A 26-year-old woman fell in love with a man who was in jail. They would get married on THIS DAY, August 14th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Donnie Dunnegan was an actor who got no credit for his best-known role, on THIS DAY, August 13th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
The Montreal Expos never won the World Series... and they lost their best chance on THIS DAY, August 12th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
The ship Mercury arrived in Falmouth, England with an important letter onboard. More on THIS DAY, August 10th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
A 14-year-old boy who played the clarinet got a job with a riverboat band on THIS DAY, August 8th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
Phillipe Petit was sitting in a doctor's office reading about the construction of the Twin Towers in New York. The building would become an obsession, on THIS…
A homeless black boy was taken in by a Jewish family. It changed his life, on THIS DAY, August 4th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
She lived in an expensive neighborhood in New Jersey, and had some famous neighbors... on THIS DAY, August 3rd with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener…
A rock'n ' roll show in Duluth. Minnesota changed a young man's life... on THIS DAY, August 2nd with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
The first newspaper in North America was the Boston News-Letter. It was unclear if enough people would read it, on THIS DAY, August 1st with Chris Conley.See…
If you've ever dreamed of publishing a book, be prepared for many rejection letters... on THIS DAY, July 31st with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Americans have always been fascinated with how things work, on THIS DAY, July 30th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Vincent van Gogh suffered from mental illness, but an exact diagnosis isn't clear, on THIS DAY, July 27th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
The Union army was pushing further south... would newly freed slaves fight with them, on THIS DAY, July 25th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Walt Disney's older brother Roy is responsible for one part of the Disney empire, on THIS DAY, July 24th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Dr. Wilhelm Loesser was a plastic surgeon. He made a devil's bargain and agreed to operate on a known killer, on THIS DAY, July 23rd with Chris Conley.See…
In the final days of his life, there were almost no signs that anything was wrong... on THIS DAY, July 21st with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
What if a criminal's reputation was so bad that no one dared to mess with him? On THIS DAY, July 18th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
More than 16-million Easy Bake ovens have been sold to young girls. Keeping them from burning themselves was an ongoing problem, on THIS DAY, July 16th with…
P.T. Barnum went bankrupt five times. Once he was bailed out by a partner, on THIS DAY, July 15th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
A nut wasn't properly tightened, and that sent America's largest city into darkness on THIS DAY, July 13th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
This nightclub was missing something... it didn't have a liquor license, on THIS DAY, July 12th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
In the world of classical music, it was prestigious to be the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on THIS DAY, July 11th with Chris Conley.See…
Five casting directors were involved in picking the young actors for The Wonder Years, on THIS DAY, July 9th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Being the opening act for a rock n roll band is a thankless job, on THIS DAY, July 7th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Independence Day was almost celebrated on July 2nd or July 8th, before we settled on THIS DAY, July 4th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
The J. Bulova Clock Company was founded by a German immigrant in 1875. Fifty years later they'd be remembered for something else, on THIS DAY, July 1st with…
A worker at the Jegersfrontin Mine made an unusual discovery on THIS DAY, June 30th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The movie Saving Private Ryan is not a true story, but it is based on real-life events... on THIS DAY, June 24th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener…
The handshake - a sign of friendship and goodwill - dates back to the 9th century BC, on THIS DAY, June 25th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for…
How should we divide up a barren, frozen wasteland? We did, on THIS DAY, June 23rd with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thousands of our soldiers were coming home from World War II on THIS DAY, June 22nd with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A young boy was sent to the mountains to discover the meaning of life on THIS DAY, June 21st with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
There have been Juneteenth celebrations for more than 200 years, on THIS DAY, June 19th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There are three ways that Southwest Airlines uses to keep its fares low, on THIS DAY, July 18th with Chris Conley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
