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The Second Salem Witch Trial

2

The Escape of Robert Smalls

3

The End of the British General Strike

4

The Creation of Comedy Troupe Monty Python

5

Saturday Matinee: History Analyzed

6

The Release of The Beatles' Final Album

7

William of Rubruck’s Mongol Mission

8

The Hitler Diaries Hoax

9

The Battle for Castle Itter

10

Execution of the Carthusian Monks

11

Saturday Matinee: American Hysteria

12

Henry Ford’s Five-Day Week

13

The Bristol Bus Boycott

14

The Frank Rockslide

15

Billy the Kid Escapes

16

The Publication of Paradise Lost

17

Saturday Matinee: Legends of the Old West

18

The First Solo Voyage Around The World

19

The New Coke Blunder

20

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

21

The Death of the Red Baron

22

Baldwin III Overthrows His Mother

23

Saturday Matinee: European Christmas Markets Tour!

24

The First World Championship Fight

25

The Texas City Disaster

26

The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster

27

The Black Sunday Dust Storm

28

The Flight of Apollo 13

29

Saturday Matinee: Etymoleon

30

Mount Tambora Erupts in Indonesia

31

The Return of HMS Wager’s Castaways

32

Kurt Cobain’s Body Is Found

33

The Teapot Dome Scandal

34

The Race to the North Pole

35

Saturday Matinee: The United States Civil Rights Trail

36

The Pony Express

37

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Tops the Chart

38

The Accidental Capture of Brielle

39

The Introduction of the Hays Code

40

The Lost Language of Crete is Uncovered

41

Saturday Matinee: Real Vikings

42

Friendship Blooms Between Japan and America

43

Bangladesh Declares Independence

44

The Abolition of the British Slave Trade

45

The John Christie Murders

46

The First Passenger Elevator

47

Saturday Matinee: History For The Reckoning

48

Babe Didrikson’s Hitless Inning

49

Discovering the Wreck of the SS Georgiana

50

The Assassination of King George I of Greece

51

The Fight for the Unification of Italy

52

The First F.A. Cup Final

53

Saturday Matinee: Past Lives

54

The Dunblane Massacre

55

Gandhi’s Salt March

56

A Mother’s Pride: The Founding of PFLAG

57

Dr. King’s Assassin Pleads Guilty

58

The First Barbie

59

Saturday Matinee: Hit Parade

60

The First Lady’s First Press Conference

61

The Boston Massacre

62

The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson

63

John Dillinger’s Jailbreak

64

The Election of Pope Pius XII

65

Saturday Matinee: Ladies of Lore

66

The Rosenstrasse Protests

67

The Birth of Radar

68

The Execution of France’s “Lonely Hearts Killer”

