On This Day: July 17
Kurt Heintz of Encyclopædia Britannica takes the listener on a virtual vacation, going back in time to the chaotic opening day of Disneyland on July 17, 1955. Later, a mythbusting segment on Tsar Nicholas II and his family, fur magnate John Jacob Astor's birthday, and the second tragedy of the year for Malaysia Airlines.
Host:
Kurt Heintz.
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