History Daily

October 10, 2014. Two years after being shot by a gunman, 17-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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October 9, 1967. After being captured by Special Forces in the mountains of Bolivia, the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is executed.

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October 8, 1871. A barn fire in Chicago, Illinois, sparks a conflagration that burns for more than a day and devastates the city.

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October 7, 1915. During World War One, British nurse Edith Cavell is put on trial for treason for helping hundreds of wounded Allied soldiers escape German territory. This episode originally aired in 2022.

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On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear the lore behind the legendary Mississippi bluesman, Robert Johnson, who supposedly sold his soul to the devil in order to play guitar so skillfully.

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October 4, 1927. The face of Mount Rushmore is transformed to make way for a gigantic carving of four American Presidents.

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October 3, 1849. American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances, the last time he is seen in public before his death. This episode originally aired in 2023.

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October 2nd, 1957. After a hot debate between filmmakers and the British military, the film The Bridge on the River Kwai makes waves. Based on the construction of the Burma Railway, former POWs and war artists lament the film’s inaccurate portrayal of events.

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October 1, 1964. The first Shinkansen high-speed train enters service between the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka.

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September 30, 1520. Suleiman the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and sets his sights on conquering Europe. This episode originally aired in 2022.

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