On This Day: May 1. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. May Day holiday; labor holiday; Occupy Wall Street; meaning of 'mayday'
On This Day: May 2. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Lou Gehrig's 2,130-game streak comes to an end; King James version of Bible is published; Tony Blair ; Ella Fitzgerald; Red Baron; Osama bin Laden; Edvard Munch
On This Day: May 3. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize, Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister; Bing Crosby born; Bill Shoemaker; Beer Barrel Polka
On This Day: July 20. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Apollo 11 mission; historical context of space travel; death of journalist Helen Thomas; birth of adventurer Edmund Hillary
On This Day: July 21. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Birth of Ernest Hemingway, arrest of Radovan Karadzic, death of Ta Mok.
On This Day: May 4. Daily podcast of historical and noteworthy activity on this calendar day. Haymarket Affair; Nixon and Vietnam; Kent State killings; Ken Livingstone; Al Capone; Peter Minuit; Grammy Awards: Adam Yauch; Greensburg, KS
