The First World Championship Fight
April 17, 1860. Englishman Tom Sayers and American John Heenan clash in a brutal and chaotic 2-hour boxing match—now regarded as the world’s first world championship bout. Support the show! Join Into ...
17 Apr 15min
The Texas City Disaster
April 16, 1947. Two enormous explosions rip through the Port of Texas City in the deadliest industrial accident in American history. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more....
16 Apr 16min
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
April 15, 1989. A crowd crush at a soccer game at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England leads to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans. This episode originally aired in 2024. Support the show! Join Int...
15 Apr 16min
The Black Sunday Dust Storm
April 14, 1935. Enormous clouds of dust and dirt sweep across Oklahoma and Texas in the worst storm of the Dust Bowl. This episode originally aired in 2025. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-...
14 Apr 15min
The Flight of Apollo 13
April 13, 1970. An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13 leaving the spacecraft crippled, and the lives of the crew in peril. This episode originally aired in 2023. Support the show! Join Into History for...
13 Apr 16min
Saturday Matinee: Etymoleon
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we trace back the history of words that are derived from surprising figures of the past. Link to Etymoleon: https://etymoleon.com/podcast Support the show! Join Into Hist...
11 Apr 21min
Mount Tambora Erupts in Indonesia
April 10, 1815. The eruption of Mount Tambora in present-day Indonesia lowers temperatures around the globe, creating what became known as “the year without summer”. This episode originally aired in ...
10 Apr 15min
The Return of HMS Wager’s Castaways
April 9, 1745. After being stranded on a desert island, the remaining crew of HMS Wager make it back to Britain, where they reveal that another group that returned two years earlier were not heroes as...
9 Apr 17min
