This Day in History Class

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History #179

From the desk of “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” “This Day in History Class” quickly recounts a tidbit from today’s events in history.

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    Sep 6, 2024 – 10:13
  • AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991
    Sep 5, 2024 – 09:45
  • Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833
    Sep 4, 2024 – 09:29
  • Flashback episode - September 3rd
    Sep 3, 2024 – 18:30
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    Sep 2, 2024 – 20:17
  • The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963
    Aug 30, 2024 – 08:55
  • British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914
    Aug 29, 2024 – 08:14
  • The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830
    Aug 28, 2024 – 10:35
  • "The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955
    Aug 27, 2024 – 09:25
  • A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939
    Aug 26, 2024 – 06:07
  • The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784
    Aug 23, 2024 – 07:39
  • Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929
    Aug 22, 2024 – 10:29
  • An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883
    Aug 21, 2024 – 06:46
  • NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977
    Aug 20, 2024 – 07:52
  • Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791
    Aug 19, 2024 – 09:06
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    Aug 16, 2024 – 16:32
  • Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843
    Aug 15, 2024 – 10:56
  • Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911
    Aug 14, 2024 – 10:10
  • German acrobat Otto Witte is allegedly crowned King of Albania - August 13th, 1913
    Aug 13, 2024 – 07:26
  • Joseph Lister performs the first antiseptic surgery - August 12th, 1865
    Aug 12, 2024 – 07:49
  • Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is published - August 9th, 1854
    Aug 9, 2024 – 08:40
  • Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” tops the Billboard Hot 100 - August 8th, 1960
    Aug 8, 2024 – 09:35
  • Alice Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the United States - August 7th, 1909
    Aug 7, 2024 – 09:02
  • William Kemmler is executed by electric chair - August 6th, 1890
    Aug 6, 2024 – 09:44
  • Ronald Reagan fires more than 11,000 air traffic controllers - August 5th, 1981
    Aug 5, 2024 – 08:08
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal in the heptathlon - August 2nd, 1992
    Aug 2, 2024 – 07:40
  • Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes president of Iceland - August 1st, 1980
    Aug 1, 2024 – 08:20
  • MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time - July 31st, 1928
    Jul 31, 2024 – 09:17
  • The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine - July 30th, 1945
    Jul 30, 2024 – 09:29
  • Flashback episode - July 29th
    Jul 29, 2024 – 18:47
  • Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops - July 26th, 1931
    Jul 26, 2024 – 06:45
  • Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival - July 25th, 1965
    Jul 25, 2024 – 08:00
  • The first all-star baseball team plays the Addie Joss Benefit Game - July 24th, 1911
    Jul 24, 2024 – 11:10
  • Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered - July 23rd, 1995
    Jul 23, 2024 – 07:37
  • The Duke of Wellington defeats “40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes” - July 22nd, 1812
    Jul 22, 2024 – 07:45
  • The Rosetta Stone is found in Egypt - July 19th, 1799
    Jul 19, 2024 – 08:23
  • Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games - July 18th, 1976
    Jul 18, 2024 – 08:32
  • Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan flies across the Atlantic - July 17th, 1938
    Jul 17, 2024 – 09:35
  • The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City - July 16th, 1935
    Jul 16, 2024 – 09:01
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    Jul 15, 2024 – 09:55
  • "Family Feud" premieres on ABC - July 12th, 1976
    Jul 12, 2024 – 08:28
  • The Skylab space station crashes over Australia - July 11th, 1979
    Jul 11, 2024 – 09:04
  • Nils Bohlin patents the three-point seatbelt - July 10th, 1962
    Jul 10, 2024 – 09:17
  • A statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City - July 9th, 1776
    Jul 9, 2024 – 09:45
  • Ed Berners allegedly invents the ice cream sundae - July 8th, 1881
    Jul 8, 2024 – 07:44
  • Flashback episode - July 5th
    Jul 5, 2024 – 19:46
  • Flashback episode - July 4th
    Jul 4, 2024 – 18:06
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    Jul 3, 2024 – 07:32
  • "Lawnchair Larry" takes flight in a homemade airship - July 2nd, 1982
    Jul 2, 2024 – 08:27
Recent Reviews
  • Jeffrop
    Too many ads
    Too many ads
  • Sad shopkicker
    Missing the podcast
    I really enjoy this podcast and I hope we get more episodes soon!
