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The Newburgh Conspiracy (1783)
It’s March 14th. This day in 1783, George Washington gave an address to his troops camped in Newburgh, NY, that averted a possible coup attempt.
Jody…
5 years ago
The Confederate Constitution (1861)
It’s March 11th. This day in 1861, the Confederate States of America ratifies its own constitution. It’s largely based on the United States constitut…
5 years ago
The Murder of Dr. Gunn (1993)
It’s March 9th. On this day in 1993, Dr. David Gunn was murdered outside the women’s clinic at which he worked by an anti-abortion protester.
Jody, N…
5 years ago
Know-Nothings Steal The Pope's Stone (1854)
It’s March 7th. On this day in 1854, vandals broke into the construction site at the Washington Monument, made off with the “Pope’s Stone,” and threw…
5 years ago
Florence Nightingale, Huge Nerd (1855) w/ Tim Harford
It’s March 4th. This day in 1855, a British sanitary commission arrived in Istanbul to inspect a field hospital where soldiers were dying at alarming…
5 years ago
The Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol (1971)
It’s March 2nd. This day, in 1971, the leftist group The Weather Underground carries out a bombing at the US Capitol.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss …
5 years ago
Sickles, American Weirdo (1859) w/ Wright Thompson
It’s February 28th. This day in 1859 (February 27th, actually) a New York representative named Daniel Sickles shot and killed Phillip Barton Key, the…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Canuck Letter and Muskie's Tears (1972)
It’s February 25th. This day in 1972, Democratic frontrunner Edmund Muskie of Maine was embroiled in a “scandal” that would ultimately sink his candi…
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The Polio Vaccine Arrives! (1954)
It’s February 23rd. This day in 1954, children in Pittsburgh began to receive vaccines as part of the first clinical trials for Dr Jonas Salk’s polio…
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Betty Friedan's Critique (1963) w/ Nichole Perkins
It’s February 21st. This day in 1963 (actually, it was the 19th), Betty Friedan published her enormously influential book “The Feminine Mystique.”
Jo…
5 years, 1 month ago