
A Bad Day For Proofreading: Printing A Perilous Bible
In the final story of our "Bad Days in History" series this week, author Michael Farquhar shares a story from England in 1632.

A Very Bad Day For President Harry S. Truman
Every day this week, we're taking a page from "Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery."

Today In Bad Day History: The 'Hitler Diary'
On May 6, 1983, a German news magazine discovered the diaries it paid millions of dollars for were actually forgeries.

A Tragic Tradition On This Day In History
Every day this week, we're checking in with the author of "Bad Days in History." We hear a grim story from this date in 1806.

So You Think You Had A Bad Day?
Every day this week, we're checking in with Michael Farquhar, whose new book documents a bad thing that happened every day of the year.
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