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This Week in History features a collaboration of interesting, important and notable human interest stories, historic and current events; some momentous and some not so momentous, from modern day to ancient history.
Episode NotesAnnette Roe reads This Week In History
5/27 - 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge opens. 5/28 - 1935 - Steinbeck publishes Tortilla Flat. 5/29 - 2003 - Bob Hope celebrates his 100th birthday. 5/30 - 1806 - President Jackson kills a man in a duel. 5/31 - 1859 - Big Bens rings for the first time. 6/1 - 1968 - Helen Keller dies. 6/2 - 1886 - Grover Cleveland marries in the White House.
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Episode NotesAnnette Roe reads This Week in History
5/20 - 1873 - The Patent for Blue Jeans. 5/21 - 1881 - The American Red Cross is founded. 5/22 - 1972 - President Nixon arrives in Moscow. 5/23 - 1960 - A deadly tsunami hits Hilo Hawaii. 5/24 - 1883 - The Brooklyn bridge opens. 5/25 - 1961 - JFK asks Congress to support the space program. 5/26 - 1897 - Dracula goes on sale in London.
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Episode Notes5/13 - 1846 - The US Congress declares war on Mexico. 5/14 - 1948 - The State of Israel is proclaimed. 5/15 - 2009 - GE finally cleans up the Hudson River. 5/16 - 1980 - Magic Johnson plays basketball as a rookie. 5/17 - 1885 - Geronimo flees Arizona for the second time. 5/18 - 1980 - Mt. St. Helens Erupts. 5/19 - 1864 - President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of spouses and children.
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Episode Notes5/6 - 1940 - Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath. 5/7 - 1965 - Satisfaction comes to Keith Richards in his sleep. 5/8 - 1973 - The American Indian Movement. 5/9 - 1914 - Woodrow Wilson establishes the first national Mother's Day. 5/10 - 1869 - The Transcontinental Railroad is completed. 5/11 - 1947 - Goodrich Announces the development of the tubeless tire. 5/12 - 1963 - Bob Dillon walks out on the Ed Sullivan show.
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Episode Notes4/29 - 2004 - The WW2 monument opens in DC. 4/30 - 1997 - The Big Ben clock stops! 5/1 - 1955 - Babe Didrickson Zaharias wins the final LPGA tournament of her career. 5/2 - 1933 - The Loch Ness Monster sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend. 5/3 - 1933 - Funk Master James Brown is born. 5/4 - 1959 - Ella Fitzgerald becomes the first black woman to win a grammy. 5/5 - 1921 - Chanel perfume launches.
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Episode NotesThis Week in History
4/22 - 1992 - Sewers Explode in Guadalajara4/23 - 1954 - Hank Aaron hits the first home run of his MLB career4/24 - 1800 - The Library of Congress is established4/25 - 1974 - The NFL adopts new overtime rule4/26 - 1977 - Studio 54 opens4/27 - 1994 - South Africa holds first multiracial elections4/28 - 1967 - Muhammed Ali refuses Army induction
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Episode Notes4/15 - 1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier. 4/16 - 1943 - LSD is discovered. 4/17 - 1970 - Apollo 13 safely returns to Earth. 4/18 - 1956 - Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco marry. 4/19 - 1897 - The First Boston Marathon is held. 4/20 - 1777 - New York adopts a state constitution. 4/21 - 1895 - The first movie projector is demonstrated in the United States.
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Episode Notes4/8 - 1974 - Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record. 4/9 - 1962 - Rita Moreno wins an Oscar. 4/10 - 1866 - The ASPCA is founded. 4/11 - 1977 - President Jimmy Carter's White House Easter Egg Roll. 4/12 - 1954 - Rock Around the Clock is recorded. 4/13 - 1742 - Handel's Messiah premiers in Dublin. 4/14 - 1865 - John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln.
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Episode Notes4/1 - 1700 - An April Fool’s Day tradition is popularized. 4/2 - 1917 - Rankin in the first woman ever elected to US Congress. 4/3 - 1860 - The Pony Express debuts. 4/4 - 1975 - Microsoft is founded. 4/5 - 1933 - FDR establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps. 4/6 - 1968 - 2001 A Space Odyssey debuts. 4/7 - 1970 - John Wayne wins his first Academy Award for True Grit.
