WEBVTT 00:00:01.200 --> 00:00:03.640 Welcome to What You Didn't Hear, the podcast 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:06.179 that proves history isn't just dusty textbooks 00:00:06.179 --> 00:00:09.060 and dramatic reenactments by people who take 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:12.500 mustaches way too seriously. Nope, every date 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:15.500 on the calendar is basically a grab bag of weirdness, 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:18.179 and we're here to reach in and pull out the stuff 00:00:18.179 --> 00:00:21.440 nobody bothered to mention. Sure, you've heard 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.539 of the big significant moments, the famous speeches, 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:27.379 the heroic discoveries, and wow, that changed 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:30.629 everything events. Good for them. But we're here 00:00:30.629 --> 00:00:33.310 for the lesser -known gems, the tiny scandals, 00:00:33.329 --> 00:00:35.710 the bizarre inventions, the arguments that change 00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:38.770 nothing but are still hilarious, and the events 00:00:38.770 --> 00:00:41.490 so strange you'll wonder how humanity ever made 00:00:41.490 --> 00:00:45.409 it this far. Each episode we take today's date, 00:00:45.549 --> 00:00:47.850 shine a spotlight under the rug of history, and 00:00:47.850 --> 00:00:50.590 see what scurries out. You'll come away with 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:53.170 stories guaranteed to make you sound smart, quirky, 00:00:53.369 --> 00:00:55.729 or at least like someone who reads the footnotes 00:00:55.729 --> 00:00:59.990 for fun. So grab a snack, settle in, and prepare 00:00:59.990 --> 00:01:02.289 to learn the things your history teacher definitely 00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:06.329 skipped, probably for a reason. This is What 00:01:06.329 --> 00:01:35.469 You Didn't Hear about December 17th. A world 00:01:35.469 --> 00:01:38.450 -altering event that took place on December 17th 00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:41.329 was in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, when 00:01:41.329 --> 00:01:44.049 the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, make 00:01:44.049 --> 00:01:46.810 the first successful, sustained, and controlled, 00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:51.790 powered, heavier -than -air flight in 1903. While 00:01:51.790 --> 00:01:54.489 this event is huge and completely changed the 00:01:54.489 --> 00:01:56.709 way our world traveled from one place to another, 00:01:56.950 --> 00:02:00.170 we're going to rewind way back to the year 546 00:02:00.170 --> 00:02:03.260 and work forward from there. covering the lesser 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:06.019 known events and facts that also took place on 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:09.580 december seventeenth the ostrogoths conquer rome 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:12.879 in five forty six by bribing the byzantine garrison 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.340 during the gothic war the gothic siege of rome 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:19.460 began in five forty five with king totila leading 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:22.460 the ostrogoths and general bessus in command 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:25.780 of the garrison in rome general bessus had a 00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:29.020 large store of grain to endure the siege but 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:31.180 would only sell the grain to the civilians at 00:02:31.180 --> 00:02:34.699 a largely inflated price. He would also not allow 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:37.900 any civilians to leave the city during the siege. 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:41.240 The ordinary Romans, who were not rich enough 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.400 to buy grain from the military, were reduced 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:47.860 to eating bran, nettles, dogs, and mice. Suicide 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:50.300 rates rose, and eventually the general allowed 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:53.810 those who wanted to leave the city. It was reported 00:02:53.810 --> 00:02:55.930 that many of them did not survive their escape 00:02:55.930 --> 00:02:58.449 because they either died of starvation or were 00:02:58.449 --> 00:03:01.129 killed by the Gothic enemy waiting outside of 00:03:01.129 --> 00:03:04.930 Rome. Pope Vigilus, who had fled to Syracuse, 00:03:04.969 --> 00:03:08.189 attempted to send aid and supplies, but the flotilla 00:03:08.189 --> 00:03:10.949 was intercepted near the mouth of the Tiber River 00:03:10.949 --> 00:03:15.229 and captured by King Cotilla. On December 17th, 00:03:15.250 --> 00:03:18.009 King Cotilla's men scaled the walls at night 00:03:18.009 --> 00:03:21.030 and opened the gate aided by the Assyrian troops. 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:24.060 from the garrison inside Rome, who had made a 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:27.360 secret pact with the Goths. The following spring, 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:30.879 General Belisarius would retake Rome after the 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.219 Goths abandoned the ruined city and would successfully 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:38.460 defend it against the Ostrogoths. Now we will 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:40.719 jump forward several hundred years to Normandy. 