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September 10, 1986. It’s just before 8am when Cliff Stoll’s pager jolts him awake. A computer at Lawrence Berkeley La...
Sept 5, 1698. Tsar Peter the Great of Russia returns home from a year-long European tour. When noblemen, religious fi...
August 28, 1920. In the town of Tequila, fireworks burst overhead as people celebrate Mexico’s independence. Then… gu...
August 24, 1914. A train pulls up to the lumber town of White River, Ontario, carrying a regiment of Canadian troops ...
August 24, 394. On the walls of a fading Egyptian temple, a priest carves what will become the last known hieroglyph ...
August 15, 1915. American diplomat J. T. Du Bois publishes a letter in The New York Times. It’s not about diplomacy o...
August 7, 1943. Off the coast of Venezuela, a Nazi U-boat is under siege. For nine days, it’s hunted by Allied aircra...
July 29th, 1992. The Baltimore Sun runs a feature about a surprise candidate in the upcoming presidential race: Barbi...
July 23rd, 1892. Henry Clay Frick is one of America’s leading industrialists. To Alexander Berkman, he’s one of Ameri...
July 17, 1674. During renovations at the Tower of London, construction workers digging beneath a stone staircase make...
When we first aired "Operation Mincemeat" back in 2020, it was a daring WWII thriller that felt almost too wild to be...
July 7, 1938. Superman has the villain in his grasp. They soar through the air, then slam into the ground. This villa...
July 7, 2007. In a dramatic ceremony featuring pop stars, fireworks, and smoke cannons, the Colosseum is named one of...
June 28, 1928. Louis Armstrong is in the studio recording what he hopes will be another hit. His career is on the ris...
June 22, 1611. It’s been a long, cold winter. Henry Hudson and his crew have been stranded in the Canadian Arctic for...