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Episode Notes3/25/2001 - Bjork makes a splash at the Oscars. 3/26/1804 - President Jefferson is presented with "the mammoth loaf". 3/27/1973 - Brando declines the Academy Award for The Godfather. 3/28/1979 - A nuclear disaster at 3 Mile Island. 3/29/1929 - President Hoover has a telephone installed in the White House Oval Office. 3/30/1955 - The First Asian American to win an Academy Award. 3/31/1889 - The Eiffel Tower opens.
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Episode NotesThis Week in History
3/18 1911 This biggest pop song in the early 20th century
3/19 1931 The State of Nevada legalizes gambling
3/20 1854 The Republican Party is Established
3/21 1963 Alcatraz prison closes its doors
3/22 1972 The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the US Senate
3/23 1998 The Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards
3/24 1989 The Exxon Valdez runs aground
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Episode NotesMonday, 3/11/2009, Toyota sells its 1M gas-electric hybrid car. Tuesday, 3/12/1894, Coca-Cola is sold in glass bottles for the first time. Wednesday, 3/13/1942, The US Army launches the Canine Corps. Thursday, 3/14/1958, Perry Como gets a gold record for Catch a Falling Star. Friday, 3/15/1869, Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team. Saturday, 3/16/1802, The US Military Academy is established by Congress. Sunday, 3/17/461, St. Patrick Dies!
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Episode NotesMonday, 3/4/2004, Mianne Bagger of Denmark becomes the first transgender athlete to play in a pro golf tournament. Tuesday, 3/5/1963, The Hula Hoop is patented. Wednesday, 3/6/1899, Bayer patents the aspirin. Thursday, 3/7/1876, The telephone is patented. Friday, 3/8/1950, The VW Bus, an icon of the counterculture movement, goes into production. Saturday, 3/9/1959, The Barbie doll makes its debut. Sunday, 3/10/1876, First discernable speech is transmitted by telephone.
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Episode NotesThis Week in History - 2/26-3/3 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA
2/26 - 1919 - Two National Parks are Preserved
2/27 - 1922 - The Supreme Court defends Women's voting rights
2/28 - 1982 - The Getty Museum is endowed
2/29 - 1980 - Buddy Hollie's spectacles are found
3/1 - 1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
3/2 - 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's body is stolen
3/3 - 1887 - Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan "The Miracle Worker"
Episode NotesThis Week in History - 2/19-2/25 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA2/19The Donner Party is RescuedJohn Glenn Jr. the first American to orbit earthButton wins a second Olympic Gold medalGeorge Washington is bornGuthrie writes of the American West - This Land in Your LandAlamo defenders call for helpThe Passion of the Christ opens in theaters
Episode NotesThis Week in History - 2/12-2/18 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLARhapsody in Blue is performed for the first time!Herman Mayer's dramatic crash in the OlympicsSt. Valentine is beheadedThe first Teddy Bear goes on saleThe tomb of King Tut is openedMadam Butterfly appearsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published
Episode NotesThis Week in History - 2/5-2/11 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLAUnited Artists is createdOf Mice and Men is publishedA Navy Captain becomes the first human to walk in space untetheredNicholsen's road rage with a golf clubDaylight Saving time is institutedGrand Master Chess player Kasparov loses to the Big Blue computerSacajawea gives birth to her first child
Episode NotesThis Week in History - 1/29-2/4 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLAPeter Paul and Mary sign their first music contractThe Lone Ranger Debuts on Detroit radioThe First McDonald's opens in the Soviet UnionThe Oxford Dictionary debutsJames Joyce is bornGonzales becomes the first Hispanic US Attorney GeneralFacebook launches
Episode NotesThis Week in History - January 22 thru January 28 - Read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA
Episode NotesRagtime wins the National Book Critics award
Apple Launches a media player called iTunes
AOL Time Warner was formed
Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California
Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the Senate
