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"Operation Clark County" Totally Backfires (2004)
It’s October 15th. This day in 2004, voters in the swing region of Clark County, Ohio are receiving letters encouraging them to vote for John Kerry —…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Real Free State of Jones (1863)
It’s October 12th. This day in 1863, fighting is breaking out in Jones County, Mississippi, as a group of southern farmers starts to rebel against th…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Scrub Bull Trials (1919)
It’s October 9th. In 1919, the US Department of Agriculture began a nationwide campaign to promote better breeding among livestock — and stamp out so…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Poisoned Tylenol Panic (1982)
It’s October 5th. This day in 1982, a massive recall is underway for Tylenol, in the wake of a series of random poisonings and deaths in the Chicago …
2 years, 5 months ago
Italy Invades Ethiopia, World Freaks Out (1935) w/ Isaac-Davy Aronson
It’s October 3rd. This day in 1935, Italian leader Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia, one of the only independent Black states in the world.
Jody, Ni…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Hiroshima Maidens (1955) w/ Josh Levin
It’s October 3rd. This day in 1956, a group of 25 Japanese women are heading back to Japan after spending a year in the United States receiving medic…
2 years, 5 months ago
Yeltsin Refuses To Leave The Plane (1994)
It’s October 1st. In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin is set to stop off for a diplomatic visit in Ireland. But when his plane lands on the tarm…
2 years, 6 months ago
"Actually, You Forgot Poland" (2004)
It’s September 30th. This day in 2004, George W. Bush and John Kerry take the stage for the first presidential debate of the 2004 election. In respon…
2 years, 6 months ago
Big Dig Energy (1983) w/ Ian Coss
It’s September 26th. This day in 1983, Massachusetts Senator Michael Dukakis held a press conference to announce an enormous and ambitious infrastruc…
2 years, 6 months ago
Stanislav Petrov Prevents Armageddon (1983)
It’s September 26th. This day in 1983, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces determined that an alert about an incoming nuclear attac…
2 years, 6 months ago