11962
James Meredith enters Ole Miss
A nine-year Air Force veteran, and Mississippi still tried to keep him out.
Civil Rights & Freedom · Army
Coming October 1, 2027
The 366-day story calendar
Every day has a story.
Find a moment that changed a life, a country, or the way we see the world. Start with a date. Follow your curiosity.
October / The daily record
Schedule subject to change. Every release is at 7:00 AM Eastern.
21780
Major André hangs at Tappan
Benedict Arnold escaped. The young British officer he dealt with did not.
Founding & Revolution
Coming October 2, 2027
31993
Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu
Two Delta snipers asked three times to be put on the ground.
Modern Wars · Medal of Honor · Remembering the Fallen
Coming October 3, 2027
41777
Fog at Germantown
Washington lost the battle, but Europe noticed his army attacked anyway.
Founding & Revolution · Army
Coming October 4, 2027
51877
I will fight no more forever
They were forty miles from Canada and freedom when the Army caught them.
Explorers & Frontier · Army
Coming October 5, 2027
61918
The airmen who fed the Lost Battalion
They flew low on purpose, so the starving men below could catch the bundles.
World War I · Medal of Honor · Air & Space
Coming October 6, 2027
71780
The Overmountain Men at Kings Mountain
A British major threatened the frontier. The frontier came to him.
Founding & Revolution · Units History Forgot
Coming October 7, 2027
81918
Corporal York's morning
A Tennessee farmer who doubted he should fight captured 132 men.
World War I · Medal of Honor · Army
Coming October 8, 2027
91779
Pulaski's last charge at Savannah
The father of the American cavalry was a Polish nobleman who died for us.
Founding & Revolution · Remembering the Fallen
Coming October 9, 2027
101845
The Naval Academy opens at Annapolis
It started with fifty midshipmen and seven teachers on an old Army post.
Navy & the Sea · Inventors & Firsts
Coming October 10, 2027
111776
Arnold's fleet at Valcour Island
America's homemade navy lost the battle and may have saved the Revolution.
Founding & Revolution · Navy & the Sea
Coming October 11, 2027
122000
The attack on USS Cole
A small boat came alongside while the crew lined up for lunch.
Navy & the Sea · Remembering the Fallen · Modern Wars
Coming October 12, 2027
131775
The Navy is born
Congress voted for two ships, and the United States Navy began.
Navy & the Sea · Founding & Revolution
Coming October 13, 2027
141947
Yeager breaks the sound barrier
He did it with two broken ribs and a sawed-off broom handle.
Air & Space · Inventors & Firsts
Coming October 14, 2027
151863
The Hunley sinks with its inventor
The man who built the submarine went down with it on a practice dive.
Civil War · Lost Ships & Mysteries · Navy & the Sea
Coming October 15, 2027
161859
John Brown raids Harpers Ferry
Twenty-one men tried to start a slave uprising by seizing a federal arsenal.
Civil War · Marines · Civil Rights & Freedom
Coming October 16, 2027
171777
Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga
A British general bet he would beat the Americans. He lost his whole army.
Founding & Revolution · Army
Coming October 17, 2027
181867
The flag rises over Alaska
The Russian flag got stuck on the pole on the way down.
Explorers & Frontier · Flags & Symbols
Coming October 18, 2027
191781
The world turned upside down at Yorktown
The Revolution was won as much at sea as on land.
Founding & Revolution · Navy & the Sea
Coming October 19, 2027
201944
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Two and a half years earlier he had promised: I shall return.
World War II · Army
Coming October 20, 2027
211797
Old Ironsides is launched
She is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat anywhere in the world.
Navy & the Sea · Flags & Symbols
Coming October 21, 2027
221962
Kennedy tells the nation about Cuba
At 7 p.m., the president told Americans that nuclear missiles sat 90 miles away.
Presidents & Leaders · Navy & the Sea
Coming October 22, 2027
231983
The Beirut barracks bombing
It was a Sunday morning, and most of the Marines were still asleep.
Marines · Remembering the Fallen · Modern Wars
Coming October 23, 2027
241861
The wire that ended the Pony Express
For the first time, a message crossed America in minutes instead of days.
Inventors & Firsts · Explorers & Frontier
Coming October 24, 2027
251944
Taffy 3 off Samar
Destroyers charged battleships, knowing they probably would not come back.
Navy & the Sea · World War II · Medal of Honor
Coming October 25, 2027
261881
Thirty Seconds at the O.K. Corral
The most famous gunfight in the West lasted about thirty seconds.
Explorers & Frontier
Coming October 26, 2026
271962
Major Anderson Over Cuba
He was the only American killed by enemy fire in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Air & Space · Remembering the Fallen
Coming October 27, 2026
281886
Lady Liberty Is Dedicated
She was a gift from France, but Americans paid for her base with pennies.
Flags & Symbols
Coming October 28, 2026
291998
John Glenn Goes Back at 77
Thirty-six years after his first orbit, the old Marine flew again.
Air & Space · Marines
Coming October 29, 2026
301938
The Night Martians Landed
The night Martians landed in New Jersey, on the radio.
Inventors & Firsts
Coming October 30, 2026
311941
The Sinking of the Reuben James
The first U.S. warship sunk in World War II went down before America entered it.
Navy & the Sea · World War II · Remembering the Fallen
Coming October 31, 2026
All 366 dates are included, including February 29. Unannounced dates are awaiting the show’s editorial schedule.