This Day

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.

Many parents hope that their children will take over the family business, on THIS DAY, October 13th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Jorgensen gave up on studying mathematics when he lost a student problem-solving competition on THIS DAY, January 12th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The crown prince of Bavaria was getting married, and everyone was invited to the celebration on THIS DAY, October 12th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A musician and his wife were talking about world peace... that conversation would be changed into a song, on THIS DAY, October 11th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A great passing quarterback was almost grounded in the early part of his career, on THIS DAY, October 10th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The British lost the Battle of Yorktown, and with it the Revolutionary War, in part because of bad weather... on THIS DAY, October 9th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He was only a year away from graduating from Harvard, when he decided not to go back to school... on THIS DAY, October 8th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.