Episodes

October 18, 1867. The U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. This episode originally aired in 2022.

October 17, 1945. In Buenos Aires, a large labor demonstration demands the liberation of ousted and imprisoned Vice President Juan Domingo Perón, leading to Peron’s election to the presidency and giving rise to a new populist movement known as Peronism. This episode originally aired in 2023.

October 16, 2017. Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is killed when a bomb under her car detonates.

October 15, 1674. The Torsåker Witch Trials begin in Sweden, leading to 71 innocent people being sentenced to death in a single day.

October 14, 1947. US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, a feat many aviators previously believed impossible.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we follow a group of Englishmen as they colonize the first permanent English settlement in mainland North America: Jamestown, Virginia.Link to American History Tellers: https://wondery.com/shows/american-history-tellers/Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

October 11, 1982. The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, rises to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent. This episode originally aired in 2023.

October 10, 2014. Two years after being shot by a gunman, 17-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 9, 1967. After being captured by Special Forces in the mountains of Bolivia, the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is executed.

October 8, 1871. A barn fire in Chicago, Illinois, sparks a conflagration that burns for more than a day and devastates the city.

October 7, 1915. During World War One, British nurse Edith Cavell is put on trial for treason for helping hundreds of wounded Allied soldiers escape German territory. This episode originally aired in 2022.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear the lore behind the legendary Mississippi bluesman, Robert Johnson, who supposedly sold his soul to the devil in order to play guitar so skillfully.Link to Southern Gothic: https://podfollow.com/southern-gothicSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

October 4, 1927. The face of Mount Rushmore is transformed to make way for a gigantic carving of four American Presidents.

October 3, 1849. American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances, the last time he is seen in public before his death. This episode originally aired in 2023.

October 2nd, 1957. After a hot debate between filmmakers and the British military, the film The Bridge on the River Kwai makes waves. Based on the construction of the Burma Railway, former POWs and war artists lament the film’s inaccurate portrayal of events.

October 1, 1964. The first Shinkansen high-speed train enters service between the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka.

September 30, 1520. Suleiman the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and sets his sights on conquering Europe. This episode originally aired in 2022.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we travel back to the mid-19th Century to witness two Eastern powers race to industrialize their nations, only to ultimately meet on the battlefield a few decades later.Link to The Industrial Revolutions: IndustrialRevolutionsPod.comSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

September 27, 1822. Jean-Francois Champollion reveals that he has deciphered an ancient hieroglyphic inscription discovered in Egypt.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

September 26, 1960. In Chicago, candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy square off in the first-ever televised presidential debate.

September 25, 1983. Thirty-eight members of the Irish Republican Army pull off the United Kingdom’s biggest prison escape. This episode originally aired in 2023.

September 24, 1988. Ben Johnson wins the men’s 100 meters final at the Seoul Olympics, only to be stripped of his medal three days later.

September 23, 1957. Three years after the Supreme Court abolishes segregation in schools, nine African American students attempt to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, only to be escorted from the premises by armed police. This episode originally aired in 2022.

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we examine the raging debate that gripped New York City in 1818: are whales fish?Link to The Constant: www.constantpodcast.comSupport the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.