69

The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

70

The Cato Street Conspiracy

71

Saturday Matinee: The Secret World of Roald Dahl

72

Nazis in New York

73

The Feminine Mystique

74

The Execution of Dedan Kimathi

75

James Monroe Delivers the Treaty of Ghent

76

Rescuers Reach Trapped Cave Explorer Floyd Collins

77

Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers

78

Baseball’s Negro National League is Formed

79

Dior Unveils the New Look

80

The Egyptian Revolution

81

David Bowie Becomes Ziggy Stardust

82

The Simpsons Makes Television History

83

Saturday Matinee: Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

84

The Munich Air Disaster

85

The Official End of The Third Punic War

86

The 47 Ronin

87

The Battle for the Fifteenth Amendment

88

The Real-Life Robinson Crusoe is Rescued

89

Saturday Matinee: Business History

90

The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson

91

Birth Control Activist Margaret Sanger Stands Trial

92

The Challenger Disaster

93

The End of the Siege of Leningrad

94

The First Television

95

Saturday Matinee: Forgotten Australia

96

The Television Premiere of Roots

97

The Portuguese Royal Family Flees to Brazil

98

Concorde Takes Flight

99

An Inauguration to Remember

100

The First Zeppelin Raid on Britain

101

Saturday Matinee: The History Bureau

102

The End of the Roman Republic

103

The Boston Molasses Disaster

104

The Evacuation of Guadalcanal

105

The Sole Survivor of the Retreat from Kabul

106

The New York Jets Win Super Bowl III

107

Saturday Matinee: True Life Spy Stories

108

The Resignation of Sir Anthony Eden

109

The Capture of Drug Lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

110

The Last English City in France

111

Mother Teresa Arrives in India

112

The Beginning of the Prague Spring

113

Saturday Matinee: American Scandal

114

The End of Islamic Spain

115

Operation Raspberry Takes on the U-Boats

116

Winning Monopoly

117

The Assassination of Russia’s “Mad Monk”

118

The Brutal Killing of Thomas Becket Shocks England

119

Saturday Matinee: Curiosity Meets The Past

120

King Lear’s Royal Premiere

121

The First Performance of “White Christmas”