  • D_Ross in ATL
    Where's the Podcast?
    Its been 3 days since this podcast has been update....WHERES THE PODCAST??? Are you canceling it? It would have been nice to give listeners a heads-up! Dicks....
  • tb blues man
    Too many commercials
    The commercial time keeps increasing. I have been listening for a few years now. When exercising you can’t skip through them. 4 minutes before and after
  • OneBlackHoodie
    Maybe don’t tell certain stories in a happy go lucky / business as usual tone
    The host seemed alil too pleased to tell me about the three black students killed in the Orangeburg massacre. Very off putting.
  • CarolP263
    Great podcast!
    I look forward to each new episode!
  • Adbrunner
    Repeats and ads
    I do love this show and telling people something happens today on a year when it’s pertinent to them. The new host seems to take a lot of days off for someone who produces a 5 minute show 5 days a week. It feels a bit like they gave someone a side project more than a full time job. Holidays are repeats like they make the show the morning it airs and not weeks prior. As a lot of people point out, there are a lot of ads. I just have my player set to start 2:00 into the show by default and end 2:00 from the end. The new host is clearly into animation and pop culture. I wouldn’t mind more things with historical significance being thrown in.
  • Matt from TVW
    This show is just ads.
    Honestly, more than 1/3 of this show is ads. It's a 10-minute show with 4 minutes worth of ads. This is shameless. Stop it.
  • tubedogg
    50% ads and boring host who mispronounces things
    It seriously is about 50/50 content to ads. It’s ridiculous.
  • seevivasing
    Never Fails to Infotain
    Not Gabe making me cry about an original teddy bear locked away in a museum 🥹🥹🥹
  • P. Moor
    Great content, host is boring
    The content is always varied and interesting, but the host is so boring and monotonous that I find it hard to listen to.
  • Rose75252
    Enjoy
    I really enjoy hearing these little nuggets of history. Perfect length imo. Highly recommend!
  • ajdjsbebfjeidi
    🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
    I love it!!!!! If you don’t like it watch ur back!🔪🗡🫠
  • mcotrel
    What Fun!
    I love this show. It’s consistently informative and often amusing. The length is perfect, the host is articulate and the subjects are variable. Let’s face it - this stuff is just fun to listen to! Bravo!!!
  • Anna24Pikkie
    Love it!
    Very well made and I love the content it provides.
  • AStudentReview
    Amazing!
    I absolutely love it! It’s very informative, but still entertaining.
  • Zaran Black
    Love this podcast!
    The new host is great. I’m so happy we aren’t getting more reruns like we have been for what seemed like years. I enjoy the more whimsical topics such as Weird Al or Paul McCartneys Christmas song as well as the first interracial kiss on tv via Star Trek.
  • DarkStar⚡️
    Just another woke Podcast
    I was initially so excited to learn about daily history but then I started to listen to a few episodes and this is just another podcast written by apologetic, woke folks who have a political agenda, thinly veiled by a history podcast.
  • LB19845
    So glad they brought it back
    This was one of my favorite shows. The new host, Gabe, is incredibly well researched and seems like the nicest dude. Was missing this one so I’m glad they revived it!
  • lhffsdgvvv
    Concern
    The show used to be excellent at reporting history. Recently the show seems to be adding a lot of editorial commentary. Originally started listening because of the history. I do not like to change to editorial comments in the midst
  • Tech writer girl
    Reboot is fantastic
    I have listened to this podcast from the beginning on my morning walk. I have always enjoyed the snippets of history. But the new host Gabe Luzier has been exceptional. The topic choices, the research, the writing, the pacing, even the new music I have greatly enjoyed. Thanks so much for this extra bit of daily happiness Gabe!
