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--- 1920: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

--- "The Fight For Women's Suffrage". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. After seven decades of protests, petitions, and civil disobedience, the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote. Learn about Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and the countless other women who fought against a deeply sexist and patriarchal society for women's suffrage. These women endured arrests and forced feedings to obtain their right to vote. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XhMPPpgzqD1tY49xb9hsY

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage/id1632161929?i=1000577454866

 

--- 1945: V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) was celebrated as the Japanese announced that they surrendered, ending World War II. However, September 2 is officially considered V-J Day in the U.S. because that is when the Japanese actually signed the surrender document on board the USS Missouri.

--- 1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security act into law.

--- 1851: John Henry Holliday, known throughout history as Doc Holliday, was born on August 14, 1851, in Georgia. Everybody called him Doc because he was actually a dentist. He is most famous for the shootout at the O.K. Corral.

--- "Wyatt Earp and the Shootout at the O.K. Corral". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Hear how famous lawman Wyatt Earp and his best friend Doc Holliday became legends of the Wild West and inspired many of the cliches and movies you know today. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tFsniHHehDt3dRqyu5A5F

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wyatt-earp-and-the-shootout-at-the-o-k-corral/id1632161929?i=1000600141845

 

--- 1821: Missouri was admitted as the 24th state.

--- 1874: Future president Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa.

--- 1921: Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracted polio, most likely while swimming at Campobello Island (a small island which belongs to the Canadian province of New Brunswick). He was only 39 years old. The next day he discovered he could not walk and would never walk again. Eleven years later he was elected president of the United States.

--- "Polio — Jonas Salk and Franklin Roosevelt". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Polio was one of the scourges of the 20th century. And it mainly struck children. All of a sudden a person contracted polio and suffered terribly for several days. Sometimes they recovered, sometimes they died, and sometimes they were left permanently disabled. The most famous polio victim of all time, Franklin Roosevelt, hid his disability from the public. But this story has a true hero: Jonas Salk, who developed a vaccine which led to the almost complete eradication of this dreaded disease. And Dr. Salk never patented the vaccine or earned any money from his discovery. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/32YopJ8jh7064oLCFJdSxB

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/polio-jonas-salk-and-franklin-roosevelt/id1632161929?i=1000646466757

 

--- 1974: Gerald Ford became president at noon Eastern time when the resignation of Richard Nixon became effective. Ford is the only U.S. president who was never elected in a national election. He had been appointed vice president to fill the vacancy after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office on October 10, 1973, due to charges of income tax evasion and political corruption.

--- 1945: U.S. B-29 bomber “Bockscar” dropped an atomic (plutonium) bomb named “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan killing approximately 40,000 people in the blast (others would die later from radiation poisoning).

--- "The Atomic Bomb (part 2) - Arguments For and Against Its Use Against Japan". That is the title of part 2 of the two-episode series of my podcast: History Analyzed. This episode explores the arguments for and against the use of the atomic bombs on Japan. Part 1 explains why and how the atomic bomb was created as well as how it was utilized on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DkDyF2rJDgU88mg2Lm6C4

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-making-and-utilization-of-the-atomic-bomb-part-2/id1632161929?i=1000585050849

 

--- 1925: Over 30,000 Ku Klux Klan members brazenly paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. And although they wore their KKK costumes, they had the hoods pulled up so they could show their faces. Government officials would only sanction the parade if participants agreed to walk unmasked.

--- 1974: President Richard Nixon announced his resignation, effective on noon the next day. He is the only U.S. president to resign.

--- *"*Watergate". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Most people know that Watergate was the biggest scandal in American history, but few know many details. Listen to what actually occurred at the Watergate complex, how it was only part of a much broader campaign of corruption, and why Richard Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign from office. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OhSBUTzAUTf6onrUqz0tR

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watergate/id1632161929?i=1000605692140

 

--- 1974: Philippe Petit walked on a tight rope between the top of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

--- 1964: The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing President Lyndon Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia. This resolution gave LBJ the authority to conduct war in Vietnam.

