This Day in History 1/15/21

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on January 15th. Fiery hot molasses might have been the last thing Bostonians expected to see when they left their homes on this day in 1919. But that’s just what flooded the streets of the city’s North End when a 58-foot-high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses exploded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices