This Week: Rome, Geronimo: An American Legend, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

BOATS THIS WEEK (SEPT 2-8, 2024) — On this day almost two thousand years ago, the Battle of Actium decided power in Rome. Not coincidentally, we'll learn about that today from a TV show called Rome. The second event from this week in history according to the movies comes from the 1993 film called Geronimo: An American Legend, because Wednesday this week marks the 138th anniversary of that event. For our third event, we'll learn about one of Jesse James' infamous holdups from September 7th, 1876 as it's shown in the movie The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid.

Until next time, here's where you can continue the story.

Events from This Week in History

• Monday: Rome
• Wednesday: Geronimo: An American Legend
• Saturday: The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Birthdays from This Week in History

• Tuesday: James "Whitey" Bulger in Black Mass
• Thursday: Jesse James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | BOATS #166
• Friday: Marquis de Lafayette in Turn: Washington's Spies | BOATS #139
• Saturday: Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age | BOATS #106 (Elizabeth) | BOATS #112 (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

A Historical Movie Releasing This Week

• Friday: 1992

Mentioned in this episode

• Krakatoa and Edvard Munch's The Scream
• Original newspaper reports of each Jack the Ripper victim

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