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Back to SearchCzechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Begins
Episode 1244
November 17, 1989. A student demonstration in Prague is violently shut down by the police, sparking the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. This epi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday Matinee: The Ancients
Episode 1243
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we explore the pristine beaches of Hawaii over one thousand years ago to witness the arrival of the islands' very first …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The First Passenger Train Through the Channel Tunnel
Episode 1242
November 14, 1994. The first Channel Tunnel passenger train departs London and arrives in Paris less than three hours later. This episode originally …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Amityville Murders
Episode 1241
November 13, 1974. Ronald DeFeo Jr. shoots six members of his family at their home in suburban New York, inspiring the book and movie versions of The…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
John Bunyan’s Arrest
Episode 1240
November 12, 1660. English nonconformist preacher John Bunyan is arrested. During the 12 years he spends in prison, he starts writing his famous book…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Signing of the World War One Armistice
Episode 1239
November 11, 1918. World War One comes to an end when an armistice agreement is signed by the Germans and the Allies. This episode originally aired i…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Dr. Livingstone Is Found Alive in Africa
Episode 1238
November 10, 1871. Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Tanzania, famously greeting him with the wor…
6 months ago
Saturday Matinee: Founded
Episode 1237
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we unwrap The Stamp Act of 1765 and how its passing in the 13 colonies was met with unprecedented resistance.
6 months ago
The Execution of Soviet Spy Richard Sorge
Episode 1236
November 7, 1944. A spy who predicted the Nazi invasion of the USSR and Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is executed. This episode originally aired in…
6 months ago
Otto The Great Overthrows The Pope
Episode 1235
November 6, 963 CE. Holy Roman Emperor Otto I convenes a Synod of the Church in Rome to depose Pope John XII.
6 months ago