Last attempted assassination of Queen Victoria / First test flight of the Concorde - March 2
On this day in 1882, a man named Roderick Maclean attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It was the eighth and last time someone would try to assassinate the Queen. / The super...
2 Mar 202110min
Lindbergh baby kidnapped / First U.S. census - March 1
On this day in 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped. / On this day in 1790, the first U.S. census was authorized by Congress. Learn more...
1 Mar 202112min
Tichborne trial ended / Olof Palme assassinated - Feb. 28
On this day in 1874, a man who claimed to be the heir of the Tichborne estate was found guilty of perjury. / On this day in 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated. Learn more about ...
28 Feb 202113min
Letter published on discovery of the neutron / Wounded Knee Incident began - Feb. 27
On this day in 1932, the journal Nature published a letter by English physicist James Chadwick that detailed his possible discovery of the neutron. / On this day in 1973, a group of Oglala Lakota and ...
27 Feb 202110min
First jazz recording made / General public first saw Kinemacolor - Feb. 26
On this day in 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band made the first jazz recording. / On this day in 1909, Kinemacolor was first screened to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. Learn...
26 Feb 202111min
Hiram Revels became first African-American U.S. senator / Corazon Aquino became president of Philippines - Feb. 25
On this day in 1870, Hiram Revels became the first African-American U.S. senator. / On this day in 1986, Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines, making her the first woman to hold the offi...
25 Feb 202111min
Marbury v. Madison decided / Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed final oral exams - Feb. 24
On this day in 1803, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison was decided, establishing judicial review. / On this day in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed her final oral exams at the N...
24 Feb 202110min
Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine trials began / Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began - Feb. 23
On this day in 1954, polio vaccine trials began. / On this day in 1944, the Stalinist regime began deporting the Chechens and Ingush into remote areas of the Soviet Union. Learn more about your ad-ch...
23 Feb 202112min
