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June 29, 2007: A Phone That Killed Several Industries at Once
Season 1 Episode 26180
On June 29, 2007, Apple released the first iPhone to people who had been camping outside stores for days.
Nokia controlled 51 percent of the global ph…
9 hours ago
bsnsBlooper: Wait. Toothpaste Flavored Lasagna or Lasagna Flavored Toothpaste?
Season 1 Episode 26177
The brand meant something customers wouldn’t let go of.
In the 1960s, Colgate-Palmolive explored expanding beyond oral care into food products, testin…
3 days, 9 hours ago
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…
4 days, 9 hours 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 …
5 days, 9 hours 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…
6 days, 9 hours 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…
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…
1 week, 3 days 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…
1 week, 4 days 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…
1 week, 5 days 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…
1 week, 6 days ago