Episodes

November 9, 1938. After a Jewish teenager shoots a German diplomat, the Nazi regime coordinates a wave of antisemitic violence.

November 8, 1974. Infamous British Aristocrat the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London.

November 7, 1637. Puritan reformer Anne Hutchinson stands trial in Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.

November 6, 1860. Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States, bringing tensions to a head between America’s North and South.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we bring you the history of the African Union, and a look to the future of the continent under the AU. Link to It’s A Continent: itsacontinent.comSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and …

November 3, 1979. At a rally planned by the Communist Workers Party, a gang of Klansmen and American Nazis murder five protestors.

November 2, 1899: The Boers begin a 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

November 1, 1755. A massive earthquake hits Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, reducing half the city to rubble and killing over 50,000 people.

October 31, 1837. While being forcibly removed from their homeland, hundreds of Creek Indians die in a steamboat collision on the Mississippi River.

October 30, 1961. The day the USSR detonates the largest bomb in history, the Soviets decide to remove Joseph Stalin’s body from public display, in an effort to build a new image for the Soviet Union.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we explore this wild theory that completely explodes the prevailing wisdom, and asserts that the Sphinx is in fact 10,000 years old—or maybe even more. Link to Ancient History Fangirl: ancienthistoryfangirl.comSupport the show! Join Into History …

October 27, 1992. United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by a shipmate for being gay, sparking a national debate that results in the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” military directive. Support the show! Join Into History for …

October 26, 1979. The head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency assassinates South Korean President Park Chung-Hee.

October 25, 1415. English king Henry V defeats a larger French army with the help of longbow archers at the Battle of Agincourt.

October 24, 1917. The Italian army is crushed by Austrian and German troops during World War I, losing thousands of soldiers and retreating over 150 kilometers in a terrible battle which still scars the country.

October 23, 2002. Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage and demanding an end to the war in Chechnya.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we explore how the British reacted to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Link to Grey History: greyhistory.comSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and …

October 20, 1973. After fourteen years of construction, Queen Elizabeth II formally opens the Sydney Opera House.

October 19, 1781. After a French naval victory over the British, George Washington and the Continental Army win the American Revolution with the siege of Yorktown.

October 18, 1977. After months of violence, a far-left German militant group’s campaign of terror comes to a bloody conclusion.

October 17, 1945. A labor demonstration in Buenos Aires demands the liberation of the country’s ousted and imprisoned vice president, Juan Domingo Perón, giving rise to a new populist movement known as Peronism.

October 16, 1869. An American trickster masterminds the discovery of a mysterious petrified giant in upstate New York.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we bring you episode one of a four part series that explores the history of the Salem Witch Trials, the most lethal witch hunt in American history. Link to American History Tellers: wondery.com/shows/american-history-tellers/ Support the show! …

October 13, 1972. A plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes mountains, triggering a desperate fight for survival.