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Back to SearchJoan of Arc is Burned at the Stake
Episode 1098
May 30, 1431. In the Hundred Years’ War, 19-year-old military leader Joan of Arc is burned at the stake following a trial by an English-backed tribun…
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The Arrest of an Art Forger
Episode 1097
May 29, 1945. Dutch authorities arrest art dealer Han Van Meegeren for selling priceless paintings to the Nazis, not knowing that his collection is a…
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The Birth of the Miracle Quintuplets
Episode 1096
May 28, 1934. The Dionne quintuplets are born. The identical sisters are the first quintuplets to survive infancy, but the girls will face a childhoo…
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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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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 m…
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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.
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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.…
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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,…
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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. T…
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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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