The Pope Recognizes The Knights Templar
FDR Becomes the first president to travel by airplane on official business
Read by Annette Morales Roe - AIRSLA
Episode Notes1/11818Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published1/22009A Rare Bugatti is found in a British garage1/31987The rock and roll hall of fame inducts its first woman1/41999The Euro Debuts1/51920The New York Yankees announce the purchase of Babe Ruth1/61975Led Zepplin fans trash the Boston Garden1/71950Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on the US Pop Charts
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Episode Notes for This Week in History12/41783Future President George Washington Bids farewell to his officers12/51945An aircraft disappears in the Bermuda Triangle12/61969Murder at the Altamont12/71941Air Raid on Pearl Harbor12/81941The Presidents Address and Declaration of War12/91979Smallpox officially eradicated12/101690The first paper currency is issued
Episode Notes for This Week in History11/271582Shakespear marries Anne Hathaway11/281925The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting11/291942Coffee Rationing begins11/301974Elton John's greatest hits reaches the top of charts12/11990The Chunnel Makes a breakthrough12/22001Enron files for bankruptcy protection12/31947A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway
Episode Notes for This Week in History11/201820An American Vessel is attacked by a Whale!11/211934Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater11/221963Assassination of a President in Dallas Texas11/231992The IBM Simon is Introduced11/241971DB Cooper parachutes out of a plane11/251949The song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer makes the music charts11/261941FDR Establishes the modern-day Thanksgiving Day holiday
Episode Notes for This Week in History12/181912The Piltdown man is discovered12/191843A Christmas Carole is published12/201957Elvis Presley is drafted12/211970President Nixon Meets Elvis!12/221808The Fifth Symphony is presented in Vienna12/231888Vincent chops off his ear12/241923The First National Christmas Tree is lit with electric lights
Episode Notes for This Week in History12/111872Buffalo Bill Coty makes his first stage appearance12/121913The Stolen Mona Lisa is recovered in a Florence hotel room12/132000The Texas 7 Prison Break12/141900The Birth of the Quantum Theory12/151944Captain and Band Leader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel12/161773The Boston Tea Party12/171979The Sound Barrier is Broken
Episode Notes for This Week in History12/256Christ is Born?12/261946The Flamingo Hotel opens by a mobster12/271941Automobile tires are rationed12/281869America's first Labor Day12/291845Texas Enters the Union12/301968Led Zepplin records for the very first time12/311961Kennedy and Khruschev exchange holiday wishes
Episode Notes for This Week in History10/161847Charlotte Bronte publishes an immediate success10/171906A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery10/181968Lennon and Ono are arrested10/191987Black Monday10/201947Congress investigates Hollywood10/211959The Guggenheim museum opens in New York City10/221962JFK's shocking address about Cuba
Episode Notes for This Week in History11/61917Bolsheviks revolt!11/71989Two African American Firsts in Politics11/81994Proposition 187 is approved11/91990Willie Nelson's assets are ceased by the IRS11/101969Sesame Street Debuts!11/111978The General Lee makes TV History with a car Jump!11/121864The Destruction of Atlanta Begins!
Episode Notes11/132020The First Female Major League Baseball General Manager11/141851Melville publishes Moby Dick11/151956Elvis makes his movie debut11/161959The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway11/171968The NFL Football game is cut short to air a popularchildren’s story11/181883US Railroads create the first continental time zones11/191975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opens in theaters
Episode Notes for This Week in History10/301938War of the Worlds broadcast10/311926Harry Houdini dies11/11800John Adams moves into the White House11/21986Greta wins her 8th New York City Marathon11/31948A Newspaper makes a mistake11/41922The Entrance to King Tut's tomb is discovered11/51605King James the 1st, learns about "The gun powder plot"
Episode Notes10/231993Joe Carter wins the World Series in the 9th inning!10/241901Annie Taylor becomes the first person over Niagara Falls in a barrel10/251853Native Americans Attack10/261881Shoot out at the OK Corral10/271904NYC subway opens10/281919Congress enforces prohibition10/291998John Glenn returns to space
