The "Gerry-mander" was born / Elsa Brändström born - March 26
On this day in 1812, a headline in the Boston Gazette read "The Gerry-mander", accompanied by a satirical illustration of the district that Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry lived in. / On this da...
26 Mar 202110min
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire / Saturn's moon Titan discovered - March 25
On this day in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory caught fire, and more than 100 workers died. / On this day in 1655, Christiaan Huygens first observed Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Learn ...
25 Mar 202111min
1921 Women's Olympiad began / Exxon Valdez oil spill - March 24
Today, Anney Reese from the podcasts Stuff Mom Never Told You and Savor joins me to talk about the 1921 Women's Olympiad. / On this day in 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez dumped 11 million gallons o...
24 Mar 202119min
Henry "Box" Brown mailed himself to freedom / Walter Rodney born - March 23
On this day in 1849, an enslaved man named Henry Brown packed himself up in a box and was shipped to Pennsylvania, a free state. / On this day in 1942, historian and activist Walter Rodney was born. ...
23 Mar 202112min
Yuan Shikai abdicated / Anne Hutchinson excommunicated - March 22
On this day in 1916, Chinese emperor Yuan Shikai abdicated the throne and announced he would resume his presidency. / Anney and Samantha from the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You stop by the show to t...
22 Mar 202125min
Alcatraz closed / West Bank epidemic began - March 21
On this day in 1963, the maximum-security prison Alcatraz closed. / On this day in 1983, students in Arrabah in West Bank began getting symptoms of an unidentified illness. Learn more about your ad-c...
21 Mar 202110min
Fred Rogers was born / Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 approved - March 20
On this day in 1928, Fred Rogers of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" fame was born. / On this day in 1924, the Virginia Sterilization Act, allowing the sterilization of people in state institutions, was ...
20 Mar 202113min
Harlem Riot of 1935 / Sagrada Família construction began - March 19
On this day in 1935, a petty theft in a S.H. Kress store and rumors of a Black Puerto Rican boy's death led to an all-out riot in Harlem. / On this day in 1882, the cornerstone of the Sagrada Família ...
19 Mar 202111min
