Episodes

January 29, 1959. Disney's Sleeping Beauty bombs at the box office, leading the studio not to make another animated princess movie for 30 years.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we delve into the shocking story of Baltimore's infamous police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force, and hear just the beginning of the deep-rooted corruption that took place within the Maryland police department. Link to American Scandal: https://wondery.com/shows/american-scandal/ 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.

January 26, 1808: Royal Navy Vice Admiral William Bligh is deposed as Governor of New South Wales, Australia in the so-called Rum Rebellion. This episode originally aired in 2023.

January 25th, 1942: Thailand declares war on Britain and the USA in support of its Japanese ally.

January 24, 1536. King Henry VIII is badly injured in a jousting accident, turning the once athletic and wise king into a paranoid, overweight tyrant. This episode originally aired in 2022.

January 23, 1997. US Ambassador Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first woman US Secretary of State.

January 22, 1879. After years of displacement, the northern Cheyenne, led by Chief Morning Star, face off against the U.S. Army in an attempt to return to their ancestral lands.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we hear from Dr. Ray Christian: storyteller, veteran, and Source of All Black Knowledge, as he discusses Black medicine and the experience of receiving medical treatment as a Black American. Link to What’s Ray Saying?:  https://drraychristian.com/the-podcastSupport 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.

January 19, 1764. British Member of Parliament, John Wilkes, is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

January 18, 1778. Captain James Cook becomes the first European to travel to the Hawaiian Islands, but Cook’s journey will lead to his brutal killing. This episode originally aired in 2022.

January 17th, 1964. Classic children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is published for the first time.

January 16, 1979. Faced with mutiny in the army and violent demonstrations against his rule, the Shah of Iran is forced to flee the country, leaving the path clear for revolution. This episode originally aired in 2023.

January 15, 2009. Pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger performs the “Miracle on the Hudson”

On today's Saturday Matinee, we forget everything we thought we knew about Marie Antoinette as we learn the complicated truth about one of the most infamous royals in history. Link to Even the Royals: https://wondery.com/shows/even-the-royals/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.

January 12th, 1969: Football’s New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III, fulfilling an unlikely prediction made by Jets quarterback Joe Namath.

January 11, 1794. In Georgia, a man named Robert Forsyth becomes the first United States Marshal killed in the line of duty.

January 10, 49 BC. A provincial governor named Julius Caesar marches his army across the Rubicon river, invading Italy and plunging the Roman Republic into Civil War.

January 9, 2007. Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone at the MacWorld conference, paving the way for a new era of technology.

January 8th, 2016. After decades of evading the authorities, drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is arrested for the third and final time.

On today's Saturday Matinee, we hear from Captain Meshad, who served in Vietnam on a psychiatric team where he evaluated and assisted soldiers dealing with mental health issues. Link to Warriors in Their Own Words: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/warriors-in-their-own-wordsSupport 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.

January 5, 1933. After years of planning, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, a process that proves to be challenging in its own right.

January 4th, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson outlines his plan for a “Great Society” in his State of the Union address.

January 3rd, 1911. After three London policemen are killed trying to stop a robbery, the murderers are tracked down to East London where a deadly armed siege begins.

January 2, 1981: Police arrest a man named Peter Sutcliffe for a routine traffic violation in Sheffield, England. But they soon realize that he is a mass murderer known as the Yorkshire Ripper.