The Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10th, 1948. Following the horrors of WWII, the UN General Assembly votes in favour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
17m Dec 10, 2021
17m
Smallpox: The Speckled Monster - Original
December 9, 1979. A commission of scientists declare that the scourge of the world – the infectious and deadly virus smallpox - has been eradicated.
18m Dec 09, 2021
18m
President Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy Speech
December 8th, 1941. President Franklin D, Roosevelt delivers his “Infamy” speech.
16m Dec 08, 2021
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor - Original
December 7th, 1941. The Imperial Japanese Navy launches its attack on Pearl Harbor.
15m Dec 07, 2021
15m
The Japanese Plan Pearl Harbor
December 6th, 1941. The Japanese Navy prepares for an airstrike against the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor.
15m Dec 06, 2021
15m
The Bhopal Disaster - Original
December 3, 1984. The city of Bhopal in central India suffers the worst industrial accident in history.
16m Dec 03, 2021
16m
The Start of the Cuban Revolution - Original
December 2, 1956. Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro launches the Cuban Revolution.
15m Dec 02, 2021
15m
Rosa Parks Makes a Stand - Original
December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
18m Dec 01, 2021
18m
Bonnie & Clyde’s First Robbery - Original
November 30th, 1932. The infamous outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, rob their first bank.
16m Nov 30, 2021
16m
The Sand Creek Massacre - Original
November 29, 1864. A peaceful Native American settlement is ambushed by US soldiers, whose indiscriminate slaughter of women and children will spark a decade of war on the Great Plains.
16m Nov 29, 2021
16m
Washington’s Thanksgiving - Rerun
November 26, 1789. President George Washington hopes to unite his bickering new country with a first national Thanksgiving holiday.
18m Nov 26, 2021
18m
The Coronation of Elizabeth of York
November 25, 1487. Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
15m Nov 25, 2021
15m
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper - Original
November 24th, 1971. An unidentified man hijacks a Boeing 747 and extorts $200,000 of ransom money before parachuting to an uncertain fate over Washington State.
15m Nov 24, 2021
15m
Stranded at Sea
November 23, 1942. Merchant sailor Poon Lim’s ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat, leaving him – the only survivor – stranded in a life raft for 133 days.
17m Nov 23, 2021
17m
The Assassination of JFK - Original
November 22, 1963. President John F Kennedy is assassinated as he drives in a motorcade through downtown Dallas, Texas.
17m Nov 22, 2021
17m
The Gettysburg Address - Original
November 19, 1863. In the midst of a bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most famous speeches in American History.
16m Nov 19, 2021
16m
The Jonestown Massacre - Original
November 18, 1978. Cult leader Jim Jones leads 918 members of the Peoples Temple in a mass suicide.
15m Nov 18, 2021
15m
The Treason Trial of Sir Walter Raleigh
November 17, 1603. Sir Walter Raleigh, the swashbuckling Renaissance man, stands trial for treason.
14m Nov 17, 2021
14m
The Pirate Trial of 1720
November 16, 1720. The trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham begin in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
15m Nov 16, 2021
15m
Winston Churchill is Captured
November 15, 1899. During the Second Boer War, Winston Churchill is captured and made a prisoner of war.
15m Nov 15, 2021
15m
Japan’s Dictator on Trial - Original
November 12th, 1947. The notorious Hideki Tojo, General of the Imperial Japanese Army, is put on trial for war crimes.
16m Nov 12, 2021
16m
The Signing of the World War One Armistice - Original
November 11th, 1918. World War One comes to an end when an armistice agreement is signed by the Germans and the Allies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15m Nov 11, 2021
15m
Walt Disney the Spy
November 10th, 1940. Walt Disney is recruited as an informer for the FBI.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15m Nov 10, 2021
15m
Jack the Ripper’s Last Victim - Original
November 9th, 1888. A London landlord finds the body of Jack the Ripper's final victim: the mysterious Mary Jane Kelly.
14m Nov 09, 2021
14m
Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch - Original
November 8th, 1923. A young demagogue named Adolf Hitler attempts to overthrow the Bavarian Government in what will become known as the Beer Hall Putsch.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16m Nov 08, 2021
16m
The Vote of Susan B. Anthony
November 5, 1872. American suffragist Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15m Nov 05, 2021
15m
Discovering Tutankhamun - Original
November 4, 1922. British archeologist Howard Carter discovers the tomb of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh, Tutankhamun.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16m Nov 04, 2021
16m
Laika, the Space Dog - Original
November 3, 1957. In the midst of the Space Race, a stray Russian mutt named Laika rides a rocket into history. Learn more about your ad choices.
16m Nov 03, 2021
16m
The Spruce Goose Takes Flight
November 2, 1947. American aviator Howard Hughes risks his life and reputation by taking to the skies in the largest aircraft ever built: the Spruce Goose.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15m Nov 02, 2021
15m
The First Day of the White House
November 1, 1800. President John Adams moves into the newly completed White House.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15m Nov 01, 2021
15m
History Daily Trailer
On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday beginning November 1st—the same day President John Adams first moved into the White House—we’ll bring you a slice of the history that happened that day. Whether it’s to remember the tragedy of December 7th, 1941, the day “that will live in infamy,” or to celebrate that 20th day in July, 1969, when mankind reached the moon, History Daily is t...
2m Sep 11, 2021
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