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This Day in History Class

The first full-size hovercraft is launched - June 11th, 1959

This Day in History Class

iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

Society & Culture, History

4.3913 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On this day in 1959, the world’s first hovercraft set off on its maiden voyage from the Isle of Wight.

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0:00.0

I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the all new podcast,

0:02.8

There and Gone.

0:04.8

It's a real life story of two people who left a crowded Philadelphia bar,

0:09.7

walked to their truck, and vanished. A truck and two people just don't disappear.

0:15.0

The FBI called it murder for hire.

0:18.0

But which victim was the intended target and why?

0:21.0

Listen to Thereon Gond South Street on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:26.4

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.3

In 1980, while El Salvador sat on the brink of war, one man held together the fragile peace, Archbishop Oscar Romero.

0:38.0

He was brutally assassinated in front of dozens of his loyal followers.

0:43.0

His death marked the start of a civil war that left more than 75,000 people dead,

0:48.0

and a million more displaced around the world.

0:50.0

My family includes both, those that fled and those that died.

0:54.0

Listen to Sacred Scandal, Nation of Saints, on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:59.3

podcasts.

1:00.3

Ever get the feeling someone's watching you?

1:02.3

Well, in 1971, a group of anti-war activists had that feeling.

1:08.0

I was in the heart of the dragon and it was my job to stop the fire.

1:11.0

So they decided to do something insane.

1:14.6

Break in to the FBI and expose J Edgar Hoover's dirty secrets.

1:20.0

We had some idea that this was pretty explosive.

1:22.6

I'm Ed Helms.

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