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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
Florence Nightingale rose to fame as a nurse in The Crimean War. We explore her attention to detail in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
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
In December of 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In this episode of Did This Happen? we are there to get their first impressions of their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1927, balloons of cartoon characters were introduced to the Macy’s Thanksgving Day Parade! Find out what happened to those balloons when they we...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1939, President Franklin Delano actually moved Thanksgiving up a week! Find out the reasons why in this episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
The Total Tutor will interview Tony Bongiovi, Steve Hooman, John McNaughton, Jennifer Stancil,and two Miami Book Fair Authors.
- Added: Oct 23, 2011
- Length: 01:29:51
In this Arts & Cultural Heritage news feature, Jeff Carmack explores an innovative arts program which has taken root at the Eastside Boys & Girls C...
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 30:23
6-year-old Zibia can be sweet and thoughtful, but she also has a wild temper. She can be mean and she knows it. This is a story about a clash bet...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 29, 2011
- Length: 08:23
- Purchases: 1
What's the deal with abstract art, anyway?
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 13, 2010
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 1
In Washington, at D.C.'s Sixth and I Synagogue, toddlers are taking their first steps, attending their first services and singing their first Jewis...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 06:22
- Purchases: 1
On December 25, 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River in what has become one of history’s most famous boat rides! Listen in moment bef...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
What was Sameul F.B. Morse like as a teenager? Find out in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
General George Armstrong Custer made his last stand at Little Big Horn. I this episode of Did This Happen? we hear the moments leading up to that f...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his, now famous, Gettysburg Address. We take you to the moments before the president took the ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00