On this day in history we look at August 27th. We look at the bad fortune of Dresden from Napolean, Roman Holiday and the first female model of colour to feature on the front on a US magazine Naomi Sims.   facebook

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August 27th

From historical events like the premier of One Direction's "This Is Us" to smaller events like the launches of Voyager 1 and 2 to Mars and the birth of Robert Plant. Join its as we explore August 20 in history.   facebook

August 20th

On this day, August 13, Phelps sets 3 world records in swimming, South Park first airs and Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car." We take a look at these events and many more that occurred on August 13.   facebook

August 13th

From Jon Stewart's retirement from the Daily Show to the birth of the world wide web we talk about many things, but all of which occurred on August 6th throughout history.   facebook

August 6th

It's a rock and roll birthday party of music galore this week as we cover George Easton and his colour film, the USS Indianapolis, a sad farewell to the original design of the VW beetle and many more events which all have July 30 in common.   facebook

July 30th

Pope watch and Jew watch have a crossover, we see the advent of the typewriter, and the Boss tours the world. It might be just any day for you for a bunch of history it is much more.   facebook

July 23rd

Joan of Arc drop some mad Reims, the bank of Stockholm makes it rain in Europe, and hip hop also tells us John Adams graduated Harvahrd bro (too many references?). We take a fun look at July 16.   facebook

July 16th

Many things happened on July 9 in history; George Washington read the declaration, Livingston is not found, and 7 die in pope-mania. Join us as we talk about any number of events.   facebook

July 9th

Heading back into lockdown we look at how Martin Luther deals with a thunderstorm, Marquis de Sade's rumour mill and celebrate Margot Robbie's birthday. Join us as we discuss July 2nd in history.   facebook

July 2nd

From the release of Prince's iconic "Purple Ran" to the first run publishing of Anne Frank's Diary we explore everything that happened on June 25th through history.    facebook

June 25th

Many things happened on this day in history, form King Henry VIII election as king to Amelia Earhart's historic Atlantic flight  when take a stroll through history to talk about the events of June 18   facebook

June 18th

Troy was sacked and burned, Thích Quảng Đức immolates himself and sir James Cook discovered the Great Barrier reef and subsequently drove his ship upon it. A lot of things happened on June 11 and we attempt to get through them all.    facebook

June 11th

June the 4th be with you. From Henry Ford cruising the streets of Detroit to Winston Churchill's iconic speech we take a look at as many things which took place on June 4 as possible.   facebook

June 4th

This week talk about Joan of Arc's fashion trends and the church's criticism of it as well as Spike Milligan's "Crazy People." There is many things which occurred on J=May 28 and we tried to get through all of it.   facebook

May 28th

This week we visit history through the eyes of April 16th. From pi to Martin Lawrence there are many birthdays to celebrate amongst  a trounce through the Boston Marathon.   facebook

April 16th

Each week Tony and Phil look back on the day in history looking at a range of topics from politics to art.

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