THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1838 – OHIO’S OBERLIN COLLEGE IS THE FIRST IN AMERICA TO ADMIT FEMALE STUDENTS 1938 – ORSON WELLES’ RADIO BROADCAST ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ SPAKED A NATIONWIDE PANIC 1945 – SHOE
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Tuesday – October 29, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1929 – THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE CRASHED, TRIGGERING THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1945 – THE FIRST BALL POINT PEN GOES ON SALE… IT COST $12 (WHICH WAS A HUGE PRICE BACK THEN)
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1793 – ELI WHITNEY FILED FOR A PATENT ON HIS COTTON GIN 1886 – PRESIDENT CLEVELAND DEDICATED THE STATUE OF LIBERTY 1904 – ST LOUIS POLICE START USING THIS NEW CRIME-FIGHTING
Read moreFriday – October 25, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1954 – EISENHOWER CONDUCTS THE FIRST TELEVISED CABINET MEETING 1971 – THE U.N. VOTES TO EXPEL TAIWAN AND ADMIT COMMUNIST CHINA 1980 – AC/DC EARNS FIRST #1 HIT WITH ‘YOU SHOOK
Read moreThursday – October 24, 2019
ONE WEEK FROM HALLOWEEN — HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS WILD MOVIE ABOUT A HAUNTED HOUSE CALLED McKAMEY MANOR? (You have to sign a 40 page contract to enter…and may win $20,000 if you can last 10 hours.) THIS
Read moreWednesday – October 23, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1819 – THE FIRST BOAT PASSED THRU THE ERIE CANAL FROM UTICA TO ROME, NY 1915 – IN NYC, 25,000 WOMEN MARCH FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE 1928 – HOBERG PAPER
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BONUS PODCAST: Mike Interviews James O’Keefe of Project Veritas
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1797 – THE FRIGATE ‘U.S. CONSTITUTION’ (OLD IRONSIDES) IS LAUNCHED FROM BOSTON HARBOR 1879 – EDISON INVENTS A WORKABLE INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTBULB 1959 – THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-DESIGNED GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OPENED
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Thursday – October 17, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1931 – AL CAPONE IS CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION AND SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON 1933 – ALBERT EINSTEIN FLEES NAZI GERMANY AND COMES TO AMERICA…SETTLING IN PRINCETON, NJ 1979
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