  • Wyseup
    Host
    I have been listening long enough to be on my third host. Gab is my favorite! Easy to listen to, great inflection, does not interject his personal beliefs. Great podcast!
  • ChucknLuna
    New host & format
    The host does a great job of not just providing information but tells a story.
  • emd246
    Great, informative show!
    Started listening to this show on my commute now that they’re posting new episodes, and I love it! The new host’s done a great job of offering a wide range of fun bits of history so far and I’m excited to keep listening to hear what’s next.
  • J17701
    Was a delightful show
    This show was one of the highlights that helped me through the long months of lockdown. The new season changes seem to have lost the principles that Yves instilled.
  • Scarnevale
    Pretty interesting, but the ads are awful.
    Well produced, good sound. The main thing I didn’t love was that on days that they cover two topics, I often wasn’t interested in the first one. I listen to podcasts while driving, and it wasn’t easy to fast forward to the second topic. I wish they would cover just one topic per day or offer more than one episode per day each with only one topic. Additionally some of the ads are really terrible, one was constantly talking about going to the bathroom at a gas station. I basically unfollowed for that reason.
  • Lperkows
    Not well produced
    The music background during the content makes it super hard to focus on the content, and it’s insanely irritating. The stories are interesting but I just gave up trying to listen because I couldn’t focus on the story. The ads are also too long for the length of the podcast, but I could deal with that if there wasn’t a music background.
  • galaxygirl56
    Eh
    Tracey and Holly (old host) are better not a fan of the new host. Like the podcast very informative but a lot of ads not to bad if you fast forward through those parts.
  • DorStar
    Worst show I’ve ever listened to
    I love history, I love documentaries, so the fact that this show is the worst podcast I’ve ever heard is entirely related to how flat a delivery the narrator cannot seem to escape from... please do not inflict further Trauma to listeners... I get it’s like a non actor being picked for a fantastic role... they don’t have the inner confidence and intuition needed to pull it off... it’s like when Madonna kept trying acting roles... great as a charismatic singer, but she couldn’t pull off a believable and non-wooden acting role... This podcast host is possibly just a bit too green and young and it’s certainly a worthy goal... but she is so flat and wooden that there is zero enjoyment in listening to it...
  • KXDR1
    Way too many ads.
    Way too many ads
  • mobobaggins
    Love the show
    I play your show everyday thanks so much i love the way youPronounce everything
  • Ccstx
    Always interesting
    I like this podcast. It doesn’t just mention what happened on that day, but this podcast gives a brief but thorough background summary. A wide variety of subjects are covered. Yves, the host, does an excellent job.
  • BigMelvin
    Great podcast!
    Keep up the good work
  • BWFreese
    E. A. Gardner
    Props for the speaker/writer for her approach and down-to-earth style. I also appreciate the quality of the research. An everyday part of my world!
  • K. Cardinal
    Lots of commercials
    I do like the podcast, however it seems to have many commercials. Sometimes I think there is more commercial than content
  • Hotdawgz
    :D
    It’s a good show! And the ads don’t really bother me. I mean, this is free content sooo....
  • pattilyn2
    Great listening
    I like the variety in introducing the podcast: “a tidbit of history “ or “a tickle of your earbuds” (maybe not Yves actual words). Yves presents more diversity rather than just summarizing topics from Stuff You Missed in History Class.
  • ameliaalejandra
    On the fence.
    Update: Disappointed, had to unsubscribe. The amount of ads is absolutely ridiculous and the background music during the second part of the episode is too loud and distracting. I loved this podcast but it’s become obnoxious every time I put it on. ••• I love this show, it’s nice and short yet still informative. I do have one criticism, I dislike the background music they play during the actual episode. Like while the host, Yves, is speaking there’s this odd elevator type music playing and most of the time I can ignore it while listening to her but lately it’s been more loud and distracting. I haven’t been able to finish the last two episodes because the background music was just too obnoxious.
