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Episode Notes for This Week in History 12/19 1943 A Christmas Carol is Published 12/20 1957 Elvis Presley is drafted 12/21 1970 President Nixon meets Elvis 12/22 1808 Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Given world premiere in Vienna 12/23 1888 Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear 12/24 1923 President Coolidge lights first national Christmas Tree 12/25 6 Christ is born?

Episode Notes for This Week in History 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 US pop charts 1/8 1976 Ragtime wins the Nation...

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 disc...

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 Headli...

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...

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...

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...

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 1...

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 Don...

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...

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...