This Day in Insane History
journey back in time with "This Day in Insane History" your daily dose of the most bewildering, shocking, and downright insane moments from our shared past. Each episode delves into a specific date, unearthing tales of audacious adventures, mind-boggling coincidences, and events so extraordinary they'll make you question reality. From military blunders to unbelievable feats of endurance, from political scandals to bizarre cultural practices, "This Day in Insane History" promises that you'll never look at today's date the same way again.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 1 minutes
- Episodes
- 461
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
04-28-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali stood defiantly against the United States government by refusing induction into the military draft during the Vietnam War, a decision that would cost him his heavyweig…
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Mon 28 Apr 2025
04-27-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 27, 1865, the Mississippi River steamboat Sultana became the site of the most catastrophic maritime disaster in United States history, a tragedy that would be overshadowed by the recent assa…
00:01:56 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
04-26-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) experienced the most catastrophic nuclear accident in history. During a safety test gone horrifically w…
00:01:53 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
04-25-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 25, 1945, in a twist of historical irony that would make even the most stoic historian chuckle, Soviet and American troops famously met at the Elbe River near Torgau, Germany, effectively sp…
00:01:36 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
04-24-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 24, 1184 BCE, the legendary city of Troy allegedly fell to the cunning Greeks after a decade-long siege, thanks to the infamous Trojan Horse stratagem. While archaeological evidence continue…
00:01:34 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
04-23-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 23, 1635, the first public school in America, Boston Latin School, opened its doors—a moment that would reshape educational landscapes for centuries to come. Established by Puritan settlers …
00:01:48 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
04-22-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 22, 1915, during World War I, the world witnessed a terrifyingly innovative and grotesque military tactic that would forever change warfare: the first large-scale poison gas attack by German…
00:01:39 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
04-21-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 21, 1934, aviation history took a delightfully bizarre turn when Australian pilot Ray Parer and his navigator Jack Hemming completed an extraordinary 71-day journey from London to Darwin, Au…
00:01:44 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
04-20-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 20, 1999, the small town of Littleton, Colorado became the epicenter of a horrific tragedy that would forever change America's perception of school safety. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two…
00:01:49 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
04-19-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 19, 1775, the first shots of the American Revolutionary War rang out in Lexington, Massachusetts, kicking off a conflict that would reshape the geopolitical landscape of North America. What …
00:01:43 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
04-18-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 18, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led a daring and audacious aerial raid that would become a pivotal psychological turning point in World War II. Launching sixteen B-25 Mitchell b…
00:01:51 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
04-17-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 17, 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion unfolded as a spectacularly misguided CIA-orchestrated operation that would become one of the most embarrassing Cold War blunders in American history. A ra…
00:01:45 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
04-16-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 16, 1972, in an extraordinary twist of technological prowess and Cold War intrigue, the Soviet Union launched Luna 16, the first entirely robotic spacecraft to successfully land on the moon …
00:01:57 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
04-15-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic plunged into the frigid North Atlantic, marking one of the most catastrophic maritime disasters in modern history. At precisely 11:40 PM on April 14, the massive ve…
00:01:41 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
04-14-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 14, 1865, the world of American theater would be forever altered in the most tragic and unexpected manner when John Wilkes Booth, a prominent actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated …
00:01:37 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
04-13-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 13, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission transformed from a lunar landing expedition into one of the most dramatic survival stories in spaceflight history. Approximately 56 hours into their journey, …
00:01:46 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
04-12-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into outer space, transforming humanity's perception of what was possible in a single, breathtaking orbital flight. …
00:01:38 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
04-11-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, embarking on what was supposed to be NASA's third lunar landing mission. Little did the crew—James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Ha…
00:01:42 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
04-10-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 10, 1815, the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history began its catastrophic sequence on Mount Tambora in Indonesia. This geological titan would unleash a cataclysmic explosion t…
00:01:44 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
04-09-2025 - On This Day in Insane History
On April 9th, 1865, at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. However, the…
00:01:46 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
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