Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times - September 7th, 1996
On this day in 1996, shortly after 11:00pm, actor and recording artist Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in Las Vegas while driving to a night club with Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" K...
7 Sep 20215min
King Charles II spends a day hiding in an oak tree - September 6th, 1651
On this day in 1651, after fleeing for his life following his defeat at the Battle of Worcester, Charles II, the King of Scotland and rightful Kinf of England, took refuge in a tall oak tree. Learn m...
6 Sep 20217min
Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television - September 5th, 1976
On this day in 1976, The Muppet Show, created by American puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, made its world premiere on ITV stations throughout the United Kingdom. Learn more about your ad-choices a...
5 Sep 20217min
George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera - September 4th, 1888
On this day in 1888, American entrepreneur George Eastman received a patent for the world's first camera designed to use rolls of film. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastne...
4 Sep 20217min
Wilderness Act signed into U.S. law - September 3rd, 1964
On this day in 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
3 Sep 20217min
The Principality of Sealand is established - September 2nd, 1967
On this day in 1967, Paddy Roy Bates, a former British Army major turned pirate radio broadcaster, declared that the abandoned naval base he'd been occupying for the past 9 months was now a sovereign ...
2 Sep 20217min
Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator - September 1st, 1878
On this day in 1878, a woman named Emma Nutt reported to work at the Edwin Holmes telephone dispatch company in Boston, Massachusetts, and in doing so, she became the first female telephone operator. ...
1 Sep 20217min
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