May 18th - The volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shakes the ground underneath Mount St. Helens in Washington State. The quake sets off a landslide and the entire...
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On This Day Podcast
A time capsule of stories of the significant, intriguing or just plain forgotten events of history that all occurred on this day.
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20 of 100 episodesNovember 30th - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" (rerelease)
Michael Jackson's landmark album "Thriller" is released on this day in 1982. The album contains only 9 songs, produces 7 hit singles, wins a...
November 15th - In Cold Blood: The Clutter Family Murders (Rerelease)
Four members of the Clutter Family are murdered in their quiet Holcomb, Kansas farmhouse during the early morning hours On This Day in 1959....
November 13th - The Real Amityville Horror: The DeFeo Family Murders (Rerelease)
The murders of Ronald and Louise DeFeo along with their 4 children, killed by oldest son Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr...On This Day in 1974. The...
The last flight of Lynyrd Skynyrd (repeat)
A chartered plane carrying southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in a wooded swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi killing six including lea...
Marie Antoinette, Monsieur de Paris and the Guillotine (repeat)
Marie Antoinette loses her head at the hands of Monsieur de Paris, Henri Sanson, and his Guillotine, On This Day in 1793.
September 11th - 9/11
A time capsule of stories of the significant, intriguing or just plain forgotten events of history that all occurred on this day.
August 29th - Hurricane Katrina (repeat)
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall On This Day in 2005. (repeat)
August 23rd - Stockholm Syndrome (repeat)
On this day in 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson enters a bank in Norrmalmstorg square in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. Olsson takes all 4 bank emplo...
August 16th - Death of The King, Elvis Presley (repeat)
Elvis Presley, The King of Rock'N'Roll, dies On This Day in 1977 in a 2nd floor bathroom in his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee (rep...
August 10th - The Murders of Leno & Rosemary LaBianca by the Manson Family (repeat)
The murders of Leno & Rosemary LaBianca by the Manson Family, On This Day in 1969 (repeat)
August 6th - The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (repeat)
The atomic bomb codenamed "Little Boy" is detonated above the Japanese city of Hiroshima in the final days of World War 2, On This Day in 19...
August 4th - Lizzie Borden Took An Axe... (repeat)
Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home On This Day in 1892. Suspicion soon falls o...
July 4th - Independence Day & the Declaration of Independence
Independence Day in America & the story behind the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress On This Day in 17...
June 28th - Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Canadian runner Terry Fox (repeat)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that creates a ripple effect of conflict throughout the 20th century, beginning with the Great...
June 27th - The Last Will & Testament of James Smithson (repeat)
The Last Will & Testament of English mineralogist James Smithson, who passes away On This Day in 1829 and leaves his entire fortune to the U...
June 26th - The Berlin Airlift (repeat)
The Berlin Airlift begins On This Day in 1948, Operation Vittles and Operation Little Vittles. (repeat)
June 25th - The Murder of Stanford White (repeat)
The sensational murder of architect Stanford White On This Day in 1906 and the trial of the century that follows. (repeat)
June 17th - The Watergate Burglary (repeat)
The Watergate burglars are caught On This Day in 1972.
June 16th - Ghost Story Challenge in the Year Without A Summer & Katherine Graham (repeat)
The ghost story challenge of 1816 during the Year Without A Summer, and Washington Post Publisher Katherine Graham born On This Day in 1917....