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Dave Does History

Dave Does History takes listeners on an engaging journey through the moments that shaped the world we live in today. Hosted by Dave, a passionate historian with a knack for storytelling, the podcast explores pivotal events, unsung heroes, and the complex forces behind historical turning points. With a conversational tone and a deep understanding of the past, Dave makes history accessible, relatable, and downright fascinating.

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00:05:56

Explorer 6

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/07

In the summer of 1959, as Cold War tensions brewed and the space race gained momentum, a small American satellite quietly made history. Explorer 6, a modest sphere bristling with solar paddles and scientific instruments, launched from Cape Canaveral with little fanfare. Its mission was technical, its goals ambitious, but what it accomplished transcended science and touched something deeper.On August 14, 1959, from over 17,000 miles above Earth, Explorer 6 captured the first-ever image of our planet

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00:09:44

Oriskany

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/06

On this episode of Dave Does History, Bill Mick sits in for Dave as we travel to the thick woods of upstate New York, where on August 6, 1777, one of the bloodiest and most personal battles of the American Revolution erupted. The Battle of Oriskany wasn’t fought by foreign armies or distant kings. It was neighbors against neighbors, families torn apart, and Native nations forced to choose sides.General Nicholas Herkimer, wounded early in the fight, refused to retreat. Propped beneath a beech tree,

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00:31:52

DDH- Self Evident

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/05

On this week’s episode of Dave Does History, we head back to the sweltering summer of 1776 and the most famous group project in American history. With independence already voted on, the task of putting it all into words fell to Thomas Jefferson. But as Dave explains, writing the Declaration of Independence was anything but simple.From Jefferson’s philosophical struggles to the brutal edits made by Congress, this episode dives into what was included, what was removed, and why it mattered then and

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00:04:29

Strangers In Their Own Land

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/04

In August 1972, Uganda's dictator Idi Amin issued a chilling ultimatum. He gave the country’s Asian population just 90 days to leave. No hearings, no negotiations, no appeals. Seventy thousand people, many of them Ugandan citizens, were suddenly unwanted in the only home they had ever known.What followed wasn’t just an expulsion. It was organized theft, driven by racism and hunger for power. Businesses were seized, families torn apart, and Uganda’s economy was gutted from within. Amin claimed it was

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00:05:30

Rabbit

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/03

In the summer of 1936, under the shadow of swastikas and the watchful gaze of Adolf Hitler, two American sprinters lined up for a race that would shake the foundations of Nazi propaganda. Everyone remembers Jesse Owens crossing the line first. Few recall who finished second.Ralph Metcalfe, a man shaped by grit, faith, and speed, ran the race of his life in Berlin. But his story didn’t end on that track. He would go on to serve in World War II, mentor young athletes, and become a U.S. Congressman who

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00:05:13

Aces and Eights

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/02

Certainly. Here's the 150-word podcast introduction with proper paragraph formatting and no em dash marks:On today's episode of Dave Does History, we're pulling up a chair at a Deadwood poker table and watching the final moments of one of the West’s most iconic figures. James Butler Hickok, known to the world as Wild Bill, wasn’t looking for a fight that day. He was just trying to win a hand.He had no idea that someone had already decided to end the game, permanently.But who was Wild

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00:04:21

Keep Up The Steam

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/01

In 1963, the battle over civil rights reached a boiling point, and President John F. Kennedy stood at the edge of a political cliff. For years, he had played it safe, balancing ideals with cold electoral math. But that year, something shifted.From the fire hoses of Birmingham to the death of Medgar Evers, the moral weight of the moment pressed hard. Kennedy stepped forward with a national address that called segregation a “moral issue” and backed it up by sending landmark civil rights legislation to

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00:05:26

The Rock

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/31

On this episode of Dave Does History, we turn our attention to a man who stood his ground when the entire Union line was collapsing. General George Henry Thomas, The Rock of Chickamauga, isn't a name you hear as often as Grant or Sherman. But maybe you should.Born in Virginia and raised in the slaveholding South, Thomas made the unthinkable decision to stay loyal to the Union. His family disowned him. His peers turned their backs. But on the battlefield, he delivered victories that shaped the

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00:07:10

Box Elder Treaty

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/30

On this episode of Dave Does History, we travel back to 1863 and uncover the story behind the Treaty of Box Elder, a forgotten agreement born from bloodshed and broken under the weight of legal fine print.Signed just months after the Bear River Massacre, this treaty promised peace and relief to the Northwestern Shoshone, a people left destitute after U.S. troops slaughtered hundreds of their kin. But what seemed like a gesture of goodwill quickly unraveled into one of the most egregious betrayals in

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00:33:19

DDH - Common Sense, Uncommon Courage

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/29

In this episode of Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live, we head into the winter of 1775, a moment when America stood at the edge of decision but hadn’t yet taken the leap. The muskets had fired at Lexington and Concord. The King had declared the colonies in rebellion. But most Americans still clung to the hope of reconciliation.That changed with the arrival of one powerful pamphlet. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense didn’t just argue for independence. It shattered illusions and gave people the courage to

