This Day

Doctors used to claim that cigarettes were healthy, on THIS DAY August 18th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A drilling and mining company... with a history of playing fast and loose with the rules, on THIS DAY, August 22nd with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A small river in Canada set off a massive land rush, on THIS DAY, August 17th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wright Brothers were first-in-flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Some people dispute that, on THIS DAY, August 16th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cargo ship Ancon was too big for its own good, on THIS DAY, August 15th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 privacy information.

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 information.

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 privacy information.

She was about to start a solo music career, but first she helped a newer act get their big break... on THIS DAY, August 11th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 privacy information.

A wealthy corporate lawyer became ill while on vacation on THIS DAY, August 9th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 information.

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 DAY, August 7th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The electric chair is no longer used in death penalty cases. The first try did not go well, on THIS DAY, August 6th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've seen the movie Braveheart, you know something about the legend of William Wallace.. on THIS DAY, August 5th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 information.

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 for privacy information.

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 information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 privacy information.

Americans have always been fascinated with how things work, on THIS DAY, July 30th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pluto isn't really a planet. And there is another giant space rock that's also circling our sun, on THIS DAY, July 29th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The movie Animal House was going to be filmed in Missouri, until school administrators read the script, on THIS DAY, July 28th, 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 privacy information.

Movies... weren't really movies... until THIS DAY, July 26th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.