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:44.080 William Longsword, the second Duke of Normandy, 00:03:44.259 --> 00:03:48.199 is assassinated on December 17th. He ruled Normandy 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:53.719 from 927 to 942. when he was assassinated. Jumping 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.159 forward to 1531, Pope Clement VII published the 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.520 Papal Bull authorizing the Portuguese Inquisition, 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.560 giving authority to appoint inquisitors and combat 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:07.240 heresy particularly against Jewish communities 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:11.819 within Portugal. However, King John III of Portugal 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:14.120 did not accept these conditions of the acquisition, 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:18.740 and in 1535, Pope Clement VII suspended the acquisition. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:22.279 a general pardon was issued to those guilty of 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:25.480 judaism prisoners were released and confiscated 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.980 property was restored the final decision to suspend 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:32.120 the inquisition was based on a report that recalled 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.500 the true doctrine on the conviction of the infidels 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:38.699 persuasion and gentleness following christ's 00:04:38.699 --> 00:04:42.350 example Additionally, the report provided information 00:04:42.350 --> 00:04:45.829 about the inquisitorial courts, saying the abuses 00:04:45.829 --> 00:04:48.750 of the inquisitors made them out to be ministers 00:04:48.750 --> 00:04:52.670 of Satan and not of Christ, acting like thieves 00:04:52.670 --> 00:04:57.269 and mercenaries. A little over 50 years later 00:04:57.269 --> 00:05:01.870 in Japan, Gojoji becomes the 107th emperor of 00:05:01.870 --> 00:05:06.790 Japan at 14 years old. Gojoji was born December 00:05:06.790 --> 00:05:11.959 31, 1571. to Prince Masahito, who passed away 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.600 before Gojozi's grandfather, leaving Gojozi to 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.759 inherit the title of emperor. When assuming his 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.600 empirical rule, Karahito took the name of Gojozi 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.920 in reference to the 9th century emperor, Jozi. 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:28.779 The Go at the beginning of his name translates 00:05:28.779 --> 00:05:33.180 to later. Gojozi's reign spanned the years from 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:37.819 1586 through his abdication in 1611. corresponding 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:40.959 to the transition between the Asuchi -Momoyama 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:44.360 period and the Edo period. Remaining in Japan 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:47.160 will move forward into the Edo period for the 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.920 Shimabara Rebellion. Matsukura, the daimyo of 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.079 Shimabara in the Tokugawa shogunate, had raised 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.000 taxes considerably to build a new Shimabara castle, 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.120 as well as enacted violently aggressive policies 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.720 against Christianity in the region. On December 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.879 17, 1611, an alliance of ronin and peasants who 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.519 were converted Catholics began a rebellion. As 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.600 an aside, a ronin is a masterless samurai warrior 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.819 from feudal Japan who had lost their lord often 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:19.939 due to the lord's death, disgrace, or demotion. 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.680 In other words, they were drifters and swords 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.889 for hire. the tokugawa shogunate sent a force 00:06:26.889 --> 00:06:29.129 of a hundred and twenty five thousand to stomp 00:06:29.129 --> 00:06:31.810 out the rebellion which had besieged hara castle 00:06:31.810 --> 00:06:35.110 in april of sixteen thirty eight the rebellion 00:06:35.110 --> 00:06:38.730 was ended the leader of the shimabara rebellion 00:06:38.730 --> 00:06:42.269 a christian samurai named amakusa and thirty 00:06:42.269 --> 00:06:45.209 seven thousand other rebels and sympathizers 00:06:45.209 --> 00:06:48.209 were beheaded additionally the portuguese traders 00:06:48.209 --> 00:06:50.829 suspected of aiding the rebellion were evicted 00:06:50.829 --> 00:06:55.860 from japan however Following the rebellion, Matsukura 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:58.899 was investigated and found guilty of misrule 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:02.120 and would be beheaded in Edo. He was the only 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.660 damio who was beheaded during the Edo period, 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:07.819 and the