  • Latho717
    Pronunciation?!?
    Oh, Baby, no! You did a whole story about the calliope without knowing how it’s pronounced? Have you never heard Manfred Mann sing “Blinded by the Light ”(written by Springsteen)? And in Massachusetts, Worcester is not pronounced like the sauce, it sounds more like “rooster.” Between you and Vogelbaum, you really need to check pronunciations if you want to be taken seriously. Maybe IHeart needs some staff who are over 50 and have been outside of Atlanta.
  • stringpause
    Seriously?
    I really like this podcast, but it’s getting to be more ad than show.
  • SicKnitter
    This Day in History Class
    Yves is a talented writer and researcher. Her beautiful alto voice is easy to listen to. I hope to hear her on more and longer formats
  • MinutiaeMan
    If I want to hear old episodes, I can find them in the feed
    I’ve really enjoyed listening to This Day in History Class since nearly the beginning. I love the tone and style that Yves brings to her storytelling, with a great mix of notable and lesser-known people and events. But about a month ago the publishers started an incredibly annoying “double feature” where they rerun an old episode before the new current episode. This is a blatant excuse to insert more ads into the feed, and it also makes the whole podcast too long. I loved This Day in History Class because it was short (less than 10 minutes) yet still informative and entertaining. Yves’ content is still wonderful. But I’m not going to bother listening when I have to skip past the year-old episodes that I don’t need to re-listen to, just to get to the good stuff— every day. I’ve sadly unsubscribed. If the publishers stop inserting old episodes, I’ll happily start listening again.
  • An ex torrid shopper
    Top Notch
    I’ve like this podcast since the beginning, but the sound design continues to get better and more interesting. I’m also happy to finally have a daily podcast that includes the weekends in their definition of daily! Thank you! Amending my review to dock stars ONLY because of the jarringly AWFUL ads that have NOTHING to do with...... anything really. Did they really poll the audience of this fantastic podcast and determine that this audience wants to hear annoying radio jock style ads?? Still love the content but that quality is the only thing that could get me to suffer through the same style of ads that sent people running from traditional radio.
  • miss cgh
    Info nuggets
    Just the right length to learn something new every day. The ads really do run longer than the actual content tho which is frustrating. I hope they begin to make new episodes again soon
  • Harmakis7
    No new episode?
    Been listening to this podcast for a while. Yes the commercials are a pain as others mentioned but I suffered through since I liked the show. Sadly, it seems that they are not making new episodes anymore. Repeating shows that have been repeated before and such... so.. I’ll unsubscribe now.:(
  • BarbaraThingsNow
    Yves, keep up the great work!
    Yves, keep up the great work. I have listened to this podcast from the beginning with both hosts and continue to love it! These history tidbits are part of my daily listening routine. Thank you for bringing joy and learning to my day.
  • LaReyna1515
    Awesome !
    I love learning something new every day! The important facts and events are all jam packed into a small episode and I think it’s genius. Thanks!
  • olli79a
    Commercials are terrible
    I completely understand the reason for free content containing commercials. Someone has to help pay the bills. However, there are between 1 and 2 minutes at the beginning and another 1 to 2 at the end with 4 to 5 minutes of content in the middle. The extreme larding of Yves podcast with commercials is really unfortunate since she is really making a great and informative podcast.
  • hholms
    Unsubscribed
    Loved learning a little about history on my morning commute but now the commercials are longer than the actual history portion. Trying to skip ahead through 2+ minutes of commercials to get to the actual podcast is a nuisance. I’ve unsubscribed.
  • FashionandFaith
    A Fabulous Dose of History for Busy History Nerds
    I love the little daily doses of history that Yves provides. The topic are intriguing, and are delivered in an engaging way! Great host, great music (that intro slaps!), great topics. Thanks, How Stuff Works (and iHeart Radio, apparently)!
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