Fifty years ago, Americans experienced a black swan event – a shot that literally came out of nowhere and changed the nation’s course. With a generous helping of archival audio, Owen and Dean share how pioneers in the young medium of television covered the JFK assassination the day it happened. What they got wrong. What they got right. How the assassin compared to others who have targeted presidents. This week, on the Angry History Show.
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The sick, achy Abraham Lincoln visited the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery. Some panned his remarks, and he faced grim prospects: More dead, losing the Civil War, and being thrown out of office. We look back on that 272-word speech — featuring the oldest known recording of an actor reenacting it for the Gramophone — and give a nod to several alternate history works: What if the battle had gone the other way?