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Burma’s Pro-Democracy Uprising

August 8, 1988. a wave of nationwide student-led protests against Myanmar’s socialist dictator leads to a ruthless military crackdown. This episode originally aired in 2023.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airs ... Show More

17m 41s

Yesterday

Alice Ramsey Completes Her Drive Across America

August 7, 1909. Alice Huyler Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the continental United States.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See P ... Show More

14m 7s

Aug 6

The First Website

August 6, 1991. British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee launches a digital information revolution when he uploads the first site to the World Wide Web. This episode originally aired in 2024.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a ... Show More

16m 12s

Jul 2024

The Third Presidential Assassination: McKinley

On 5th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in Buffalo, New York. He was at the height of his power, having been re-elected at the beginning of the year. But one of the people who stoo ... Show More

39m 23s

Aug 2024

Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Murder for Spoils | 2

On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died hours later, shocking the war-torn nation and becoming the first President to be assassinated in office. But he would not be the last.Sixteen years later, no a ... Show More

41m 21s

Dec 2024

President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader

Sworn in after the death of President Harding by the light of a kerosene lamp, the 30th President of the United States led the country through 6 years of the prosperous roaring 1920s. Coolidge polled more than 54% of the popular vote in 1924, so what was so good about 'silent Cal ... Show More

48m 31s

Jul 2024

US Presidents Who Escaped Assassination

Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Listen to this bonus episode from our sister podcast, Dan Snow's History Hit, where host Dan is joined by Professor of American History at Cambridge ... Show More

41m 22s

Jan 2025

President FDR & the New Deal

In 1932, amidst the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected the 32nd President of the United States. He was more than a leader; he was a beacon of hope, steering the nation through its darkest days... and the newly-elected president had a plan. In this episode, Don is ... Show More

39m 53s

Aug 2024

Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Protecting POTUS (NEW) | 1

The job of guarding the President’s life belongs to the men and women of the United States Secret Service. There have been many highs and lows in the agency’s more than 150-year history – most poignantly the assassination of JFK in 1963. On today’s show Pulitzer Prize-winning Was ... Show More

52m 45s

Jan 2025

President Herbert Hoover: Did He Cause the Great Depression?

President Herbert Hoover is synonymous with failure. As the Great Depression hit, shanty town across America were nicknamed 'Hoovervilles' in honour of the man held responsible for their birth. But there's more to him than this. Today Don restores depth and nuance to Hoover's tra ... Show More

42m 6s

Jul 2024

President William McKinley: The Secret Service & the Spanish-American War

Why does the Secret Service protect the President of the United States? And what can we learn from McKinley's life and presidency, not just his assassination? Don speaks with Kim Kenney, Executive Director at the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum. Together, they take us thro ... Show More

46m 3s

Aug 2024

Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Anarchist at the Exposition | 3

In September 1901, President William McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York to deliver a speech celebrating American achievements at home and abroad. But waiting in the crowd in Buffalo was an embittered Polish-American laborer seeking to prove his comm ... Show More

36m 22s

Sep 2024

History Daily: The Wall Street Bombing

September 16, 1920. A horse-drawn wagon explodes in the middle of New York’s financial district, killing 30 people.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for all that and more, go to IntoHistory.com.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go ... Show More

16m 40s