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In December of 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In this episode of Did This Happen? we are there to get their first impressions of their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1927, balloons of cartoon characters were introduced to the Macy’s Thanksgving Day Parade! Find out what happened to those balloons when they we...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1939, President Franklin Delano actually moved Thanksgiving up a week! Find out the reasons why in this episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 01:30
In the era of sailing vessels, Hog Island became well known to mariners because of the infamous Hog Island Shoals which ran parallel to the island.
- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 01:32
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 01:30
36 part series that explores the Eastern Shore.
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 01:38
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NEA JAZZ MASTER ARTIE SHAW WAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PLAYING HIS CLARINET. BUT HE NEVER REALLY CARED MUCH ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC.
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND WAS A BIG FAN OF CLARINET AND SAX PLAYER, SIDNEY BECHET.
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
MCPARTLAND’S MUSICAL EDUCATION CONTINUED AT LONDON’S GUIDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHERE SHE STUDIED CLASSICAL PIANO.
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND AND HER TRIO PLAYED A LONG RUNNING GIG AT THE HICKORY HOUSE, A FAMOUS NEW YORK NIGHTCLUB. EVERYONE USED TO STOP ...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: 01:59
SOME YOUNG MUSICIANS STUMBLE UPON A TEACHER WHO COMPLETELY CHANGES THE COURSE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 2007 NEA JAZZ MASTER PHIL WOODS WAS ONE OF THE...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
IN 1943, MCPARTLAND MET CORNETIST JIMMY MCPARTLAND AT A USO CAMP IN BELGIUM. SHE WAS THE PIANIST AND HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED FOR ...
- Added: Oct 01, 2009
- Length: 01:29
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, NEA JAZZ MASTER ABBEY LINCOLN HEARD HER PARENTS’ BEAUTIFUL VOICES SINGING AROUND THE HOUSE AND IN CHURCH. AT AGE FOURTEEN, HER ...
- Added: Oct 01, 2009
- Length: 01:59
