Thanksgiving
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: Thanksgiving, in the US and Canada. A special podcast on significant holidays
August 31
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 31. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Caligula; Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope; death of Diana, princess of Wales.
August 26
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein, Beth Anne Reid
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 26. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Amelia Boynton Robinson; battle failure of Joan of Arc; Dorothy Thompson expelled from Germany by Hitler; victim in "Preppy Murder" trial found dead
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.
August 28
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emil Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 28. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech; murder of Emmett Till
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
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.
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
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
August 27
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 27. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Titian; baptism of Mother Teresa; birth of serial killer Ed Gein
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.
Passover
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: special podcast on Passover
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
August 21
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais, Henry Bolzon
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 21. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Lincoln-Douglas debates; Hawaii becomes 50th US state; Nat Turner led an unsuccessful slave rebellion
August 17
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 17. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Births of Mae West, Robert De Niro, and Marcus Garvey; film Life of Brian premiers; Governor John White finds Roanoke colony abandoned
August 14
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 14. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Earvin "Magic" Johnson; construction of the Cologne Cathedral completed; Michael Jackson takes control of Beatles publishing rights.
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
August 20
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais, Michelle Thaller
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 20. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Launch of Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft; death of B. K. S. Iyengar; invasion of Czechoslovakia
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
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.
August 24
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein, Matthew Hall
Part of the On this Day series
On this Day: August 24. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum; Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet; the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day.
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
August 18
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 18. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Genghis Kahn; birth of Patrick Swayze, Roberto Clemente, Robert Redford, and Virginia Dare; death of Subhas Chandra Bose.
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
August 25
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein, Henry Bolzon
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 25. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. 1835 hoax in the New York Sun about life on the Moon; liberation of Paris following World War II; Alger Hiss testifies in front of HUAC
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.
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.
Lunar New Year
by Meg Matthais
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: Lunar New Year. A special podcast on significant holidays.
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 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 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
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 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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
August 6
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz, Meg Matthais, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 6. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. NASA's Curiosity rover lands on Mars; US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
August 11
by Meg Matthias
read by Kurt Heintz, Emily Goldstein
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: August 11. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Death of Jackson Pollock, last game of the 1994 Major League Baseball season before players' labor strike, and Watts Rebellion.
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
Rosh Hashanah
by Emily Goldstein
read by Kurt Heintz
Part of the On this Day series
On This Day: special podcast on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish High Holidays
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
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