Episode Notes10/91974German businessman Oscar Schindler dies10/101935The First Great American Opera appears on Broadway10/112002Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize10/121492Italian explorer Columbus reaches the New World10/132010Chilean miners rescued after 69 days under ground10/141947Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier10/151965Students stage Draft Card burning demonstrations in the United States
Episode Notes10/21944Warsaw uprising ends!10/31895The Red Badge of Courage is published10/41861President Lincoln Observes a Balloon demonstration10/51892The Dalton Gang is Wiped out10/61683The First Mennonites arrive in America10/71985Woodward becomes the first Female player for the Harlem Globe Trotters10/81957Jerry Lee Lewis records Great Balls of Fire
Episode Notes for This Week in History 9/4 1951 Truman makes his first Trans Continental television broadcast 9/5 1958 Dr. Zhivago published in the United States 9/6 1915 The First Tank "Little Willie" is produced 9/7 1813 The United States is Nicknamed "Uncle Sam" 9/8 1965 The Delano Grape Strike begins 9/9 1850 California becomes the 31st state in record time! 9/10 1608 John Smith is elected to lead Jamestown Virginia
Episode Notes for This Week In History 9/11 1851 The Christiana Riot 9/12 1993 The New Floating bridge opens in Seattle 9/13 1963 Mary Kay launches her namesake company 9/14 1964 John Steinbeck is awarded the US Medal of Freedom 9/15 1858 The First transcontinental US mail service begins! 9/16 1940 The United States imposes the Draft 9/17 1976 Nasa unveils its first space shuttle
Episode Notes for This Week in History8/2818693 Leave Powells' Expedition8/291876Charles Kettering is born8/301980Christopher Cross Hit ballad "Sailing" hits the top of the charts8/311955William Cobb demonstrates the world's first solar power car9/11985The Wreck of the RMS Titanic is found9/22013Diana Nyad the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida9/31783The Treaty of Paris is signed - America is a free nation!
Episode Notes for This Week in History8/211920It's Christopher Robbins Birthday!8/221864The International Red Cross is founded8/231989Pete Rose gets booted from baseball8/242006Pluto is demoted in Prague8/251835The Great Moon Hoax is published8/261939The First Major League baseball game is televised8/271883Krakatoa explodes!
Episode Notes for This Week in History 8/14 2003 A blackout hits the Northeastern United States 8/15 1969 The Woodstock Music Festival opens in Bethel New York 8/16 2009 Usain Bolt sets a 100 meter dash world record 8/17 1969 The Woodstock Music Festival concludes 8/18 1931 The Yangtze River peaks in China 8/19 1964 The Beatles kick off their first tour in San Francisco 8/20 1945 A 17 year old becomes the youngest to hit a Major League home run
Episode Notes for This Week in History 8/7 1782 George Washington creates the purple heart 8/8 1988 The Lights go on at Wrigley 8/9 2010 Jet Blue Flight Attendant quits his job via airplane escape slide 8/10 1945 Japan accepts Potsdam terms and agrees to unconditional surrender 8/11 1984 Reagan jokes about bombing Russia 8/12 1990 The Skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex is discovered 8/13 1981 Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA)
Episode Notes for This Week in History 7/31 1964 Ranger 7 Photographs the Moon 8/1 1943 Operation Tidal Wave 8/2 1945 The Potsdam conference concludes 8/3 1958 The Nautilus submarine travels under the North Pole 8/4 1753 George Washington becomes a Master Mason 8/5 1861 Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax 8/6 1996 Researchers claim Martian life in meteorite
Episode Notes for This Week in History 7/24 1911 American Archeologist encounters Machu Picchu ruins 7/25 1965 Dylan goes electric 7/26 1931 Midwestern crops vs grasshoppers 7/27 1949 The first commercial jet makes a test flight 7/28 1945 A Plane crashes into the Empire State Building 7/29 1996 At age 35, Carl Lewis wins 4th consecutive long jump 7/30 1965 President Johnson signs Medicare into law
Episode Notes for This Week in History 7/17 1955 Disneyland Opens 7/18 1986 Video of Titanic wreckage released 7/19 1943 America Bombs Rome 7/20 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon 7/21 1899 Earnest Hemingway is born 7/22 2005 March of the Penguins debuts 7/23 1878 Black Bart Strikes again!
