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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
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Joan of Arc is a national heorine in France who led the French armies during the Hundred Years War. Did This Happen? takes you to the final moments...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In May of 1776, George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross visited seamstress Betsy Ross to talk to her about a new flag for the United State...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On July 4, 1776, the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Did This Happen takes you to Philadelphia for this historic moment. ...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Forest History Center bunkhouse, Credit: MN Historical Society
Meet 1900 logger and troubador Boston McBride, a character of Forest History Center interpreter Brian McCaulay.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits the Stearns History Museum located in St. Cloud. This report happens o...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:41
Caption: Attkinson's Star Toy Museum, Credit: Courtesy of Andrew Hiller
A Hungarian Princess Leia, a six foot long Millenium Falcon, and over 13,000 other Star Wars toys live in Stephen Atkinson's home turned Museum. S...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUT, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2010
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 3
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Local author Dwane Schwartz and his latest called "Calumet," a mystery set in Calumet that involves the Klan.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
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Radio Rock celebrates the history of rock music, blending tracks from the 1950s to the present day into an always eclectic playlist, with historica...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jan 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
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The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
Caption: Virginia Beavert
A profile of Yakama elder Virginia Beavert, who is studying linguistics and teaching her native language, Sahaptin, at the University of Oregon.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 2
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This RADIOLA! is another foray into the shellac pile for some lucky (and Luckey) finds.

  • Added: May 31, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
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Amateur Greenwich Village historian, Tom Bernardin traces the history of Julius', a fixture of gay life in the West Village--and of the West Villag...

Bought by WMNF and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Actress talks about her role in In The Name Of The King, A Dungeon Siege Tale plus her other roles including Joan Of Arc and Eyes Wide Shut.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 35:16