122

America’s First National Christmas Tree

123

The Fall of King James II

124

The Mock Execution of Dostoevsky

125

Saturday Matinee: Gone Medieval

126

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

127

The Korematsu Case

128

Emperor Timur Captures Delhi

129

The Boston Tea Party

130

The Premiere of Gone With the Wind

131

Saturday Matinee: Charles Dickens Ghost Stories

132

The Battle of Tolvajärvi

133

Frank Sinatra Jr. Is Released by His Kidnappers

134

America’s First Paper Money

135

Jim Morrison’s On-Stage Arrest

136

The Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge

137

Special Update on Wondery+

138

Saturday Matinee: Cautionary Tales

139

Flight 19 Disappears in the Bermuda Triangle

140

Boss Tweed Escapes Prison

141

The Battle of the Eureka Stockade

142

The Start of the Cuban Revolution

143

The Assassination of Sergei Kirov

144

Saturday Matinee: Rebel on Main

145

America’s Deadliest Nightclub Disaster

146

The Genesis of the Nobel Prize

147

Washington’s Thanksgiving

148

The Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters

149

Darwin’s Origin of Species

150

Saturday Matinee: Ship History Radio

151

Judas Maccabeus Recaptures Jerusalem

152

The Real-Life Moby Dick

153

Pelé's 1,000th Career Goal

154

Introducing Mickey Mouse

155

Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution Begins

156

Saturday Matinee: The Ancients

157

The First Passenger Train Through the Channel Tunnel

158

The Amityville Murders

159

John Bunyan’s Arrest

160

The Signing of the World War One Armistice

161

Dr. Livingstone Is Found Alive in Africa

162

Saturday Matinee: Founded

163

The Execution of Soviet Spy Richard Sorge

164

Otto The Great Overthrows The Pope

165

The Invasion of Parihaka

166

Discovering Tutankhamun

167

The Greensboro Massacre

168

Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers

169

The Assassination of Indira Gandhi

170

Jane Austen’s First Novel

171

The Formation of the Red Cross

172

The Siege of La Rochelle

173

The Murder Behind ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

174

Saturday Matinee: American Criminal

175

Italy Suffers its Greatest Military Defeat

176

Boris Pasternak Wins The Nobel Prize

177

The Death of “Pretty Boy” Floyd

178

The “Bubble Boy’s” Experimental Transplant

179

The Sydney Opera House Opens

180

Saturday Matinee: Jane Austen Stories

181

The Assassination of the Emperor of Haiti

182

The Assassination of Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

183

Charlie Chaplin Premieres The Great Dictator

184

The Battle of Old Byland

185

The Miracle of the Andes

186

Saturday Matinee: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes

187

Malala’s Nobel Peace Prize

188

The Vajont Dam Disaster

189

Chicago’s Days of Rage

190

The Battle of Lepanto

191

Opening Night at the Moulin Rouge

192

Saturday Matinee: American Shrapnel

193

The Execution of the Last Prince of Wales

194

The End of the Warsaw Uprising

195

The First Bullet Train

196

Mozart’s Last Opera

197

The Battle of New Market Heights

198

Saturday Matinee: The Curious History of Your Home

199

Daniel Shays Leads a Rebellion

200

The Battle of Stamford Bridge

201

Ben Johnson’s Olympic Gold

202

The Search for Saudi Oil Begins

203

Abraham Lincoln’s Duel

204

Saturday Matinee: Art of Crime

205

The Camilla Massacre

206

The Battle of Chrysopolis

207

Harriet Tubman Escapes From Slavery

208

The Mayflower Sets Sail

209

The Most Iconic Marilyn Monroe Photograph

210

Saturday Matinee: American Scandal

211

The Battle of Marathon

212

General Pinochet’s Chilean Coup

213

John Smith Saves Jamestown

214

The Boston Police Strike

215

Nathan Hale Spies for America

216

Saturday Matinee: Historically Speaking Sports

217

The First Continental Congress

218

Peter Rabbit’s First Tale

219

The Battle of Ain Jalut

220

Ho Chi Minh Declares Independence for Vietnam

221

Bobby Fischer Wins Chess's 'Match of the Century'

222

Saturday Matinee: The History of Fresh Produce

223

The Execution of the Last Inca Emperor

224

The Murder of Emmett Till

225

The Assassination of Lord Mountbatten

226

The Eruption of Krakatoa

227

The Liberation of Paris in WWII

228

Saturday Matinee: Trapped History

229

Captain Cook Claims Australia

230

The Mona Lisa is Stolen from the Louvre

231

The Menendez Murders

232

The Gift of Photography

233

The 19th Amendment Gives Women the Right to Vote

234

Saturday Matinee: Real Dictators

235

The Premiere of the Wizard of Oz

236

Carlos the Jackal is Captured

237

The Brownsville Affair

238

The First Antiseptic Surgery

239

The Arrest of Ethel Rosenberg

240

Saturday Matinee: Business Movers

241

Burma’s Pro-Democracy Uprising

242

Alice Ramsey Completes Her Drive Across America

243

The First Website

244

The Murder of Vice Principal Bian Zhongyun

245

The Capture of Anne Frank

246

Saturday Matinee: The Bowery Boys

247

The Launch of MTV

248

The Disappearance of Labor Leader Jimmy Hoffa

249

England Wins the World Cup

250

The Publication of The Lord of the Rings

251

Henry VIII’s Fifth Wedding

252

Saturday Matinee: Math! Science! History!

253

Bob Dylan Goes Electric

254

The Siege of Damascus

255

The Twilight Zone Helicopter Crash

256

The Preparedness Day Bombing

257

Neil Armstrong Walks On the Moon

258

Saturday Matinee: What Went Wrong

259

The Great Fire of Rome

260

The Russian Royal Family is Executed

261

The Trinity Nuclear Test

262

Nintendo’s First Multi-Game Console

263

The Lincoln Hospital Takeover

264

Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers

265

Yagan: The Death of a Freedom Fighter

266

Telstar Reaches Orbit

267

The First Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

268

Con Man Soapy Smith is Shot Dead

269

News of the World Shuts Down

270

Saturday Matinee: Famous & Gravy

271

Lewis Carroll Imagines Wonderland

272

The Downing of Iran Air Flight 655

273

The Assassination of President Garfield

274

The Battle of Gettysburg Begins

275

The Tunguska Event

276

Saturday Matinee: History Dispatches

277

Boxing’s First Black World Champion

278

Elvis’s Final Show

279

The Korean War Begins

280

Australia’s First Woman Prime Minister

281

The Brexit Referendum

282

Saturday Matinee: American Criminal

283

Jaws Hits U.S. Movie Theaters

284

Juneteenth

285

The Mysterious Death of “God’s Banker”

