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Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: New Academic Building, Goldsmiths College, University of London
What's all the fuss about coin collecting?

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 09:59
Caption: Harry Warren
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: 1948, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
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
Caption: Bernita Joyce, Credit: Meghan Vigeant
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack heads out to Rollie's Rednecks and Longnecks in St Cloud not to ride the mecha...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Charles Lindbergh made history flying his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. The trip took over 33 hours! Lis...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The Liberty Bell is a symbol of freedom for the United States, but did you know it started life as a simple Statehouse Bell for Pennsylvania? Liste...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On December 14, 1911, an expedition team led by Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. Listen in on this historic moment in today...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The caves in Lascaux feature thousands of Paleolithic paintings along the walls. Just who painted these and why remains a mystery. We provide you w...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In January or 1894, Edison Labs were working on the Motion Picture camera. During that time William Dickson became the director of the very first m...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On September 26, 1580, Sir Francis Drake completed his circumnavigation of the world. Find out what he said to his men as they pulled into the harb...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Everyone’s heard Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he set foot on the moon, but what happened in the moments after that? Find out in this episode of...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Hannibal is credited as being one of the most talented military commanders of all time. Listen in as he ‘thinks outside the box’ while planning his...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Micahelangelo spent 4 years painting the incredible Sistine Chapel. Hear the moments immediately following the completion of the painting in this e...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In this episode of Did This Happen?, we take you to the workshop of Alexander Graham Bell moments after the very first telephone call!

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The Titanic was built to be unsinkable. But it sunk. Researchers may never fully know all the events surrounding the big ship’s demise. We take a l...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
George Washington Carver was an inventor whose list of inventions is astounding. Did This Happen takes you to Dr. Carver’s lab as he’s about to deb...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Genghis Kahn was the mighty emperor of the Mongol Empire. He was feared far and wide.Did This Happen? takes you to the moments before Kahn and his ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00