September 2
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 2. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Crash of Swissair flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia; Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France and dies 24 years later
June 11
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: June 11. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Jeannette Rankin; birth of Gene Wilder; Guangxu emperor of China issued his first reform decree initiating the Hundred Days of Reform
June 12
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: June 12. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Pulse nightclub shooting; Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison; birth of Anne Frank; the Philipppines declares independence from Spain
May 11
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 11. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov; Adolf Eichmann captured; HMS Beagle launched; Bikini Atoll nuclear-weapons tests
July 15
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 15. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of American singer Linda Ronstadt; the unmanned space probe Mariner 4 returned close-up pictures of the surface of Mars; the murder of Gianni Versace.
May 10
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 10. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. John Wilkes Booth; Jacques Cousteau; Victoria Woodhull; Halley's Comet; double-agent Robert Hanssen
May 12
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 12. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. End of blockade of West Berlin; Sichuan earthquake; birth of Tony Hawk, George Carlin, and Florence Nightingale; Jimmy Carter visits Cuba
July 7
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 7. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of figure skater Michelle Kwan; Satchel Paige born; contstruction began on Hoover Dam; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born
July 5
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 5. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Dolly, the first clone of an adult mammal, was born; 26th Amendment certified; bikini debuts; Isaac Newton's Principia was published; Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
September 10
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 10. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Arnold Palmer, Steffi Graff completes tennis's Grand Slam, closing of Cats on Broadway after a record 7,485 shows
July 13
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, John Rafferty
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 13. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Murder of Jean-Paul Marat; Live Aid benefit concert held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia; iconic Hollywood sign dedicated
May 13
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 13. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Pope John Paul II is shot; Dr. Joyce Brothers wins The $64K Question; birth of Stevie Wonder, Dennis Rodman, Stephen Colbert, Lena Dunham, and Richie Valens
May 3
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 3. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize, Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister; Bing Crosby born; Bill Shoemaker; Beer Barrel Polka
September 3
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 3. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Labor Day celebrated as an official US holiday for the first time; death of director Frank Capra; murder of Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco
May 1
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 1. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. May Day holiday; labor holiday; Occupy Wall Street; meaning of "mayday"
May 9
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 9. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon; birth control; Mother's Day; Christopher Columbus
September 11
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 11. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Christiana Riot of 1851; 9/11 terrorist attacks
September 7
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 7. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Elizbeth I; murder of Tupac Shakur; Muslim army of Saladin attacked the Crusaders of Richard the Lionheart at the Battle of Arsuf
September 15
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 15. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Agatha Christie; Confederate capture of Harper's Ferry during the American Civil War; bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
July 9
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 9 Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Catherine the Great overthrows her husband, Peter III, begins her reign as empress of Russia; birth of Nikola Tesla, birth of O.J. Simpson
September 9
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 9. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Mao Zedong; birth of Adam Sandler; death of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
July 6
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 6. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Althea Gibson is first Black person to win Wimbledon; activist Marsha P. Johnson was found dead; Louis Pasteur performs first rabies vaccination.
September 1
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 1. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of "Dr. Phil" - Phil McGraw; last known passenger pigeon dies; Germany invades Poland marking the beginning of World War II
July 10
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Yvette C. Lee
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 10. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Mary McLeod Bethune; birth of Mel Blanc; Scopes Trial begins in Dayton, Tennessee.
May 4
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 4. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Haymarket Affair; Nixon and Vietnam; Kent State killings; Ken Livingstone; Al Capone; Peter Minuit; Grammy Awards: Adam Yauch; Greensburg, KS
May 2
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 2. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Lou Gehrig's 2,130-game streak comes to an end; King James version of Bible is published; Tony Blair ; Ella Fitzgerald; Red Baron; Osama bin Laden; Edvard Munch
July 8
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 8. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon; William Jennings Bryan delivered the Cross of Gold speech; John D. and Nelson Rockefeller born; death of Kim Il-Sung
September 25
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein, Emily Miller
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 25. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. President Cleveland pardons polygamous Mormons; birth of William Faulkner; Vasco Nunez de Balboa is first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
September 18
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 18. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of cyclist Lance Armstrong; death of musician Jimi Hendrix; birth of Greta Garbo.
July 21
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz, Henry Bolzon
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 21. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Ernest Hemingway, arrest of Radovan Karadzic, death of Ta Mok.
July 17
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 17. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Opening of Disneyland; execution of Russian Nicholas II and his family; crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17
September 23
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 23. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Johann Gottfried Galle "discovers" Neptune; The Jetsons debuts as ABC's 1st color television series; FDR opened his 1944 presidential campaign
September 22
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 22. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. "Liberty and livelihood" foxhunting protest march; Iran-Iraq War begins; Nathan Hale executed
September 8
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 8. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Ruby Bridges, birth of Bernie Sanders, birth of Peter Sellers, premiere of Star Trek TV show.
July 14
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Henry Bolzon
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 14. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Sacco and Vanzetti found guilty of murder; Bastille Day; birth of animator William Hanna; death of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani
May 14
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 14. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Lewis and Clark expedition; Skylab 1; small pox vaccination; State of Israel; Frank Sinatra; Facebook; George Lucas; BB King; Rita Hayworth
September 17
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 17. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. First Occupy Wall Street protest held in the US; assassination of Greve Folke Bernadotte; Camp David Accords completed.
June 27
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: June 27. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Yen adopted; Joseph Smith murdered; color tv demonstrated; birthday of Helen Keller; death of Jack Lemmon
May 8
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: May 8. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. VE Day; Son of Sam; Coca-Cola; smallpox vaccine
Easter Special
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Henry Bolzon
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: Easter. Special podcast on the origins and history of Easter.
June 10
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: June 10. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of boxer Jack Johnson; sinking of the Gaspee; birth of Judy Garland; death of Marcus Garvey
July 20
by Kurt Heintz
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 20. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Apollo 11 mission; historical context of space travel; death of journalist Helen Thomas; birth of adventurer Edmund Hillary
July 16
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Ariadne Argyros, Tara Betts
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 16. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of activist Ida B. Wells; first atomic bomb exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico; birth of dancer and actress Ginger Rogers.
September 14
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: September 14. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Amy Winehouse; inspiration for the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner; birth of Margaret Sanger.
June 9
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: June 9. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Margaret Thatcher elected to a second term; Donald Duck makes his movie debut; birth of Les Paul; Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes
July 4
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: July 4. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Independence Day; death of presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams; birth of Rube Goldberg; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland published
Diwali
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: Diwali. A special podcast on significant holidays.
Earth Day
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz, Melissa Petruzzello
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: special podcast on Earth Day; the day's origins plus interview with Britannica botany editor Melissa Petruzzello
