@quickhistory.bsky.social
Every week I give a little history lesson about stuff you might not know about, in 10 minutes or less! https://open.spotify.com/show/6TRjN7AC1JYVMGlbus5UM2
Special thanks to @smellslikefailure.bsky.social for the topic this week! Take a bow, Jill!
14.11.2025 08:49 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An illness that makes you sleep a lot sounds like a good thing, but it turns out it isn't. In the early 1900s, all around the world, a lot of people died from it!
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Minnie Cox was the first African American Postmistress in Mississippi, causing The Indianola Affair, which "sparked the first major debate about race, states’ rights, and federal power in the United States Congress since Reconstruction." - Shennette Garrett-Scott, Mississippi History Now
07.11.2025 23:45 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The first ever special episode of Quick History is about Halloween! Learn about the beginning of Halloween, the fear of black cats, witches, Jack-o-lanterns, and trick or treating! Happy Halloween! open.spotify.com/episode/6i34...
31.10.2025 19:26 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Yay! Thank you!
31.10.2025 19:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Great episode this week! A very thorough and spooooky history of Halloween 🎃
31.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Join me on Halloween for the first ever SPECIAL EPISODE of Quick History, all about the beginnings of Halloween, where I'll talk about everything from black cats, witches, Jack-o-lanterns, trick or treating, and more!
26.10.2025 02:21 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Don't we all!
25.10.2025 05:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pop open a can of Beefaroni and listen to the history of Chef Boyardee! spotify.link/8LzARbHQIXb
24.10.2025 08:48 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Mount Vesuvius claimed a few cities when it erupted in 79 CE, none more famous than the ancient city of Pompeii! But this episode isn't about that, it's about another, more well preserved ancient city, Herculaneum! Kinda sounds like a super strong metal in the Marvel Universe.
18.10.2025 01:02 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
George Washington, first President of the United States, created a "whiskey tax," then made his own whiskey, and taxed himself! open.spotify.com/episode/2IKw...
11.10.2025 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
It's the Homecoming time of year! Find out how it started, as well as Prom, and Winter Homecoming! open.spotify.com/episode/26zk...
06.10.2025 06:56 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Are you living in the Industrial Revolution? Do you want to wake up in time to go to your fancy factory job? Hire a Knocker Upper, the human alarm clock!
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The Ancient Olympic Games took place over 3000 years ago, and were a bit different from the modern games, such as there was only one winner per event, and they competed naked! open.spotify.com/episode/0VhK...
19.09.2025 08:20 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Sierra Leone in West Africa has a couple hundred stone statues that could have been created by ancient aliens! But probably not! Nobody knows! open.spotify.com/episode/3Ifb...
13.09.2025 01:40 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Hot air balloons date all the way back to the 1700s, and got their start in France! Listen to me butcher all sorts of French names and words in this episode! open.spotify.com/episode/6lJ7...
05.09.2025 08:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
New episode this week, and it's about London Bridge! Check it out on @goodpods.bsky.social!
30.08.2025 00:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I have a new episode coming Friday about London Bridge!
I'm also considering doing seasons of 10 episodes, starting at what will be the end of season 3 with episode 39. I'll probably take a couple weeks off between seasons to prepare new episodes. Just a thought.
I think I am now, thank you. Hopefully I'll have a new episode next Friday.
22.08.2025 20:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Due to illness and more doctor visits than I'm used to, as well as a changing work schedule, there will be no new episode of Quick History this week.
19.08.2025 11:31 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
In 2006, the Cola Wars came to a head, when Coca-Cola's secret recipe was stolen and sold to Pepsi! Or was it?
15.08.2025 15:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
In 1939, Chief Henry Standing Bear requested a memorial be made in honor of Ta-sunko-witko, otherwise known as Crazy Horse, an Indian Chief of the Oglala band of Lakota. Work began in 1948, and is still being carved to this day! open.spotify.com/episode/2mII...
08.08.2025 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hundreds of years before the Aztecs, and slightly north of there, was Cahokia, the most important urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, with a population bigger than London and Paris at the time!
01.08.2025 16:47 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Due to inaccuracies from the website where I pull the stuff for the daily history posts, I'm just not going to do those anymore lol. That was an easy fix.
