Imagine going to a foreign country and finding out that your money was no good there... on THIS DAY, January 1st with Chris Conley.

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Sometimes even big-name actors have more flops than hits... on THIS DAY, December 31st with Chris Conley.

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The United States was involved in a land deal -- nearly as big as the Louisiana Purchase -- on THIS DAY, December 30th with Chris Conley.

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln did not go as planned. Two others were supposed to be killed... on THIS DAY, December 29th with Chris Conley.

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There was no such thing as morning television in the UK until the 1980s. That would change on THIS DAY, December 28th with Chris Conley.

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At the end of Wolrd War II, the great cities of Europe were in ruin. Who would rebuild them? On THIS DAY, December 27th with Chris Conley.

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Many of the earliest TV shows were radio dramas first... and some didn't translate well to the screen, on THIS DAY, December 26th with Chris Conley.

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Santa is a ripe, jolly old elf. He wasn't always that way, on THIS DAY, December 25th with Chris Conley.

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Usually ministers write about the biblical Jesus, not Santa Claus, on THIS DAY, December 24th with Chris Conley.

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Some soldiers from the Continental Army complained they hadn't been paid for fighting in the Revolutionary War. They took their complaints to Congress on THIS DAY, December 23rd with Chris Conley.

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