The Preparedness Day Bombing
July 22, 1916. A bomb explodes during a “Preparedness Day” parade in San Francisco, killing 10 people and wounding another 40. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.Histor...
22 Jul 202515min
Neil Armstrong Walks On the Moon
July 21, 1969. American astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moon. This episode originally aired in 2022. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more...
21 Jul 202516min
Saturday Matinee: What Went Wrong
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we dig into the evolution of zombies in media- from their birth in the Caribbean amidst the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade to their high-speed, globalized, modern inc...
19 Jul 202522min
The Great Fire of Rome
July 18, 64 AD. When the Great Fire of Rome reduces two-thirds of the city to ashes, Emperor Nero uses the catastrophe as an excuse to persecute a new religious group, the Christians. This episode ori...
18 Jul 202517min
The Russian Royal Family is Executed
July 17, 1918. Following the Russian Revolution, the Romanov royal family are executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia. This episode originally...
17 Jul 202518min
The Trinity Nuclear Test
July 16, 1945. An atomic bomb is detonated in New Mexico, marking success in the Manhattan Project. This episode originally aired in 2024. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and...
16 Jul 202516min
Nintendo’s First Multi-Game Console
July 15, 1983. Nintendo hits new heights with the release of the Famicom video game console in Japan. If you want to find out more about Nintendo’s rise to the top of the gaming industry, listen to Se...
15 Jul 202515min
The Lincoln Hospital Takeover
July 14, 1970. A group of Puerto Rican activists stage an occupation demanding better health care at the Lincoln Hospital in South Bronx, New York City. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free...
14 Jul 202514min
