This Day In History

Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison 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 Al Capone being convicted of income tax evasion. On this day in 1931, Alphonse Gabriel Capone is sentenced to 11 years in...

The widow of Louis XVI sees her last day 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 death of the widow of King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 14 October 1793, Marie Antoinette was...

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus dies on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Armand is joined by Eric, one of the hosts of the  Surreal Talk podcast, to tell us about the death of the Roman emperor, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who died at the age of 63...

SNL airs for the first time on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the first episode of NBC’s Saturday Night. The first episode of SNL, as it’s now called, would premiere on this day in 1975. That first episode was hosted by...

Chicago is left in ashes on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the Chicago Fire of 1871, also known as the Great Chicago Fire. On this day 146 years ago, Chicago is changed forever after a fire burns through the city for roughly two days....

Che sees his last day on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about controversial Argentine Marxist, Che Guevara. Che was a revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist that spent his life fighting against the spread of colonialism throughout Latin America. “The...

“The Jazz Singer” premiers on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us about the first feature length “talkie” film, The Jazz Singer. The movie premiered on this day at Warner Bros.‘ theater in New York City on this day in 1927. The film is considered...

The guys say happy birthday to Larry Fine on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand enjoy some of Larry Fine’s greatest comedy moments. Larry Fine, born Louis Feinberg on this day in 1902 in Philadelphia, has been most remembered for his role in The Three...

The Wikileaks.org domain name is registered on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us how Wikieleaks was launched on this day in 2006. The organization has since given an outlet for whistleblowers to post sensitive and classified political documents while keeping their identities...

O.J. Simpson is aquitted on this episode of This Day In History! On this episode of This Day In History, Tony and Armand tell us how the O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman on this day in 1995. The trial had viewers and listeners glued to their televisions...