This Day In History

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand celebrate the birthday of the hall of fame baseball player and quote machine, Yogi Berra. On this day in 1925, Berra was born Lorenzo Pietro Berra in St. Louis, Missouri to Italian immigrants Pietro and Paolina Berra. Plus,...

The Knights Templar trials lasted nearly seven years. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us more about the executions of members of the Knights Templar. In 1310, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar were burned at the stake as heretics following trials overseen by the Archbishop of Sens, Philippe de...

“Rock Around the Clock” was the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.   On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about America’s introduction to J. Edgar Hoover. In 1924, Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and becomes a...

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...

Muhammad Ali was quickly stripped of his championship and boxing license. On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us more about William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid. In 1881, Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico, and killed two sheriff’s deputies...

Operation Moolah has been replicated multiple times… On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about Operation Moolah and the superior ability of the MiG-15. In 1953, the United States Air Force enacted the operation and offered $50,000 to any Communist pilot defecting to South Korea with a fully mission-capable...

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...