All Episodes
This Day in Miami History Podcast — 61 episodes
October 24, 2005: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall, rocks Miami-Dade County (with Brian McNoldy)
September 6, 1954: Doris Hart completes career tennis "Boxed Set" at U.S. National Championships
July 21, 1911: Historic Aviation Meet marks Miami's 15th birthday
April 13, 1933: Ruth Bryan Owen sworn in as first female chief of mission at the minister rank
March 15, 1984: Jury acquits Miami police officer Luis Alvarez for shooting of Nevell Johnson Jr. (with Seth A. Weitz)
February 19, 1968: Teachers in Dade and across the state of Florida resign en masse (with Jody Baxter Noll)
January 30, 1952: President Harry S. Truman signs Interama proclamation
Bonus Episode: Revisiting Burger King's James McLamore, with Whit McLamore and Sterling McLamore
November 8, 1960: 10 voters choose to create Islandia, an unlikely Dade County city
October 7, 1984: The Charles Munroe Brown house collapses on the MacArthur Causeway (with Don Slesnick)
September 16, 1984: "Miami Vice" premiers on NBC
September 1, 2004: The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz airs for the first time (with Mike Ryan Ruiz)
August 3, 1964: The Great Gleason Express rolls Jackie Gleason into Miami
July 7, 2024: The Death of Merrett R. Stierheim
June 28, 1977: Bob Graham announces candidacy for governor, "Workday" tactic
June 12, 1982: The Miami Hurricanes win the College World Series (with David Brauer)
May 26 and 27, 1950: The 'Kefauver Commission' begins its investigation of organized crime in Miami
May 14, 1942: SS Potrero del Llano sunk by U-Boat off Miami Beach
March 20, 1970: Roxcy Bolton elected vice president of National Organization for Women
February 25, 2024: Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) defeats Sonny Liston to claim the Heavyweight Title
January 1, 1935: The First Orange Bowl (with Tommy Phillips, author of "The Orange Bowl: A Complete History")
September 27, 2023: Inter Miami CF attempts to avenge the Miami Fusion's loss in the U.S. Open Cup (with Joe Shaw)
September 20, 1942: The Clevelander Hotel is prepared for AAFTTC guard school
August 22, 2023: The Miami Seaquarium reopens without Lolita
July 26, 1925: Miami News Tower (Freedom Tower) opens with Dr. Paul S. George
January 4, 1990: Manuel Noriega arraigned on charges at the Miami Federal Courthouse
May 17, 1991: Queen Elizabeth II visits Miami
April 29, 1920: The birth of Barbara Capitman (with Daniel Ciraldo, Executive Director, Miami Design Preservation League)
April 1, 1980: The start of the Mariel Boatlift (with Andrew Beck Grace of NPR's "White Lies”)
March 12, 1998: Joe Carollo returns as Miami's mayor after 1997 election is invalidated
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Bob Kealing, author of "Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida."
February 26, 1946: Winston Churchill receives an honorary degree from the University of Miami (with Casey Piket)
January 14, 1973: The Miami Dolphins complete a perfect season and win Super Bowl VII (with Marshall Jon Fisher)
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Dr. Chris Wilhelm, author of "From Swamp to Wetland: The Creation of Everglades National Park"
December 6, 1947: Everglades National Park is officially dedicated
November 5, 1947: M. Athalie Range appears in front of the Dade School Board (with Dr. Marvin Dunn)
October 26, 1929: Miami's Airlene Evans becomes first baby born in an airplane
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Rev. Msgr. Pablo Navarro on Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami
September 11, 1987: Pope John Paul II delivers mass in Miami's Tamiami Park
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Douglas Laycock on the Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye and Religious Liberty
August 16, 1987: The Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye opens its doors in Hialeah
July 27, 1925: Death of Mayor P.A. Henderson, William Jennings Bryan share Miami's front pages
June 23, 1980: Two Men Climb Down The Mutiny Hotel (with Roben Farzad)
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Ari Odzer of NBC 6 WTVJ about the 1997 Miami Tornado and more!
May 12, 1997: A Tornado Rips Through Downtown Miami
April 10, 1985: Anchorman Ralph Renick leaves WTVJ to run for governor of Florida
March 30, 1972: The Watergate Hotel break-in is planned at the Florida White House on Key Biscayne
February 13, 1964: The Beatles flew into Miami Beach
January 25, 1947: Al Capone dies on Miami Beach's Palm Island
January 1, 1926: Coral Gables Stadium hosts an unprecedented college football exhibition
December 26, 1896: The Christmas fire of 1896 burns Miami (and its first would-be saloon)
November 15, 1983: A runoff, after a backstab, is contested for Miami Mayor
October 22, 1962: President Kennedy publicly kicks off Cuban Missile Crisis, with Miami in crosshairs
September 18, 1926: The Great Miami Hurricane makes landfall
August 16, 1965: The Miami Dolphins are born
July 28, 1896: The City of Miami is officially incorporated
August 5, 1974: A building collapses in Downtown Miami, killing seven federal employees
Bonus Episode: An Interview with former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Charles Dusseau
May 20, 1984: Metrorail runs for the first time
April 30, 1915: Dade County's boundaries are changed to form Broward
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