This Day In History

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to LA and becoming the LA Dodgers. On this day in 1957, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Walter O’Malley, agrees to move his team to Los Angeles. Also on this day in 1802, Washington, D.C....

Osama bin Laden was buried at sea within 24 hours of his death in accordance with Islamic tradition. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the death of Al-Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden. In 2011, Operation Neptune Spear was carried out by the United States special...

Adolf Hitler, along with wife Eva Braun, committed suicide on April 30, 1945. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand go back in time to tell us about Germany acknowledging the death of their leader, Adolf Hitler. In 1945, a German newsreader announces on Hamburg radio that Hitler has “fallen at...

Aurelius was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors.   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand help us celebrate the birthdays of Marcus Aurelius and Rudolf Hess. Aurelius, born in 121 AD, ruled the Roman Empire from 161 AD until his death nineteen years later. Rudolf Hess, a prominent Nazi...

The liberation brought an end to twenty years of a fascist dictatorship in Italy. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the “Liberation of Italy.” In 1945, Nazi army members surrender and leave Northern Italy after being forced out by the Italian resistance movement. Benito Mussolini is later captured...

The Armenian Genocide is the second-most studied case of genocide after the Holocaust.   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand take back to 1915 to mark the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. It is the arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul that sparks the Ottoman government’s...

The Loch Ness Monster is proven to be a hoax in 1999. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand take us on a trip through multiple infamous events throughout time. In 1918, German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen (a.k.a., The Red Baron) is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme. Plus, a picture...

The Columbine Massacre sparked debates over gun control, cliques, bullying, and subcultures. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand recount Hitler’s final trip to the earth’s surface. In 1945, Adolf Hitler made his final trip outside the Führerbunker to award Iron Crosses to the boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. Plus, 1999...

“D’oh!” On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the debut of a family we have all come to know and love, The Simpsons. In 1987, The Simpsons made their first appearance as a series of shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show. After three years on Ullman’s show, Matt...

“The Regulars are coming out.” On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about Paul Revere’s infamous ride, and the official opening of “The House that Ruth Built.” In 1775, Paul Revere joined William Dawes as they set out to warn the American patriots of the impending arrival of the...