This Day

In the early days of television, most cities had only 3 TV stations. That would change on THIS DAY, November 7th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tuba is the most difficult instrument to play in a marching band. More with Chris Conley on THIS DAY, November 6th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've probably seen the Guy Faukes masks... white with a thin, upturned mustache. Meet the real Guy Faukes on THIS DAY, November 5th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of students took over a United States embassy on THIS DAY, November 4th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This was one of the most unusual races for governor... ever. More on THIS DAY, November 3rd with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is the biggest mistake in journalism history. And it happened on THIS DAY, November 2nd with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For six years, the doors to this church were closed... until THIS DAY, November 1st with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Halloween. Here's something you should really be afraid of, on THIS DAY, October 31st with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Henry Tutor became King of England on THIS DAY, October 30th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kill off Homer Simpson? It didn't happen, on THIS DAY, October 29th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cotton plantations in the Old South used to be small and unprofitable, until a new machine was invented on THIS DAY, October 28th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elevated railroads, or ELs, were the first mass transit systems in New York City... but they were not popular, on THIS DAY, October 27th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing for nearly four years. His comeback began on THIS DAY, October 26th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The British rock band The Yardbirds had an ugly breakup on THIS DAY October 25th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

World War II had been over for a few years, and the Allies were not getting along -- on THIS DAY, October 24th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine how Andres Jaques Garrimine must have felt... hanging upside by a rope from the basket of a hot air balloon, on THIS DAY, October 22nd with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He almost became a magician... then his career took a different turn, on THIS DAY, October 23rd with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the Navy's most famous ship... and she was in danger of being scrapped on THIS DAY, October 21st with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A British rock band got a gig in New York City... but they didn't have the money to get there, on THIS DAY October 20th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a concert that would feature the music of John Stafford Smith, on THIS DAY, November 19h with Chris Conley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if researchers combined x-rays with microscopes? On THIS DAY, October 18th with Chris Conley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For as long as there's been golf, there have been friendly side-bets... on THIS DAY, October 17th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before the Civil War there were smaller battles over slavery, on THIS DAY, October 16th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She was an exotic dancer... and a spy... on THIS DAY, October 15th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Her television career got off to an auspicious start, because of a leaked sex tape... on THIS DAY, October 14th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.