--- "The Vietnam War: 1964-1973". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Wars are never solely military questions. They always involve politics and the will of the people. This episode outlines America's war in Vietnam and explains why the U.S. lost, including the limitations imposed by the American public and the realities of the Cold War. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4C3tmhLif4eAgh2zV3dyoZ

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vietnam-war-1964-1973/id1632161929?i=1000641369681

 

--- 1965: As part of his Great Society, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law providing health insurance for elderly Americans.

--- 1916: German spies blew up the Black Tom railroad yard in New Jersey. This was during World War I. The United States did not enter World War I until April 1917. But in the summer of 1916 the U.S. was supplying Britain with materials for the war. This explosion was so large that it shattered windows in Manhattan and caused damage to the right arm of the Statue of Liberty. As a result, the public has not been able to go up to the torch of the statue since 1916.

--- "Iconic American City Landmarks". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Everybody is familiar with the Statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, the Hollywood sign, the Gateway Arch, and the Space Needle. But do you know the stories behind these landmarks and how they tie into the histories of their cities? You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KTNe45LErFxjRtxl8nhp1

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iconic-american-city-landmarks/id1632161929?i=1000591738078

 

--- 1958: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was created as a civilian agency to manage America’s exploration of space.

--- "The Space Race". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously promised to land a man on the moon within that decade. But why was there a race to the moon anyway? Get your questions about the space race answered and discover little known facts. For example, many don't realize that a former Nazi rocket scientist was the main contributor to America's satellite and moon program, or that the USSR led the race until the mid-1960s. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37bm0Lxf8D9gzT2CbPiONg

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-space-race/id1632161929?i=1000571614289

 

--- 1974: Articles of Impeachment were adopted by the House Judiciary Committee against President Richard Nixon.

--- 1953: Korean War essentially ended when the U.S., China, North Korea, and South Korea signed an armistice. The fighting stopped, but no formal peace treaty was ever signed. Technically the war never ended.

--- "The Cold War Heats Up in Korea". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Outside of M*A*S*H reruns, the Korean War is largely forgotten by a lot of the world. This episode explores the history of the Korean War and why it occurred. It also delves into key players on both sides of the war, such as Truman, MacArthur, Mao, Stalin, Kim Il-sung, Syngman Rhee, and more. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/05suCXaNyPJ18WjdOg3vI6

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cold-war-heats-up-in-korea/id1632161929?i=1000569946478

 

--- 1775: U.S. postal system was founded by the Second Continental Congress; Benjamin Franklin was named as postmaster general.

--- 1948: President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the U.S. Armed Services. Here is a key quote from that Executive Order: “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. This policy shall be put into effect as rapidly as possible, having due regard to the time required to effectuate any necessary changes without impairing efficiency or morale.”

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-analyzed/id1632161929

 

--- 1862 Former president Martin Van Buren died in Kinderhook, New York. He was the first president born as an American citizen and not a subject of the British crown. His nickname of "Old Kinderhook" became shortened to “OK”. In 1840 his supporters liked to say that “Martin Van Buren is OK”. There are various purported origins for the term "OK" from before 1840. But the nickname for Martin Van Buren as "Old Kinderhook" popularized that term "OK" and made it become part of common American language.

--- 1974: U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon must surrender the Watergate tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor. This led to Nixon leaving office 2 weeks later. On August 8, 1974, Nixon gave a televised speech announcing that he would resign the presidency at noon the following day, meaning August 9.

--- "Watergate". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Most people know that Watergate was the biggest scandal in American history, but few know many details. Listen to what actually occurred at the Watergate complex, how it was only part of a much broader campaign of corruption, and why Richard Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign from office. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OhSBUTzAUTf6onrUqz0tR

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watergate/id1632161929?i=1000605692140

 

--- 1967: Detroit Riot began. The rioting continued for 5 days, resulting in 43 dead, over 300 injured, and nearly 1,400 buildings burned. This was the largest riot in the U.S. since the New York draft riots in 1863.