286

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

287

The First Woman In Space

288

Saturday Matinee: American Scandal

289

The Mysterious Death of King Ludwig II

290

Retreat from Cold Harbor

291

Vietnam’s “Burning Monk” Protest

292

Benjamin Franklin’s Kite Experiment

293

Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown

294

Saturday Matinee: D-Day: The Tide Turns

295

The First Concrete is Poured at the Hoover Dam

296

The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

297

The Hot-Air Balloon’s First Flight

298

The Extinction of the Great Auk

299

The Killing of Benno Ohnesorg

300

Saturday Matinee: Dressed

301

Joan of Arc is Burned at the Stake

302

The Arrest of an Art Forger

303

The Birth of the Miracle Quintuplets

304

The Assassination of the Butcher of Prague

305

The First-Ever Dow Jones Industrial Average

306

Saturday Matinee: People Hidden in History

307

The Death of Bonnie and Clyde

308

The Final Conviction in Birmingham’s Baptist Church Bombing

309

The Murder of Bobby Franks

310

The Meter Convention

311

England Becomes a Republic

312

Saturday Matinee: Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

313

President Clinton Apologizes for the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

314

The Assassination of Japan's Prime Minister

315

Louis XIV Becomes King of France

316

The Philadelphia MOVE Bombing

317

President Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba

318

Saturday Matinee: American History Tellers

319

The Soviets Celebrate Victory Day

320

The Release of The Beatles' Final Album

321

The Return of The Scream

322

The Hitler Diaries Hoax

323

The Battle of Puebla on Cinco de Mayo

324

Saturday Matinee: War Movie Theatre

325

Osama Bin Laden Is Killed By U.S. Navy SEALs

326

Henry Ford’s Five-Day Week

327

Operation Mincemeat

328

The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

329

Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction into the US Army

330

Saturday Matinee: Business Movers

331

Samantha Smith Becomes ‘America’s Youngest Ambassador’

332

The First Solo Voyage Around The World

333

The Battle of Clontarf

334

The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

335

The Loch Ness Photograph

336

Saturday Matinee: Titanic: Ship of Dreams

337

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

338

Henri Giraud’s Second Prison Break

339

The Fall of the Fortress of Masada

340

The Titanic Sinks

341

The Black Sunday Dust Storm

342

Saturday Matinee: Unsolved Histories

343

The Fall of Idi Amin

344

Delphine LaLaurie’s Torture Chamber

345

Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial Protest Concert

346

The Maiden Voyage of the Great Western

347

The Execution of Dick Turpin

348

Saturday Matinee: ArtMuse

349

The Birth of the SS

350

The Pony Express

351

Beethoven’s First Symphony Premieres

352

John Cage’s Experimental Music

353

The Inauguration of the Eiffel Tower

354

Saturday Matinee: Ancient Civilisations

355

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident Begins

356

Friendship Blooms Between Japan and America

357

Funny Girl Opens on Broadway

358

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

359

The Death of Queen Elizabeth I

360

Saturday Matinee: Business Movers

361

The End of Alcatraz

362

Babe Didrikson’s Hitless Inning

363

The First International Women’s Day

364

The Execution of the Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar

365

Montreal’s Hockey Riot

366

Saturday Matinee: Our Weird World

367

The Trial of Jack Ruby

368

The Start of the Eighty Years’ War

369

The Publication of The Cat In The Hat

370

A Mother’s Pride: The Founding of PFLAG

371

Alexander Graham Bell Makes the First Telephone Call

372

Saturday Matinee: Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever

373

The Abduction of Ellen Turner

374

The First Lady’s First Press Conference

375

The Hunt for the Last Pirate of the Caribbean

376

Conquistador Hernán Cortés Arrives In Mexico

377

Rockefeller Donates His Fortune to Charity

378

Saturday Matinee: The China History Podcast

379

Britain’s Working Class Finds Victory in the 1972 UK Miners’ Strike

380

The Rosenstrasse Protests

381

The Barings Bank Collapse

382

Cassius Clay Becomes Heavyweight Champion of the World

383

The Battle of Karnal