 2025-11-08 · 47m
The Execution of Soviet Spy Richard Sorge 2025-11-07 · 16m
Otto The Great Overthrows The Pope 2025-11-06 · 16m
The Invasion of Parihaka 2025-11-05 · 14m
Discovering Tutankhamun 2025-11-04 · 16m
The Greensboro Massacre 2025-11-03 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers 2025-11-01 · 40m
The Assassination of Indira Gandhi 2025-10-31 · 18m
Jane Austen’s First Novel 2025-10-30 · 17m
The Formation of the Red Cross 2025-10-29 · 15m
The Siege of La Rochelle 2025-10-28 · 15m
The Murder Behind ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ 2025-10-27 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: American Criminal 2025-10-25 · 35m
Italy Suffers its Greatest Military Defeat 2025-10-24 · 17m
Boris Pasternak Wins The Nobel Prize 2025-10-23 · 18m
The Death of “Pretty Boy” Floyd 2025-10-22 · 17m
The “Bubble Boy’s” Experimental Transplant 2025-10-21 · 16m
The Sydney Opera House Opens 2025-10-20 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: Jane Austen Stories 2025-10-18 · 41m
The Assassination of the Emperor of Haiti 2025-10-17 · 16m
The Assassination of Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia 2025-10-16 · 17m
Charlie Chaplin Premieres The Great Dictator 2025-10-15 · 16m
The Battle of Old Byland 2025-10-14 · 17m
The Miracle of the Andes 2025-10-13 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes 2025-10-11 · 42m
Malala’s Nobel Peace Prize 2025-10-10 · 17m
The Vajont Dam Disaster 2025-10-09 · 17m
Chicago’s Days of Rage 2025-10-08 · 15m
The Battle of Lepanto 2025-10-07 · 16m
Opening Night at the Moulin Rouge 2025-10-06 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: American Shrapnel 2025-10-04 · 41m
The Execution of the Last Prince of Wales 2025-10-03 · 15m
The End of the Warsaw Uprising 2025-10-02 · 17m
The First Bullet Train 2025-10-01 · 17m
Mozart’s Last Opera 2025-09-30 · 15m
The Battle of New Market Heights 2025-09-29 · 18m
Saturday Matinee: The Curious History of Your Home 2025-09-27 · 30m
Daniel Shays Leads a Rebellion 2025-09-26 · 18m
The Battle of Stamford Bridge 2025-09-25 · 15m
Ben Johnson’s Olympic Gold 2025-09-24 · 17m
The Search for Saudi Oil Begins 2025-09-23 · 16m
Abraham Lincoln’s Duel 2025-09-22 · 16m
Saturday Matinee: Art of Crime 2025-09-20 · 60m
The Camilla Massacre 2025-09-19 · 17m
The Battle of Chrysopolis 2025-09-18 · 15m
Harriet Tubman Escapes From Slavery 2025-09-17 · 17m
The Mayflower Sets Sail 2025-09-16 · 18m
The Most Iconic Marilyn Monroe Photograph 2025-09-15 · 15m
Saturday Matinee: American Scandal 2025-09-13 · 36m
The Battle of Marathon 2025-09-12 · 18m
General Pinochet’s Chilean Coup 2025-09-11 · 18m
John Smith Saves Jamestown 2025-09-10 · 17m
The Boston Police Strike 2025-09-09 · 16m
Nathan Hale Spies for America 2025-09-08 · 14m
Saturday Matinee: Historically Speaking Sports 2025-09-06 · 113m
The First Continental Congress 2025-09-05 · 16m
Peter Rabbit’s First Tale 2025-09-04 · 15m
The Battle of Ain Jalut 2025-09-03 · 16m
Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence for Vietnam 2025-09-02 · 16m
Bobby Fischer Wins Chess's 'Match of the Century' 2025-09-01 · 17m
Saturday Matinee: The History of Fresh Produce 2025-08-30 · 45m
The Execution of the Last Inca Emperor 2025-08-29 · 15m
The Murder of Emmett Till 2025-08-28 · 17m
The Assassination of Lord Mountbatten 2025-08-27 · 17m
The Eruption of Krakatoa 2025-08-26 · 15m
The Liberation of Paris in WWII 2025-08-25 · 19m
Saturday Matinee: Trapped History 2025-08-23 · 46m
Captain Cook Claims Australia 2025-08-22 · 16m
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