--- 1885: Former president Ulysses S. Grant died in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Contrary to a popular myth, author Mark Twain did not assist Grant in writing his memoir. Grant wrote it himself. The transcript in Grant's own handwriting still exists. However, Twain assisted Grant in getting a good deal from a publisher so Grant could provide for his family after he died. Grant finished writing the book shortly before his death and Twain made sure it was published.

--- "Civil War Generals Throwdown - Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. For over 160 years, people have asked who was the better general — Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee? It's time to put this debate to rest by comparing their military strategies, successes, and failures in the Civil War. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4emHErk7RJvpYVDjjP1M9h

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/civil-war-generals-throwdown-ulysses-s-grant-vs-robert-e-lee/id1632161929?i=1000568962877

--- 1796: Cleveland, Ohio was founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Of course he spelled the name of the city the same as his last name: "Cleaveland". It is unclear how the spelling of the city name changed. There is a story that the "Cleveland Advertiser" newspaper dropped the "a" because the name  "Cleaveland" would not fit on the masthead for its first issue in 1831. Others claim that the "a" was dropped by accident (a simple misspelling) on early maps from the 1790s. When the city was incorporated in 1836, they adopted the spelling of "Cleveland".

--- 1934: Gangster John Dillinger, the original Public Enemy Number One, was shot and killed by federal agents outside of the Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-analyzed/id1632161929

 

--- 1692: Five people were all hanged on the same day, convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts: Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes. Although they were executed on the same day, each of those 5 women were hanged 1 at a time.

--- 1848: Seneca Falls Convention began. For 2 days, July 19-20, 1848, the first large women’s rights conference occurred. It is usually called the Seneca Falls Convention because it occurred in Seneca Falls, New York. It was organized by several women, but the 2 leaders were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Approximately 300 people attended, mostly women, but some men also. Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the two-day convention by announcing the goals and purposes of the conference: "We are assembled to protest against a form of government, existing without the consent of the governed - to declare our right to be free as man is free, to be represented in the government which we are taxed to support, to have such disgraceful laws as give man the power to chastise and imprison his wife, to take the wages which she earns, the property which she inherits, and, in case of separation, the children of her love." They drafted a set of 11 resolutions of equal rights for women. Ten of the resolutions were approved unanimously. Only the 9th resolution was approved with just a majority. And what was the 9th resolution? It called for women’s suffrage.

--- "The Fight For Women's Suffrage". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. After 7 decades of protests, petitions, and civil disobedience, the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote. Learn about Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and the countless other women who fought against a deeply sexist and patriarchal society for women's suffrage. These women endured arrests and forced feedings to obtain their right to vote. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XhMPPpgzqD1tY49xb9hsY

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage/id1632161929?i=1000577454866

 

--- 64 CE: The Great Fire of Rome began, and lasted for 6 days, destroying much of Rome. The famous story of Emperor Nero starting the fire and playing the lyre as he watched the fire is almost certainly false. Tacitus, a reliable historian from ancient Rome who wrote about the fire approximately 60 years later, stated that Nero was not even in Rome when the fire started, and that, when he returned, he provided help to those who lost their homes. The fire probably started in merchant shops near the Circus Maximus (stadium for chariot racing) and quickly spread throughout the tightly packed city. Estimates of the city's population at that time range from 500,000 to a million people. Emperor Nero blamed the fire on the new religious group of Christians.

--- "Hannibal vs. Rome: The Punic Wars". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Most people only know one thing about Hannibal — that he brought elephants over the Alps to attack Rome. But there is so much more to the story. Carthage and Rome fought 3 wars over a period of 118 years to determine who would become the dominant people in the Mediterranean. Hannibal's loss led directly to the Romans being the ones to shape Western civilization and the modern world. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1k1ELv053qVJ9pG55nmkKE

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hannibal-vs-rome-the-punic-wars/id1632161929?i=1000610323369

 

--- 1790: Washington, D.C. was founded. What makes it a unique city is that it was completely planned. Most cities just grow organically, starting from a small settlement and they keep expanding. The location and the layout of Washington were both planned. George Washington chose the location of the new U.S. capital.

