This Day
Listen to Chris Conley's unique look at something interesting that happened on THIS DAY in history.
Episodes
Pete Gogolak was a football placekicker. He may be the reason we have the Super Bowl, on THIS DAY, January 15th with Chris Conley.
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Velma Jean Terrell was a very good singer who was put into an impossible situation, on THIS DAY, January 14th with Chris Conley.
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The audience went wild at this country and rock concert, on THIS DAY, January 13th with Chris Conley.
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In baseball, good pitching stops good hitting. That delicate balance would change on THIS DAY, January 11th with Chris Conley.
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Joyce and her brother Rolle ran a gift shop in Nebraska on THIS DAY, January 10th, 2026 with Chris Conley.
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Phillip Astley was a tremendous horse rider, at a time when everyone knew how to ride... on THIS DAY, January 9th with Chris Conley.
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The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812... only, not really... on THIS DAY, January 8th with Chris Conley.
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This drug kingpin seemed to get away with everything, on THIS DAY, January 7th with Chris Conley.
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War was about to begin again in Europe... the U.S. was still coming out of the Great Depression... and THIS DAY, January 6th with inauguration day with Chris Conley.
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He would become a big rock n roll star, but his record label refused to release his first album, on THIS DAY, December 5ht with Chris Conley.
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He was a brilliant scientist, but he was sidetracked by smaller, less important things, on THIS DAY, January 4th with Chris Conley.
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A young filmmaker wanted to do a Hamlet movie. He got laughed out of a Hollywood producer's office on THIS DAY, January 3rd with Chris Conley.
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Johan Dipple attempted some very unusual and gruesome experiments, on THIS DAY, January 2nd with Chris Conley.
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When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, it freed the slaves. Well, not exactly... on THIS DAY, January 1st with Chris Conley.
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The largest corporation in the world made most of its profits through illegal drugs, on THIS DAY, December 31st with Chris Conley.
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It's unhealthy, but we eat it anyway... it's bacon! On THIS DAY, December 30th with Chris Conley.
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The United States had a long-running border dispute with Texas. It heated up on THIS DAY, December 29th with Chris Conley.
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A new high school, and a summer camp... they turned a young man's life around, on THIS DAY, December 28th with Chris Conley.
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The Little White Bird was a book of children's stories from a hundred years ago. One character is still remembered on THIS DAY, December 27th with Chris Conley.
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The Beatles just had their first number-1 song in the United States, and their fans wanted more music... on THIS DAY, December 26th with Chris Conley.
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