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We’re very lucky that Philo T. Farnsworth, as a teenager, didn’t have any distractions like television to keep him from inventing…well…television. ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Signed in 1215 in England, The Magna Carta is said to have inspired many constitutional documents including the United States Constitution. Journey...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1803, Lewis & Clark set out to trek across the Pacific Northwest to find passage to the Pacific Ocean. We are there moments after they started t...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Georges Claude is responsible for bringing the first ever neon signs to America when he sold two of them to a Packard Dealership in Los Angeles. We...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
One of Nikola Tesla’s greatest inventions was The Tesla Coil. However, even from the start, people were confused about what it did and what it was ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Abraham Lincoln has the idea for The Secret Service and he calls William P. Wood to The White House to talk about it in this week’s episode of Did ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Douglas MacArthur was famous for saying, “I shall return!” Did he mean it? Find out all about it in this episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
At 63, Annie Edison Taylor decided to make history! What’s even more shocking than what she decided to do is the reason WHY she decided to do it! F...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Everyone knows about Paul Revere, but did you know a sixteen year old girl did the same thing he did, except better? We learn about Sybil Ludington...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Paul Revere is on his way to Concord! Does he make it? Find out on this week’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
One if by land. Two if by sea. Pretty simple right? Maybe not so much as we find out on this week’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:00
On his historical voyage to the New World Christopher Columbus was very eager to find land. We take a look at one of the possible reasons for that ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
Edison invented the light, but did you know he also came up with the first string of them and hung them outside his lab in New Jersey? We explore t...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sarah Bernhardt was a world renowned actress and in this episode of Did This Happen? we visit her backstage on the evening of her American Stage de...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Francis Scott Key wrote what would become the National Anthem for the United States. The question is, is what we sing now in the form he meant it t...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Abner Doubleday. Civil War General and baseball inventor? Explore how Doubleday may have become associated with America’s Pasttime in this episode ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Is the classic rhyme MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB based on actual events? We explore this possibility in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Every year a large ball drops in Times Square to usher in the New Year. We take a look at the beginings of that tradition in today’s episode of Did...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Did Clement Clarke Moore get his inspiration from real life stories? We explore that on today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley came up with the very first Christmas cards. But exactly why did they do so? Find out on today’s episode o...
Bought by WRVO Public Media
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...
- Added: Mar 24, 2012
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
What Fred Flaxman learned about life from his childhood dog, Buster.
- Added: Feb 25, 2012
- Length: 03:00
A collaborative “Short List” which sheds light on the fears of eight and nine-year-olds – some obvious, some less so. Can you figure out what torna...
- Added: Oct 09, 2011
- Length: :42
- Purchases: 2
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 1
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 03:31
