So You Think You Had A Bad Day?

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May 04, 2015

Old Man of the Mountain on April 26, 2003, seven days before the collapse. A late spring snow fell the night before. (Wikimedia Commons)

Every day this week, we're checking in with Michael Farquhar, author of "Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year" to find out one bad thing that happened on this day in history.

Today, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks to Farquhar about a battle over artistic freedom between Nelson Rockefeller and Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, as well as the collapse of New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain on May 3, 2003.

Guest

Michael Farquhar, author of "Bad Days in History."

This segment aired on May 4, 2015.

Bad Days in History