Shimabara domain was given to Koriyuki 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:14.000 Tadafusa. Now shift over to the Americas in 1790, 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.600 when the Aztec sunstone was rediscovered during 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.870 the restoration of Mexico City Cathedral. the 00:07:20.870 --> 00:07:23.629 aztec sunstone is said to have been carved between 00:07:23.629 --> 00:07:27.470 fifteen o two and fifteen twenty one it weighs 00:07:27.470 --> 00:07:30.029 fifty four thousand two hundred and ten pounds 00:07:30.029 --> 00:07:32.889 and is twelve feet in diameter and thirty nine 00:07:32.889 --> 00:07:35.769 inches thick it remains on display at the national 00:07:35.769 --> 00:07:39.129 anthropology museum in mexico city Sometime between 00:07:39.129 --> 00:07:44.449 1551 and 1572, the Archbishop of Mexico, Alonso 00:07:44.449 --> 00:07:47.430 de Montefar, ordered the sunstone be buried so 00:07:47.430 --> 00:07:50.149 that the memory of the ancient sacrifice that 00:07:50.149 --> 00:07:53.290 was made there would be lost. The centerpiece 00:07:53.290 --> 00:07:56.550 of the Aztec sunstone features Montezuma, and 00:07:56.550 --> 00:07:58.870 it is said that all the figures surrounding him 00:07:58.870 --> 00:08:01.089 are representatives of the months and years. 00:08:01.529 --> 00:08:04.959 However, There are no clear or documented purposes 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:08.220 of the Sunstone other than a monument to Moctezuma's 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:13.100 rule. In exploration history, 1845, German explorer 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:16.220 Ludwig Leichhardt reaches Port Essington from 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.360 his overland expedition across the northern territories 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:24.000 of Australia on December 17th. Setting out from 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.899 the Jimboor homestead in Queensland October 1st, 00:08:26.899 --> 00:08:31.540 1844, the expedition made its way north. After 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:34.179 their 3 ,000 -mile journey and having believed 00:08:34.179 --> 00:08:37.240 to have been lost and dead, the expedition arrived 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:41.740 in Port Essington on December 17th. In 1848, 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:44.500 Leichhardt would attempt another expedition across 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:47.539 the vast desert of Australia, and his expedition 00:08:47.539 --> 00:08:50.320 would never be heard from again. Multiple sites 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.019 holding remains where Aboriginals had killed 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:55.899 explorers have been found, but no evidence has 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:59.139 been found as to if it's Leichhardt's men. His 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:01.720 final expedition's resting place remains a mystery 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:06.379 to this day. In France, in the year 1900, the 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:10.159 French Academia des Sciences offered up a reward 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:14.340 of 100 ,000 francs to the first person to successfully 00:09:14.340 --> 00:09:17.879 communicate with off -world lifeforms, or aliens. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.019 However, as Mars was believed to be inhabited, 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:25.320 contact with Martians would clearly be too easy 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:28.769 and would not grant you the reward. Remaining 00:09:28.769 --> 00:09:33.110 in 1900 on December 17th, in New York, the Ellis 00:09:33.110 --> 00:09:36.110 Island Immigration Center was completed, costing 00:09:36.110 --> 00:09:42.250 $1 .5 million. Still in New York, December 17th, 00:09:42.250 --> 00:09:47.289 in 1924, the world's first diesel -electric locomotive 00:09:47.289 --> 00:09:50.870 begins service in the Bronx. The purpose of the 00:09:50.870 --> 00:09:53.350 diesel -electric locomotive was to switch freight 00:09:53.350 --> 00:09:56.070 cars when space was limited in the rail yard. 00:09:56.649 --> 00:09:59.269 and to avoid city ordinance prohibiting the use 00:09:59.269 --> 00:10:02.409 of steam engines within the city. The significance 00:10:02.409 --> 00:10:05.830 of this diesel -electric locomotive was it demonstrated 00:10:05.830 --> 00:10:08.110 how efficient diesel -electric engines could 00:10:08.110 --> 00:10:11.169 be and began the shift away from steam engines. 00:10:12.190 --> 00:10:15.549 In the same year in sports history, the Hamilton 00:10:15.549 --> 00:10:19.710 Tigers and Ottawa Senators played the first scoreless 00:10:19.710 --> 00:10:25.200 game in NHL history. In 1927, Off the coast of 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.299 Provincetown, Massachusetts, the USS S -4 submarine 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:32.799 collided with the Coast Guard destroyer USS Paulding 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:36.179 and sunk, killing all 40 submariners aboard the 00:10:36.179 --> 00:10:39.899 submarine. After the collision, the USS Paulding 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:42.659 lowered its life rafts, but only found small 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:46.500 traces of oil and air bubbles. During early rescue 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:48.960 attempts, it was found that six submariners