On This Day Podcast

A show announcement!, the Salem Witch Trials begin, and the bombing of the US Capitol Building...On This Day

Scientists at DuPont create nylon, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated, ATF agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX, and Pope Benedict XVI steps down...On This Day

Polite People Day in Russia, the Reichstag Building is set on fire, and the standoff at Wounded Knee...On This Day

Napoleon escapes his island exile on Elba, Rogue trader Nick Leeson brings the 233 year old Barings Bank to its knees, and Levis Strauss...On This Day

The Battle of Los Angeles, and Jim Backus…On This Day

Marbury v. Madison establishes the precedent of judicial review, Larry Flynt & Jerry Falwell go to court over the 1st Amendment, and Steve Jobs...On This Day

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, US Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima, the first mass inoculation of children with the Polio Vaccine, and the start of the Persian Gulf ground war…all On This Day!

Samuel Byck tries to fly a plane into the White House, the Miracle On Ice, and Don Pardo...On This Day

The Washington Monument, Edwin Land & the Instant Camera, and the assassination of Malcolm X...On This Day

The Unabomber