Episode Notes 7/10 2018 Thai Soccer team rescued from a cave 7/11 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is published 7/12 1979 Disco music is dealt a death blow by Chicago White Sox fans 7/13 1978 Henry Ford II fires Lee Iacocca 7/14 1099 Jerusalem captured in the First Crusade 7/15 1978 A 2,800-mile-long walk for Native American justice concludes in Washington DC 7/16 1995 Amazon opens for business
Episode Notes for This Week in History 7/3 1890 Idaho becomes the 43rd state 7/4 1997 The Pathfinder lands on Mars 7/5 1946 The Bikini is introduced 7/6 1994 Forrest Gump opens and wins Tom Hanks a second Oscar 7/7 1930 The building of Hoover Dam begins 7/8 1776 The Liberty Bell tolls to announce the Declaration of Independence 7/9 2000 Venus Williams wins her first Wimbledon
Episode Notes 6/26 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opens 6/27 1939 Famous scene from "Gone with the Wind" is filmed 6/28 1997 Mike Tyson bites ears 6/29 1967 The Rolling Stones fight the law, and the law won! 6/30 1936 Gone with the Wind is published 7/1 1997 Hong Kong is returned to China 7/2 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears
Episode Notes for This Week in History 6/19 2006 Construction on the Global Seed Vault begins 6/20 1969 Buzz Aldren takes holy communion on the moon 6/21 1965 The Folk Rock revolution is on! 6/22 2001 Blockbuster hit movie "The Fast and the Furious" is released 6/23 2013 Wallenda makes the Grand Canyon crossing on a high wire 6/24 1997 U.S. Airforce reports on Roswell 6/25 1956 Last Packard - The classic American luxury car produced
Episode Notes for This Week in History 6/12 1920 Big Red sets record at Belmont Stakes 6/13 1966 Miranda rights are established 6/14 1951 Univac, the first commercially produced digital computer is dedicated 6/15 1300 Dante is named Prior of Florence 6/16 1884 American opens its first Roller Coaster 6/17 1876 Native Americans score a victory at the Battle of the Rosebud 6/18 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
Episode Notes for This Week in History6/51956Elvis Rocks the Milton Berle Show6/61933The First Drive in movie theater opens6/71962Switzerland welcomes the first drive through bank6/81949George Orwell's 1984 is published6/91954Have you no sense of decency?, Senator McCarthy is asked in a hearing6/102002A Donut thief is arrested6/111982ET The Extraterrestrial is released
Episode Notes for This Week in History5/11955Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the final LPGA tournament of her career5/21933The Loch Ness Monster sighted for the first time, igniting modern legend5/31933Funk Master James Brown is born5/41959Ella Fitzgerald becomes the first black woman to win a grammy5/51921Chanel perfume launches5/61940Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath5/71965“Satisfaction” comes to Keith Richards in his sleep
Episode Notes for This Week in History241800The Library of Congress is established4/251974The NFL adopts new overtime rule4/261977Studio 54 opens4/271994 South Africa holds first multifacial elections4/281967 Muhammed Ali refuses Army induction4/292004The World War II Monument opens in DC4/30 1997The Big Ben clock stops!
Episode Notes for This Week in History3/201854The Republican party is founded3/211963Alcatraz Closes its doors3/221972The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress3/231998Titanic wins 11 academy awards3/241989The Exxon Valdez crashes3/252001Icelandic Pop Singer Bjork makes a splash3/261804President Jefferson and a loaf of bread
Episode Notes3/131965Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds3/141879Albert Einstein Is born3/151869Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team3/161850The Scarlet letter is published3/17461St. Patrick Dies3/181852Wells and Fargo starts a shipping and banking company3/191931Nevada Legalizes Gambling
Episode Notes for Thhis Week in History3/61899Bayer patents aspirin3/71923Stopping by woods on a snowy evening is published3/81950VW Bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production3/91959The Barbie doll makes its debut3/101926First Book of the Month Club selection is published3/111959A Raisin in the Sun debuts on Broadway3/121894Coca-Cola sold in glass bottles for the first time
Episode Notes for This Week in History2/271922Supreme Court defends women's voting rights2/281982The Getty Museum is endowed3/11961President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps3/21978Grave Robbers steal Charlie Chaplin's body3/31887Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan, her teacher and miracle worker3/42004Mianne Bagger becomes first transgender athlete to play a pro golf tournament3/51963The Hula Hoop is patented