had 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.399 sealed themselves off in a forward torpedo room. 00:10:51.710 --> 00:10:54.289 and tapped out Morse code on the hull of the 00:10:54.289 --> 00:10:57.289 ship to communicate with the rescuers. As they 00:10:57.289 --> 00:10:59.649 used up the last of their oxygen, they tapped 00:10:59.649 --> 00:11:03.450 out the message, Is there any hope? Captain King 00:11:03.450 --> 00:11:06.350 from the rescue party responded to them, saying, 00:11:06.590 --> 00:11:09.629 There is hope. Everything possible is being done. 00:11:10.409 --> 00:11:12.750 Ultimately, the rescue party was thwarted by 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:15.370 weather and were unable to rescue any of the 00:11:15.370 --> 00:11:19.519 submariners. the u s s four was raised in march 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:22.279 of the following year and dry docked in boston 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:26.000 naval yard for repairs it was officially decommissioned 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.220 on the nineteenth of march in nineteen twenty 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:31.379 eight and later that year would be recommissioned 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:33.820 as a training vessel for divers in submarine 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:37.139 rescue operations it would continue to be used 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:39.460 for its new mission until nineteen thirty three 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:42.120 when it was decommissioned and scuttled near 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.649 pearl harbor in film history james bond Goldfinger 00:11:46.649 --> 00:11:51.529 premieres in London in 1964, starring Sean Connery. 00:11:51.570 --> 00:11:55.610 And in 1971, James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever 00:11:55.610 --> 00:11:59.289 is released on the same day. And still in film 00:11:59.289 --> 00:12:02.950 history, in 1989, The Simpsons airs on December 00:12:02.950 --> 00:12:06.169 17th for the first time. The Simpsons would go 00:12:06.169 --> 00:12:09.470 on to produce 37 seasons and has been renewed 00:12:09.470 --> 00:12:12.509 through season 40, making it the longest running 00:12:12.509 --> 00:12:16.059 animated TV show. And for today, we'll leave 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:18.519 it here. That way we can get to this month's 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:22.440 installment of Blind Date Through Time, the only 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.720 dating show where we travel back through history 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:56.100 to find a timeless romance. Let's just say time 00:12:56.100 --> 00:13:01.460 is relative. Occupation. Tinkerer. Thinker. Occasional 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:04.820 universe questioner. About me. I spend most of 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:07.539 my time daydreaming, usually about light beams, 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:10.500 the fabric of reality, or how to make a violin 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:13.860 sing after midnight. I've been told I look a 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:16.279 little disheveled, but that's only because my 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.700 mind tends to outrun my comb. Big fan of simplicity, 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:23.500 complex theories, and simple joys. What I'm known 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:26.860 for. turning apples, trains, and elevators into 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:30.460 other experiments, asking what if more often 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:33.700 than socially recommended, and accidentally rewriting 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:38.399 how the cosmos works. Fun facts. I once struggled 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:40.620 in school. Don't believe everything you hear. 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:43.200 I think imagination is better than knowledge. 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:46.220 Knowledge is limited. Imagination is infinite. 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.139 I enjoy long walks, especially if they help me 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.779 solve something the universe refuses to explain. 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:56.139 Looking for someone who enjoys deep conversation, 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.100 chaotic hair, and the occasional spontaneous 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:02.980 equation on a napkin. Can you name this month's 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:06.059 Blind Date Through Time dating profile? And thank 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:08.580 you for tuning in to What You Didn't Hear on 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:11.620 December 17th. I have a special Christmas deep 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:14.299 dive episode coming out very soon, so keep an 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:17.139 ear out for that. And as always, please leave 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:19.440 a review on the podcast and share the show with 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.019 your history buff friends to help grow the show. 00:14:22.539 --> 00:14:25.580 Until next time, this is What You Didn't Hear.