Podcast Episodes

Nintendo’s First Multi-Game Console

Episode 1137

July 15, 1983. Nintendo hits new heights with the release of the Famicom video game console in Japan. 

If you want to find out more about Nintendo’s r…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

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…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

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…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

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…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

Telstar Reaches Orbit

Episode 1133

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

Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening an…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

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.

…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode

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…

1 year, 1 month ago

View Episode