--- 1945: First atomic bomb was exploded. The codename for the nuclear test was "Trinity". The test occurred at the bombing range near Alamogordo Army Airfield in New Mexico. The plutonium-based test weapon was nicknamed "the gadget". The test was a complete success. The world had entered the atomic age. Among the many observers of the Trinity test were Enrico Fermi, General Leslie Groves, and Robert Oppenheimer, the mastermind of the project. Oppenheimer later recalled that the explosion made him think of a verse from the Hindu holy book, the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The gravity of the situation was not lost on Oppenheimer or, presumably, any of the other people who witnessed the giant mushroom cloud in New Mexico.

--- "The Atomic Bomb (part 1) - Development and Utilization 1939 to 1945". That is the title of part 1 of the two-episode series of my podcast: History Analyzed. This episode explains why and how the atomic bomb was created as well as how it was utilized on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 2 explores the arguments for and against the use of the atomic bombs on Japan. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gli3YBHFFSTzZWFhw0Z2k

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-making-and-utilization-of-the-atomic-bomb-part-1/id1632161929?i=1000584186747

 

--- 1984: First woman nominated for national office in U.S.: Geraldine Ferraro was named the Vice Presidential candidate by the Democrats.

--- 1979: Disco Demolition Night. A promotion at the home of the White Sox, Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, turned into a riot after a crate of disco records was blown up on the field between games of a doubleheader.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-analyzed/id1632161929

 

--- 1804: The sitting Vice President of the U.S., Aaron Burr, shot the former Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton died the following day in New York City.

--- 1979: Skylab, the first space station of the U.S., crashed to Earth, 5 years after the last mission aboard the vessel.

--- 1767: Future president John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-analyzed/id1632161929

--- 1898: U.S. annexed Hawaii when President William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress. Hawaii remained a territory of the United States until August 21, 1959, when Hawaii became the 50th state.

--- 1865: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold were hanged at the same time on the grounds where the condemned were imprisoned. It is now known as Fort McNair in Washington D.C. These were the four people convicted of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The man who pulled the trigger, John Wilkes Booth, was killed on April 26, 1865, when he refused to surrender to Federal troops.

--- "The Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. You may already know that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But did you know that it was part of a larger conspiracy to also kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward? Find out about his co-conspirators and what happened after that fateful night at Ford’s Theatre, including the epic 12-day manhunt for Booth. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0g7eNq8dUR3XvbtwsCkVNg

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manhunt-for-john-wilkes-booth/id1632161929?i=1000575192547

 

--- 1776: Happy 250th Birthday! The United States declared its independence from Britain with the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

--- 1946: After 48 years of occupation by the United States, the Philippines finally became an independent country. As part of the Treaty of Paris (1898) which ended the Spanish-American War, the U.S. purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million. The U.S. retained the Philippines as a territory until 1946.

--- 1826: On the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, two former presidents who drafted the Declaration died hours apart. John Adams died in Quincy, Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson died in Albemarle County, Virginia.

--- 1831: Exactly 5 years after Adams and Jefferson, former president James Monroe died in New York City.

--- 1863: Confederate army in Vicksburg, Mississippi surrendered to the federal army commanded by Ulysses S. Grant. This gave federal forces complete control of the Mississippi River.

--- 1872: Future president Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. He is the only president to be born on Independence Day.

--- 1803: Thomas Jefferson announced the Louisiana Purchase to the nation.

--- "The Louisiana Purchase". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and doubled the size of the United States. This set America on its expansion, known as Manifest Destiny, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This episode explores the history of colonization of North America, how the U.S. expanded, why Napoleon sold Louisiana, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and what would have happened if the Louisiana Purchase did not occur. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nfTWdlutIHkIbkU87OgXd

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-louisiana-purchase/id1632161929?i=1000697032871