This Day In History

Williams becomes the last Major League player to bat .400 in a season on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us how famous Red Sox player, Ted Williams, in the final day of the 1941 season gets six hits in eight at-bats which left him...

Albert Einstein’s paper containing E = mc2 is published on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about Einstein’s paper, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?, which contained the famous  E = mc2 equation.  In 1905, Einstein forever changed physics and and...

Stanislav Petrov prevents a nuclear holocaust on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand are back to tell us about the day Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant-colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, suspected the alarms he was receiving of a U.S. nuclear...

Super Mario Bros. resurrects the American video game industry on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the release of the revolutionary platform video game, Super Mario Bros. In 1985, Nintendo published Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System, launching...

Princess Diana’s death leaves millions heartbroken on this episode of This Day In History. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand discuss the bizarre and heartbreaking circumstances surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1997, a Mercedes-Benz S280 carrying Diana and Dodi Fayed crashed at the Place de l’Alma underpass...

Vladimir Lenin avoids a meeting with the “Grim Reaper” on this episode of This Day In History.   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand recall the attempted assassination of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. In 1918, Fanni Kaplan, a member of the Social Revolutionary party, shoots and seriously injures Lenin after giving...

We celebrate the life of Oliver Hardy on this episode of This Day In History. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the life and death of American actor and comedy legend, Oliver Hardy. In 1957, Hardy passed away at the age of 65 due to complications from...

Barack Obama turns 56 years young on this episode of This Day In History. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the birthday of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. In 1961, Barack Obama at Kapiʻolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, to his mother, Ann...

The “Black Sox Scandal” casts a pall over Major League Baseball on this episode of This Day In History.   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the ban of eight Chicago White Sox players after the “Black Sox Scandal” of 1919. In 1921, Major League Baseball Commissioner...

The Declaration of Independence frees the United States on this episode of This Day In History!   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence is signed by all parties concerned, justifying the independence of...