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00:07:26

When The Game Went to the Donkeys

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/28

On this episode of Dave Does History, we saddle up for one of the strangest spectacles ever to grace the American sporting landscape: Donkey Baseball. That is right. In towns across the country during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, people paid good money to watch their neighbors try to play ball while riding reluctant, ornery donkeys.What started as a Depression-era gimmick turned into a fundraising sensation and a cultural curiosity that left laughter in its wake. Today, we are revisiting this dusty

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00:04:49

The Huns

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/27

In today’s episode of Dave Does History, we journey back to a summer day in 1900, when Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped onto a platform in Bremerhaven and let loose one of the most infamous speeches in modern imperial history. As German troops prepared to sail for China to join the fight against the Boxer Rebellion, the Kaiser delivered what has come to be known as the "Hun Speech." It was fiery, reckless, and meant to inspire fear. Instead, it handed Germany a nickname that would haunt

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00:05:44

Into the Belts of Fire

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/26

In the summer of 1958, the United States quietly launched a small satellite that carried a very big secret. Explorer 4 wasn’t just another science mission. It was part of a classified effort to understand what happens when nuclear weapons are detonated in space.Designed by Dr. James Van Allen’s team and launched aboard a Juno I rocket, Explorer 4 became the first satellite to observe both natural and artificial radiation belts surrounding Earth. It flew during the covert Operation Argus tests, where

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00:08:22

Before Time Rushed In

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/25

Wyoming has always held a special place in my heart. It is one of those rare places that still feels untamed, where the sky stretches without apology and the land remembers everything. If life ever lines up just right, I’d love to settle there, not just visit, but stay and listen to what the wind has to say.In this episode of Dave Does History, we’re heading back to July 25, 1868, when the Territory of Wyoming was officially established. But this story begins long before the ink dried. We’ll explore

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00:06:18

Until There Was No Sky Left

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/24

Amelia Earhart wasn’t just a pilot. She was a force of nature wrapped in leather and sky. In this episode of Dave Does History, we trace the arc of her remarkable life—from her bold, tomboy beginnings in Kansas to the cockpit of the Lockheed Electra that carried her into legend. She didn’t break barriers gently. She tore through them at altitude, shattering expectations for what women could do in a world that told them to stay grounded.We’ll explore her record-setting flights, her rise to

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00:05:55

National Vanilla Ice Cream Day

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/23

On this episode of Dave Does History, we’re taking a bite out of something sweet, simple, and surprisingly historic: vanilla ice cream. July 23 is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, and while some folks might shrug at vanilla as “plain,” the truth is anything but.This flavor has roots that stretch from the ancient empires of Mesoamerica to the refined kitchens of Monticello. Along the way, it gathered tradition, technique, and meaning. It became a quiet classic on American tables, always there, never

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00:32:48

The Patriot King?

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/22

In this episode of Dave Does History, we step into the uneasy months before independence, when not everyone in the colonies was ready to break with the Crown. Some still believed King George III could be reasoned with, that he might rise above Parliament and become the kind of monarch Enlightenment thinkers dreamed of. John Dickinson’s Olive Branch Petition was a final appeal to that idea, a hope that the King would act as a Patriot King, as imagined by Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke. But what

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00:05:40

Bull Run

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/21

On this episode of Dave Does History, we go back to a moment when the Civil War still wore a fresh coat of naivety. July 21, 1861. The first major clash between North and South unfolds near a muddy Virginia stream called Bull Run. People thought this would be over quickly. They brought picnic baskets. They brought their kids. What they got instead was a violent wake-up call. Union troops, raw and untested, marched straight into a Confederate trap and came undone in full view of the nation. This

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00:04:28

Chryse Planitia

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/20

On this episode of Dave Does History, we go back to July 20, 1976, a day that lit the fuse on a lifetime passion for space.At just twelve years old, I watched as Viking 1 became the first American spacecraft to land safely on Mars. It wasn’t a movie. It wasn’t science fiction. It was real, and it was glorious.Viking wasn’t just a piece of hardware. It was a question on legs, asking the Red Planet if anything lived there. Backed by Carl Sagan’s vision and NASA’s engineering brilliance, Viking 1

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00:04:01

The Blaze That Built a City

Dave Does History ·

2025/07/19

Before sunrise on July 19, 1845, Lower Manhattan stirred under the weight of another blistering summer. Most of the city slept, unaware that a moment of carelessness or perhaps a faulty flame in a whale oil shop would turn calm into catastrophe. The fire began in the early hours inside J.L. Van Doren’s candle and whale oil business at 34 New Street. A single blaze, born in a building filled with some of the most flammable materials imaginable, found plenty to feed on. Within minutes, flames spilled

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