This Day In History

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand are back and ready to tell us more about American chess player and author, Bobby Fischer. Fischer, perhaps the greatest chess player of all-time, was born in Chicago, Illinois on this day in 1943. Also, we learn about the debut of the Barbie...

Davy Crockett, James Bowie, James Bonham, and William B. Travis perish at the Battle of the Alamo. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand take us back to 1836  with the Battle of the Alamo. After a thirteen-day siege, the Texas Revolution ends with over 3,000 Mexican troops capturing the fort,...

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand are here to discuss the historical happenings that have taken place on this day, throughout the annals of time. On this day in 1882, Italian businessman, Charles Ponzi is born. Ponzi is known for his fraudulent business dealings and investments, now known as a Ponzi...

Chamberlain played all 48 minutes and collected 25 rebounds during his 100-point performance. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand are here to tell us about the greatest basketball scoring performance in the history of the game. In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set a single-game scoring record by scoring 100 points for...

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand express their disgust with Titanic and the fact that on this day in 1998, it became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. Although this film gained lots of popularity, the guys have never been able to get behind it. On this day...

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand dive into the discovery of DNA as being a double helix structure. On this day in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announce to their friends they have discovered what the structure of DNA actually looks like. Their formal announcement of the double helix...

On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us how the fire at the Reichstag in 1933 helped the Nazi Party gain a foothold in rising to power in Germany. A young Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and sentenced to death for starting the fire which was then used as evidence...

On this episode of This Day in History, Tony and Armand are here to discuss the historical events, births, and deaths that have taken place on this throughout the annals of time. On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress that establishes the Grand Canyon as a National Park. Today,...

On this episode of This Day in History, Tony and Armand are here to discuss the historical events, births, and deaths that have taken place on this throughout the annals of time. On this day in 1932, Austrian born, Adolph Hitler, obtains German citizenship by naturalization which allows him to run in the 1932 presidential...

On this episode of This Day in History, Tony and Armand are here to tell us about the historical events, births, and deaths that have taken place on this day in history. On this day in 1803, the Supreme Court decides the case of Marbury v. Madison, in which the principle of judicial review is established under Article III of...