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November 28, 1942. A fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston kills 492 people, becoming the deadliest nightclub fire ever. This episode originally aired in 2023. Support the show! Join Into History for a...

28 Marras 202514min

November 27, 1895. A year before his death, Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel amends his will to establish the Nobel Prize. This episode originally aired in 2024. Support the show! Join Into H...

27 Marras 202515min

November 26, 1789. President George Washington hopes to unite his bickering new country with a first national Thanksgiving holiday. This episode originally aired in 2021. Support the show! Join Into H...

26 Marras 202518min

November 25, 1960. In the Dominican Republic, three siblings are killed by soldiers acting on the orders of the country’s president. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more....

25 Marras 202514min

November 24, 1859. Charles Darwin sparks a scientific revolution by introducing the theory of evolution in his book On the Origin of Species. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening ...

24 Marras 202515min

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we dive deep into the tragedy that took place seventeen miles off the coast of Michigan 50 years ago- the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Link to The Ship History Radio:...

22 Marras 202531min

November 21, 164 BCE. Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt and rededicates the Second Temple, since commemorated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. This episode originally...

21 Marras 202518min

November 20, 1820. Two thousand miles off the coast of South America, an American whaling ship is sunk by an enormous sperm whale. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.Hi...

20 Marras 202516min