Episode Notes for This Week in History2/201792The Postal Service Act regulates the US post Office Department2/211961Rockefeller imposter and felon is born2/222006A Gang commits the largest robbery in British history2/231954Children receive the first polio vaccine2/241988The Supreme Court defends the right to satirize public figures2/252004The Passion of the Christ opens in the United States2/261929The Grand Teton National Park is established
Episode Notes for This Week in Historyf 2/131633Galileo arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy2/141886The First Trainload of Oranges leaves Los Angeles2/151950Disney's Cinderella opens in theaters2/161878Silver Dollars are made legal2/171972A Beetle overtakes the Model T2/181929The First Academy Awards Announced2/191847The Donner Party is Rescued
Episode Notes for This Week in History2/61937Of Mice and Men is published2/71964The Beatles arrive in New York2/81943Americans secure Guadalcanal2/91971Satchel Paige nominated to the Baseball Hall of Fame2/101972Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut2/112020The WHO officially names novel coronavirus disease COVID2/121924George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is performed for the first time
Episode Notes for This Week in History1/301933The Lone Ranger Debuts on Detroit radio1/311990The First McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union2/11884The Oxford Dictionary debuts2/21882James Joyce is born2/32005Gonzales becomes the first Hispanic US Attorney General2/42004Facebook launches2/51919United Artists is created
Episode Notes1/231957Toy Company Wham-O produces first Frisbees 1/241935The First Canned Beer goes on Sale 1/251905The World's Largest Diamond is found 1/261788British settlement begins in Australia 1/271945Auschwitz is liberated 1/281985Music stars gather to record "We are the World" 1/291936US Baseball Hall of Fame Elects its first members Annette Roe
Episode Notes for This Week in History1/161605Groundbreaking Novel Don Quixote is published1/171994Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of Sexual harassment1/182009GM Auctions of historic cars1/191809Edgar Allan Poe is born1/201971Marvin Gaye's hit single "What's Going On?" is released1/211910US Immigration Station Angel Island opens in the San Francisco Bay1/222003Hispanics are officially declared the largest minority group in the US
Episode Notes for This Week in Historyf1/92001Apple Launches Itunes1/102000AOL Time Warner was Formed1/111935Amelia Earhart flys from Hawaii to California1/121932Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate1/131128The Pope Recognizes Knights Templar1/141943FDR Becomes the first president to travel by airplane on official business1/151870The First appearance of the Democratic Donkey
Episode Notes for This Week in History12/191943A Christmas Carol is Published12/201957Elvis Presley is drafted12/211970President Nixon meets Elvis12/221808Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Given world premiere in Vienna12/231888Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear12/241923President Coolidge lights first national Christmas Tree12/256Christ is born?
Episode Notes for This Week in History1/22009A Rare Bugatti is found in a british garage1/31987The rock and roll hall of fame inducts its first woman1/41999The Euro Debuts1/51920The New York Yankees announce the purchase of Babe Ruth1/61975Led Zepplin fans trash the Boston Garden1/71950Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on US pop charts1/81976Ragtime wins the National Critic Book Circle Award
Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/12 1913 Stolen Mona Lisa recovered in Florence 12/13 2000 The Texas Seven Prison Break 12/14 1900 The Birth of the Quantum Theory 12/15 1944 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel 12/16 1773 The Boston Tea party 12/17 1979 Stuntman Stan Barrett breaks the sound barrier 12/18 1912 Fradulent "Piltdown Man" fossil discovered
Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/5 1945 Aircraft squadron disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 12/6 1884 The Washington Monument is completed 12/7 1988 Earthquakes wreak havoc on Armenia 12/8 1993 NAFTA is signed into law 12/9 1917 Jerusalem surrenders to British Troops 12/10 1690 The First Paper currency is issued in the colonies 12/11 1978 Millions stolen from JFK Airport
Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/28 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 11/29 1942 Coffee rationing begins 11/30 1974 Elton John's Greatest Hits reaches #1 12/1 1990 The Chunnel makes a breakthrough 12/2 2001 Enron Files for Bankruptcy 12/3 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway 12/4 1783 George Washington bids farewell to his officers
Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/21 1934 Ella Wins Amateur Night at the Apollo 11/22 1986 Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history 11/23 1959 The Birdman of Alcatraz is allowed a taste of freedom 11/24 1971 DB Cooper parachutes out of a plane 11/25 1990 The Murrow Bridge sinks 11/26 1941 FDR Establishes the modern Thanksgiving holiday 11/27 2005 Aerosmith and 50 Cent Headline a 10M bat mitzvah
Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/14 1851 Herman Melville publishes Moby Dick 11/15 1956 Elvis makes his movie debut in Love Me Tender 11/16 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway 11/17 1968 The Football game is cut off to air the movie "Heidi' – TV Viewers are outraged! 11/18 1883 The First Time Zones are created by Railroads 11/19 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opens in Theaters 11/20 1820 An American Vessel sunk by a sperm whale
Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/7 1989 Two African American Firsts in politics 11//8 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California 11/9 1990 Willie Nelson's assets are seized by the IRS 11/10 1969 Sesame Street debuts 11/11 1978 The Dukes of Hazzard makes TV History with a car jump 11/12 1864 The Destruction of Atlanta Begins 11/13 2020 Kim Ng Named the First Female Major League GM
Episode Notes for This Week in History f 10/31 1926 Celebrated Magician Harry Houdini Dies 11/1 1800 Adams moves into the White House 11/2 1986 Grete Waitz wins her 8th New York City Marathon 11/3 1948 Newspaper mistakenly declares "Dewey Defeats Truman" 11/4 1922 Entrance to King Tuts tomb is discovered 11/5 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder plot 11/6 19917 The Bolsheviks revolt
Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/24 1969 Burton buys Taylor a diamond 10/25 1929 Cabinet member found guilty in the Teapot dome scandal 10/26 1984 Infant receives a baboon heart 10/27 1873 Glidden applies for a patent 10/28 1905 George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is performed in New York 10/29 1858 The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver Colorado 10/30 1974 Muhammad Ali wins Rumble in the Jungle
Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/17 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers into a robbery 10/18 1968 Lennon and Ono are arrested 10/19 1987 Black Monday --- The Stock markets have the largest one day crash ever 10/20 1947 Congress investigates Hollywood 10/21 1959 The Guggenheim museum opens in New York city 10/22 1962 John F Kennedy's address shocks the nation 10/23 1993 Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter Wins the World Series in the 9th
Episode Notes for This Week in History 9/26 1960 The First televised presidential debate 9/27 1869 Sheriff Wild Bill Hickock proves too wild for Kansas 9/28 1965 Fidel Castro announces that Cubans are free to leave the island 9/29 1995 Mexican American Velasquez awarded the Presidential medal of freedom 9/30 2005 Eisner resigns as Disney's CEO 10/1 1890 Yosemite National Park is Established 10/2 1944 Warsaw Uprising ends
Episode Notes for This Week in History 9/12 1993 New Floating Bridge opens in Seattle 9/13 1963 Mary Kay launches her namesake company 9/14 1964 John Steinbeck awarded the Medal of Freedom 9/15 1858 The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins 9/16 1940 The United States imposes the draft 9/17 1976 NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise 9/18 1846 The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to CA for food
Episode Notes for This Week in History 9/19 1893 New Zealand is the first Country allowing women to vote 9/20 1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon 9/21 1780 Benedict Arnold commits treason 9/22 1953 The famous "Four-Level" opens in Los Angeles 9/23 1944 FDR Defends his dog in a speech 9/24 1902 Fannie Farmer opens a cooking school 9/25 1775 Ethan Allen is captured
Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/3 1895 The Red Badge of courage is published 10/4 1861 President Lincoln watches a balloon ascension 10/5 1892 The Dalton Gang is wiped out 10/6 1683 The First Mennonites arrive in America 10/7 1985 Woodard becomes the first female Harlem Globetrotters player 10/8 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire" 10/9 1974 Oskar Schindler who is credited with saving 1,200 Jews during the holocaust dies
Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/10 1935 The First Great American Opera premiers on Broadway 10/11 2002 Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize 10/12 1492 Columbus reaches the "New World" 10/13 2010 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days under ground 10/14 1947 Yeager breaks the sound barrier 10/15 1965 Draft Card burning demonstrations 10/16 1847 Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is published in London