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April 16, 2024
The Fall of the Fortress of Masada
April 16, 73 CE. The fall of the fortress of Masada brings an end to the First Jewish-Roman War.
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April 15, 2024
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
April 15, 1989. A crowd crush at a soccer game at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England leads to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
April 13, 2024
Saturday Matinee: Business Wars
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we explore what seemed to be one of Silicon Valley's biggest successes: OpenAI. In 2022, it had stunned the world with the release of ChatGPT3.5, leapfrogging some of the biggest tech companies t…
April 12, 2024
The Great Civil War Locomotive Chase
April 12, 1862. During the American Civil War, a band of Union spies steals a train in order to sabotage the Western & Atlantic Railroad, a vital supply line at the heart of the Confederacy. This episode originally aired on …
April 11, 2024
The Brixton Riots
April 11, 1981. following police brutality towards black people in London, the Brixton Riots break out, heralding a watershed moment for race relations in the UK. This episode originally aired in 2022.
April 10, 2024
Mount Tambora Erupts in Indonesia
April 10, 1815. The eruption of Mount Tambora in present-day Indonesia lowers temperatures around the globe, creating what became known as “the year without summer”.
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