30.07.2025 20:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks! I'd send an email to that site where I get the info, but I have recently about something else and haven't heard back. I don't think they're maintaining it anymore. I think I need to find a new source lol.
30.07.2025 17:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Today in history, July 30 1923-Italian actress Eleonora Duse becomes the first woman, and first Italian, featured on a "Time" magazine cover. 1954-Elvis Presley gives his first professional performance. The advertisement for the show misspelled his name, "Ellis Presley." 1956-The phrase "In God We Trust" is adopted as official US motto. 1965-US President Lyndon B Johnson signed The Medicare Bill, which was to provide healthcare to the elderly, starting in July, 1966. The first recipients were former President Harry Truman, and his wife, Bess. 1975-Ex-teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa is last seen outside a restaurant in Detroit, Michigan. He had gone there to meet two Mafia leaders. Presumed dead, he was declared legally dead in 1982. What actually happened to him is still a mystery.
Today's history comes from This Day Trivia, and I only use a fraction of what they provide, so if you're interested in what else happened on this day, check out thisdaytrivia.com!
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Today in history, July 29 1966-The Tour de France begins drug testing the riders. 1966-US teen magazine "DATEbook" reprints an earlier quote from March by Beatles' member John Lennon stating The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. 1966-Folk singer Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph motorcycle in Woodstock, New York, prompting him to take an 8 year break from touring. 1973-Rock band Led Zeppelin had $180,000 in cash stolen from their safety-deposit box at their NYC hotel. The crime has never been solved. 1976-Serial killer "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz claims his first murder victim. 1981-Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer. 1993-The first memorial in Washington DC to honor women's military services breaks ground. It honors the over 270,000 women who served during Vietnam. It was dedicated on November 11, 1993.
Today's history comes from This Day Trivia, and I only use a fraction of what they provide, so if you're interested in what else happened on this day, check out thisdaytrivia.com!
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Today in history, July 28 1933-American singer Rudy Vallee receives the first singing telegram. 1943-The World War II coffee rationing ends. 1945-A US B25 bomber accidentally crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in New York. 14 people were killed, but elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a 75-story (over 1000 feet) elevator plummet, which still stands as the Guinness Record for the longest survived elevator fall. 1964-"Ranger 7" is launched. Three days later it sent back over 4300 pictures of the Moon. 1978-National Lampoon's Animal House debuts in theaters. Produced on a $2.8 million budget, it grossed over $141 million, making it one of the most successful comedies of all time. 1982-San Francisco becomes the first major US city to ban the sale and possession of hand guns.
Today's history comes from This Day Trivia, and I only use a fraction of what they provide, so if you're interested in what else happened on this day, check out thisdaytrivia.com!
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Today in history, July 27 1869-Amos Tyler of Toledo, Ohio receives the first patent for chewing gum, pertaining to the production of gum in slices and packaged for sale. 1890-Postimpressionist painter Vincent van Gogh commits suicide. 1940-Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the cartoon "A Wild Hare." He had appeared in several shorts previously, but was unnamed. 1953-The Korean War ends. Both sides claim victory. 1987-The song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley is released. 20 years later it birthed the term "Rickrolling." 1993-Windows NT is officially released. It was the first purely 32-bit version of Windows. 1996-Right-wing extremist Eric Robert Rudolph commits the first of four bombings, this one at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
Today's history comes from This Day Trivia, and I only use a fraction of what they provide, so if you're interested in what else happened on this day, check out thisdaytrivia.com!
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Today in history, July 26 1775-Benjamin Franklin is chosen Postmaster General by the Continental Congress. 1788-New York becomes the 11th US state. 1878-George Hoyt is shot by Wyatt Earp, though it is unclear if Hoyt died that day, or weeks later. 1908-The Bureau of Investigation (BOI) is formed, changing to the FBI in 1935. 1938-The first televised footage of a suicide was aired, of John Warde jumping from a NYC building. 1943-British rocker Mick Jagger is born. 1943-The first case of eye-irritating smog in Los Angeles is reported. 1947-The National Security Act is signed into law, creating the National Military Establishment, later becoming the Department Of Defense, since "NME" sounded like "enemy." The act also created the CIA, and formed the Air Force as its own military branch.
Today's history comes from This Day Trivia, and I only use a fraction of what they provide, so if you're interested in what else happened on this day, check out thisdaytrivia.com!
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