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The Assassination of the Butcher of Prague
Episode 1095
May 27, 1942. Two Czechoslovakian operatives assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a principal architect of the Holocaust.
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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The First-Ever Dow Jones Industrial Average
Episode 1094
May 26, 1896. In the aftermath of a financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal begins printing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the nation’s oldest market index still in use today. This episode origi…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Saturday Matinee: People Hidden in History
Episode 1093
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear one woman's story about her experience as a WWII Navy WAVES- Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services.
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Death of Bonnie and Clyde
Episode 1092
May 23, 1934. The notorious American outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, are killed in a police shoot-out in Louisiana. This episode originally aired in 2022.
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Final Conviction in Birmingham’s Baptist Church Bombing
Episode 1091
May 22, 2002. A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of bombing the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, resolving one of the most shocking cases of the c…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Murder of Bobby Franks
Episode 1090
May 21, 1924. In an effort to commit what they consider to be the “perfect crime,” Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks. This episode originally aired in 2024.
Published on 7 months ago
The Meter Convention
Episode 1089
May 20, 1875. The Meter Convention is signed by 17 nations, establishing a system for standardizing measurements worldwide.
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Published on 7 months ago
England Becomes a Republic
Episode 1088
May 19, 1649. After the English Civil War, an Act of Parliament makes England a Republic.
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Published on 7 months ago
Saturday Matinee: Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs
Episode 1087
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we batten down the hatches aboard the Princess Sophia- the doomed Canadian steamship that got caught up in a severe snowstorm and became the worst maritime disaster in th…
Published on 7 months ago
President Clinton Apologizes for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Episode 1086
May 16, 1997. Bill Clinton officially apologizes for the Tuskegee Experiment, in which the US government funded research into the effects of untreated syphilis on African American men between 1932 an…
Published on 7 months ago