This Day in Miami History Podcast
This Day in Miami History is a podcast dedicated to short stories of Miami's remarkable history. Most episodes will be focused on bringing primary sources out of library archives and into your ears. It's a region loved by millions, followed by millions more and never devoid of interesting events. The winner of the 2023 Hampton Dunn Digital Media Award from the Florida Historical Society. 2024 AASLH Leadership in History Award winner.
Episodes (128)
October 24, 2005: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall, rocks Miami-Dade County (with...
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September 6, 1954: Doris Hart completes career tennis "Boxed Set" at U.S. Nation...
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July 21, 1911: Historic Aviation Meet marks Miami's 15th birthday
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April 13, 1933: Ruth Bryan Owen sworn in as first female chief of mission at the...
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March 15, 1984: Jury acquits Miami police officer Luis Alvarez for shooting of N...
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February 19, 1968: Teachers in Dade and across the state of Florida resign en ma...
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January 30, 1952: President Harry S. Truman signs Interama proclamation
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Bonus Episode: Revisiting Burger King's James McLamore, with Whit McLamore and S...
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November 8, 1960: 10 voters choose to create Islandia, an unlikely Dade County c...
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October 7, 1984: The Charles Munroe Brown house collapses on the MacArthur Cause...
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September 16, 1984: "Miami Vice" premiers on NBC
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September 1, 2004: The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz airs for the first time (w...
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August 3, 1964: The Great Gleason Express rolls Jackie Gleason into Miami
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July 7, 2024: The Death of Merrett R. Stierheim
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June 28, 1977: Bob Graham announces candidacy for governor, "Workday" tactic
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June 12, 1982: The Miami Hurricanes win the College World Series (with David Bra...
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May 26 and 27, 1950: The 'Kefauver Commission' begins its investigation of organ...
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May 14, 1942: SS Potrero del Llano sunk by U-Boat off Miami Beach
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March 20, 1970: Roxcy Bolton elected vice president of National Organization for...
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February 25, 2024: Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) defeats Sonny Liston to clai...
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January 1, 1935: The First Orange Bowl (with Tommy Phillips, author of "The Oran...
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September 27, 2023: Inter Miami CF attempts to avenge the Miami Fusion's loss in...
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September 20, 1942: The Clevelander Hotel is prepared for AAFTTC guard school
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August 22, 2023: The Miami Seaquarium reopens without Lolita
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July 26, 1925: Miami News Tower (Freedom Tower) opens with Dr. Paul S. George
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January 4, 1990: Manuel Noriega arraigned on charges at the Miami Federal Courth...
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May 17, 1991: Queen Elizabeth II visits Miami
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April 29, 1920: The birth of Barbara Capitman (with Daniel Ciraldo, Executive Di...
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April 1, 1980: The start of the Mariel Boatlift (with Andrew Beck Grace of NPR's...
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March 12, 1998: Joe Carollo returns as Miami's mayor after 1997 election is inva...
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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Bob Kealing, author of "Good Day Sunshine State...
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February 26, 1946: Winston Churchill receives an honorary degree from the Univer...
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January 14, 1973: The Miami Dolphins complete a perfect season and win Super Bow...
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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Dr. Chris Wilhelm, author of "From Swamp to Wet...
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December 6, 1947: Everglades National Park is officially dedicated
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November 5, 1947: M. Athalie Range appears in front of the Dade School Board (wi...
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October 26, 1929: Miami's Airlene Evans becomes first baby born in an airplane
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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Rev. Msgr. Pablo Navarro on Pope John Paul II's...
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September 11, 1987: Pope John Paul II delivers mass in Miami's Tamiami Park
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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Douglas Laycock on the Church of the Lukumi Bab...
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August 16, 1987: The Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye opens its doors in Hialeah
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July 27, 1925: Death of Mayor P.A. Henderson, William Jennings Bryan share Miami...
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June 23, 1980: Two Men Climb Down The Mutiny Hotel (with Roben Farzad)
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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Ari Odzer of NBC 6 WTVJ about the 1997 Miami To...
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May 12, 1997: A Tornado Rips Through Downtown Miami
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April 10, 1985: Anchorman Ralph Renick leaves WTVJ to run for governor of Florid...
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March 30, 1972: The Watergate Hotel break-in is planned at the Florida White Hou...
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February 13, 1964: The Beatles flew into Miami Beach
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January 25, 1947: Al Capone dies on Miami Beach's Palm Island
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January 1, 1926: Coral Gables Stadium hosts an unprecedented college football ex...
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