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The Lincoln Hospital Takeover

Episode 1136

July 14, 1970. A group of Puerto Rican activists stage an occupation demanding better health care at the Lincoln Hospital in South Bronx, New York Ci…

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Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers

Episode 1135

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we examine the Scopes Monkey Trial- the 1925 legal case that put a spotlight on the controversy of teaching evolution in…

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Yagan: The Death of a Freedom Fighter

Episode 1134

July 11, 1833. Australian Aboriginal warrior, Yagan, is murdered by colonists, after leading a war of resistance against the British settlers.This ep…

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Telstar Reaches Orbit

Episode 1133

July 10, 1962. The world’s first active communications satellite is launched into space.

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The First Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

Episode 1132

July 9, 1877. Spectators gather at the All England Club for the first Wimbledon Championship, marking the beginning of an annual sporting tradition.

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Con Man Soapy Smith is Shot Dead

Episode 1131

July 8, 1898. Notorious confidence man Jefferson “Soapy” Smith is killed in a gunfight with a vigilante in the Alaskan boomtown of Skagway. This epis…

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News of the World Shuts Down

Episode 1130

July 7, 2011. A phone hacking scandal forces the closure of Rupert Murdoch’s long-running News of the World. This episode originally aired in 2023.

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Saturday Matinee: Famous & Gravy

Episode 1129

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we put on our aprons and open our cookbooks to learn about one of the best culinary personalities in recent history: Jul…

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Lewis Carroll Imagines Wonderland

Episode 1128

July 4, 1862. An Oxford professor takes a boat ride and tells a fantastical story that he’ll eventually publish under his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Th…

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The Downing of Iran Air Flight 655

Episode 1127

July 3, 1988. The US Navy shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 after mistaking it for a military aircraft, killing all 290 people on board.

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