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Back to SearchHenry Ford’s Five-Day Week
Episode 1386
May 1, 1926. Henry Ford implements the five-day week at his car factory in Detroit, Michigan, kickstarting a workplace reform that’ll be adopted acro…
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The Bristol Bus Boycott
Episode 1385
April 30, 1963. A boycott protesting a bus company’s hiring policies draws national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom. This ep…
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The Frank Rockslide
Episode 1384
April 29, 1903. 120 million tons of rock breaks off a mountain and crushes the small mining town underneath.
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Billy the Kid Escapes
Episode 1383
April 28, 1881. The condemned outlaw, Billy the Kid, makes a daring escape from the Lincoln County Courthouse Jail. This episode originally aired in …
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The Publication of Paradise Lost
Episode 1382
April 27, 1667. Blind and impoverished poet John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10.
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Saturday Matinee: Legends of the Old West
Episode 1381
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we join the stampede of thousands of dreamers headed North to Yukon Territory, in hopes of striking rich from the Klondi…
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The First Solo Voyage Around The World
Episode 1380
April 24, 1895. Joshua Slocum sets off from Boston, Massachusetts in his attempt to become the first person to circumnavigate the world single-handed…
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The New Coke Blunder
Episode 1379
April 23, 1985. Coca-Cola relaunches with a new recipe, sparking an outcry that becomes a public relations fiasco.
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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Episode 1378
April 22, 1993. Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in London, England. This episod…
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The Death of the Red Baron
Episode 1377
April 21, 1918. Manfred von Richthofen, the World War One fighter pilot better known as the Red Baron, is shot down and killed. This episode original…
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