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June 25, 1950: A Sunday Morning That Started the First Hot War of the Cold War
Season 1 Episode 26176
On June 25, 1950, North Korean tanks crossed the 38th parallel at 4:40 in the morning, and the Cold War turned hot for the first time.
What followed n…
3 months ago
June 24, 1717: Secrecy, Symbolism, and a Social Network That Ran the World
Season 1 Episode 26175
On June 24, 1717, four London lodges founded the first Grand Lodge of England at the Goose and Gridiron tavern, and modern Freemasonry was born.
What …
3 months, 1 week ago
June 23, 2016: Britain Votes Itself Out
Season 1 Episode 26174
On June 23, 2016, 51.9 percent of British voters chose to leave the European Union in a referendum that was legally advisory and politically irrevers…
3 months, 1 week ago
June 22, 1944: Government Writes a Check That Built the Middle Class
Season 1 Episode 26173
On June 22, 1944, sixteen days after D-Day, Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill.
It sent eight million vet…
3 months, 1 week ago
bsnsBloopers: They Built the Perfect Car… for Nobody
Season 1 Episode 26170
Research pointed one way, but customers moved another.
On September 4, 1957, Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel, a new brand positioned to captur…
3 months, 1 week ago
June 18, 1948: The Record That Changed What Music Could Be
Season 1 Episode 26169
On June 18, 1948, Columbia Records introduced the LP record at a press conference in New York, and the album era of popular music began.
The 33 1/3 rp…
3 months, 1 week ago
June 17, 1885: The Gift That Arrived in Pieces
Season 1 Episode 26168
On June 17, 1885, the French ship Isère sailed into New York Harbor carrying the Statue of Liberty in 214 crates with nowhere to stand.
Congress had r…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
June 16, 1930: The Name Above the Door
Season 1 Episode 26167
In the mid-1990s, the smell hit you before you were through the door. The music was louder than it needed to be, the lighting darker than any retaile…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
June 15, 1844: The Man Who Invented Everything Rubber and Died Broke
Season 1 Episode 26166
On June 3, 2025, three Goodyear Blimps flew over Akron, Ohio simultaneously to celebrate one hundred years of one of the most recognized brand names …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
bsnsBlooper: Grab the Wrong Tape and you’ll be Watching Nothing
Season 1 Episode 26163
The better product didn’t matter once the ecosystem moved the other way.
On June 12, 1975, Sony introduced the Betamax home video format, entering a m…
3 months, 2 weeks ago