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Episode Notes This 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 - Hele...

Episode Notes This Week in History - 2/19-2/25 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA2/19 The Donner Party is Rescued John Glenn Jr. the first American to orbit earth Button wins a second Olympic Gold medal George Washington is born Guthrie writes of the American West - This Land in Your Land Alamo defenders call for help The Passion of the Christ opens in theaters

Episode Notes This Week in History - 2/12-2/18 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA Rhapsody in Blue is performed for the first time! Herman Mayer's dramatic crash in the Olympics St. Valentine is beheaded The first Teddy Bear goes on sale The tomb of King Tut is opened Madam Butterfly appears The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published

Episode Notes This Week in History - 2/5-2/11 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA United Artists is created Of Mice and Men is published A Navy Captain becomes the first human to walk in space untethered Nicholsen's road rage with a golf club Daylight Saving time is instituted Grand Master Chess player Kasparov loses to the Big Blue computer Sacajawea gives birth to her first child

Episode Notes This Week in History - 1/29-2/4 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA Peter Paul and Mary sign their first music contract The Lone Ranger Debuts on Detroit radio The First McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union The Oxford Dictionary debuts James Joyce is born Gonzales becomes the first Hispanic US Attorney General Facebook launches

Episode Notes This Week in History - January 22 thru January 28 - Read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA

Episode Notes This Week in History - January 15 thru January 21 - Read by Annette Roe

Episode Notes Ragtime 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 Notes 1/1 1818 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published 1/2 2009 A Rare Bugatti is found in a British garage 1/3 1987 The rock and roll hall of fame inducts its first woman 1/4 1999 The Euro Debuts 1/5 1920 The New York Yankees announce the purchase of Babe Ruth 1/6 1975 Led Zepplin fans trash the Boston Garden 1/7 1950 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on the US Pop Charts Rea...

Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/4 1783 Future President George Washington Bids farewell to his officers 12/5 1945 An aircraft disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 12/6 1969 Murder at the Altamont 12/7 1941 Air Raid on Pearl Harbor 12/8 1941 The Presidents Address and Declaration of War 12/9 1979 Smallpox officially eradicated 12/10 1690 The first paper currency is issued

Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/27 1582 Shakespear marries Anne Hathaway 11/28 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting 11/29 1942 Coffee Rationing begins 11/30 1974 Elton John's greatest hits reaches the top of charts 12/1 1990 The Chunnel Makes a breakthrough 12/2 2001 Enron files for bankruptcy protection 12/3 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway

Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/20 1820 An American Vessel is attacked by a Whale! 11/21 1934 Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater 11/22 1963 Assassination of a President in Dallas Texas 11/23 1992 The IBM Simon is Introduced 11/24 1971 DB Cooper parachutes out of a plane 11/25 1949 The song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer makes the music charts 11/26 1941 FDR Establishes the modern-day Th...

Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/18 1912 The Piltdown man is discovered 12/19 1843 A Christmas Carole is published 12/20 1957 Elvis Presley is drafted 12/21 1970 President Nixon Meets Elvis! 12/22 1808 The Fifth Symphony is presented in Vienna 12/23 1888 Vincent chops off his ear 12/24 1923 The First National Christmas Tree is lit with electric lights

Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/11 1872 Buffalo Bill Coty makes his first stage appearance 12/12 1913 The Stolen Mona Lisa is recovered in a Florence hotel room 12/13 2000 The Texas 7 Prison Break 12/14 1900 The Birth of the Quantum Theory 12/15 1944 Captain and Band Leader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel 12/16 1773 The Boston Tea Party 12/17 1979 The Sound Barrier is Br...

Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/25 6 Christ is Born? 12/26 1946 The Flamingo Hotel opens by a mobster 12/27 1941 Automobile tires are rationed 12/28 1869 America's first Labor Day 12/29 1845 Texas Enters the Union 12/30 1968 Led Zepplin records for the very first time 12/31 1961 Kennedy and Khruschev exchange holiday wishes

Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/16 1847 Charlotte Bronte publishes an immediate success 10/17 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery 10/18 1968 Lennon and Ono are arrested 10/19 1987 Black Monday 10/20 1947 Congress investigates Hollywood 10/21 1959 The Guggenheim museum opens in New York City 10/22 1962 JFK's shocking address about Cuba

Episode Notes for This Week in History 11/6 1917 Bolsheviks revolt! 11/7 1989 Two African American Firsts in Politics 11/8 1994 Proposition 187 is approved 11/9 1990 Willie Nelson's assets are ceased by the IRS 11/10 1969 Sesame Street Debuts! 11/11 1978 The General Lee makes TV History with a car Jump! 11/12 1864 The Destruction of Atlanta Begins!

Episode Notes 11/13 2020 The First Female Major League Baseball General Manager 11/14 1851 Melville publishes Moby Dick 11/15 1956 Elvis makes his movie debut 11/16 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway 11/17 1968 The NFL Football game is cut short to air a popular children’s story 11/18 1883 US Railroads create the first continental time zones 11/19 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest op...

Episode Notes for This Week in History 10/30 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast 10/31 1926 Harry Houdini dies 11/1 1800 John Adams moves into the White House 11/2 1986 Greta wins her 8th New York City Marathon 11/3 1948 A Newspaper makes a  mistake 11/4 1922 The Entrance to King Tut's tomb is discovered 11/5 1605 King James the 1st, learns about "The gun powder plot"

Episode Notes 10/23 1993 Joe Carter wins the World Series in the 9th inning! 10/24 1901 Annie Taylor becomes the first person over Niagara Falls in a barrel 10/25 1853 Native Americans Attack 10/26 1881 Shoot out at the OK Corral 10/27 1904 NYC subway opens 10/28 1919 Congress enforces prohibition 10/29 1998 John Glenn returns to space

Episode Notes 10/9 1974 German businessman Oscar Schindler dies 10/10 1935 The First Great American Opera appears on Broadway 10/11 2002 Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize 10/12 1492 Italian explorer Columbus reaches the New World 10/13 2010 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days under ground 10/14 1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier 10/15 1965 Students stage Draft Card burning demonstra...

Episode Notes 10/2 1944 Warsaw uprising ends! 10/3 1895 The Red Badge of Courage is published 10/4 1861 President Lincoln Observes a Balloon demonstration 10/5 1892 The Dalton Gang is Wiped out 10/6 1683 The First Mennonites arrive in America 10/7 1985 Woodward becomes the first Female player for the Harlem Globe Trotters 10/8 1957 Jerry 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...

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 History 8/28 1869 3 Leave Powells' Expedition 8/29 1876 Charles Kettering is born 8/30 1980 Christopher Cross Hit ballad "Sailing" hits the top of the charts 8/31 1955 William Cobb demonstrates the world's first solar power car 9/1 1985 The Wreck of the RMS Titanic is found 9/2 2013 Diana Nyad the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida 9/3 1783 The Treat...