HistoryPod
1,394 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 257 ratingsThe 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland
July 22, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteOn the 22nd July 1706, the foundation for the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain was laid when commissioners from England and Scotland agreed the Acts of ...
21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt
July 21, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteConstruction of the Aswan High Dam took just over ten years and cost nearly $1 ...
20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs
July 20, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWeighing more than half a ton, the completed cheese was marked with the Jeffersonian motto ‘Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God’ and was presented to President Jefferson on January 1, ...
19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war
July 19, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon ...
18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio
July 18, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteRiots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, ...
17th July 1917: King George V changes the name of the British royal family to the House of Windsor
July 17, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteAmidst enormous anti-German sentiment during the First World War, King George V made a historic proclamation that all descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the male line, who were British subjects, would bear the surname ...
16th July 1935: World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 16, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe meters were installed along the southeast corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City, and charged 5 cents per hour. They proved effective in regulating parking spaces and ensuring a higher turnover rate, which benefited local ...
15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British
July 15, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteNapoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrendered to British Captain Maitland on board the Royal Navy ship HMS ...
14th July 1915: McMahon-Hussein Correspondence begins, resulting in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I
July 14, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWhile Hussein believed Britain had agreed to recognise a vast independent Arab state, the British maintained that certain areas were excluded. This ambiguity went on to fuel later tensions and conflict in the Middle ...
13th July 1863: New York City draft riots mark the largest civil urban disturbance in American history
July 13, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteOver 100 people were killed in the riots and thousands more were injured. In addition, millions of dollars of damage was caused to buildings and ...
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
July 12, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteA resolution to create the U.S. Army Medal of Honor was authorised by Congress and signed into law by President Abraham ...
11th July 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury, in a duel
July 11, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteHamilton’s death shocked the nation, as he was a leading figure in American politics and instrumental in the country’s ...
10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
July 10, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, ...
9th July 1762: Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following a coup against her husband, Peter III
July 09, 2024 02:05 - 1 BytePeter III ascended the throne in January 1762 and within just six months had alienated key segments of Russian society. Meanwhile Catherine had garnered support from a number of key individuals due to her alignment with Russian ...
8th July 1947: Roswell Army Air Base reports ‘flying disc’ debris
July 08, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWalter Haut, the public information officer of the Roswell Army Air Field, issued a press release saying that the military had recovered the remains of a ‘flying ...
7th July 1952: SS United States establishes the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner
July 07, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteSS United States secured the Blue Riband, an accolade awarded to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic with the highest average speed, and continues to hold the record to this ...
6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers
July 06, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteDozens were killed or injured when Pinkerton agents working on behalf of the Carnegie Steel Company fought striking steelworkers in Homestead, ...
5th July 1937: SPAM, the canned cooked pork, first introduced by Hormel Foods Corporation @SPAMbrand
July 05, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe United States continues to be the world’s largest consumer of Spam, with the luncheon meat being a particularly big seller in ...
4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
July 04, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteBy the time Mehmed VI became sultan following the death of his half-brother, the empire was on the brink of collapse due to a combination of military losses, economic hardship, and nationalist movements at ...
3rd July 1979: President Jimmy Carter authorises $500,000 to aid the mujahideen in Afghanistan
July 03, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteBy the time Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan in 1989, it had become one of the CIA’s longest and most expensive covert ...
2nd July 1900: LZ 1, the first rigid Zeppelin airship, makes its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany
July 02, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe LZ 1 featured a rigid aluminium frame covered with a fabric skin, within which was a series of 17 individual gas cells made from rubberized ...
1st July 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins, resulting in a decisive Union victory
July 01, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteApproximately 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured in just three ...
30th June 1859: Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
June 30, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWith the aid of a 26 foot long balancing pole, he crossed the gorge in a stunt taking just 23 ...
29th June 1971: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 disaster, resulting in its cosmonauts becoming the only humans to ever die in space
June 29, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteSubsequent investigations revealed that a cabin vent valve had accidentally opened and depressurised the capsule when the service module was jettisoned at an altitude of 168 km, causing the crew to fall unconscious and suffer cardiac arrest in less than a ...
28th June 1969: The Stonewall Riots begin when New York City police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village
June 28, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteRioting continued for another five nights and acted as a catalyst for LGBT political ...
27th June 1898: Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe
June 27, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteSlocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on June 27, 1898, after covering approximately 46,000 miles in an old Massachusetts oyster boat named ...
26th June 1963: American President John F. Kennedy declares US support for West Berlin with the phrase, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
June 26, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWhile the speech effectively recognised East Berlin as part of the Soviet Bloc, it also reaffirmed America’s commitment to defend West Berlin against ...
25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea
June 25, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteNorth Korean troops launched a surprise and quickly advanced southward to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, within ...
24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold
June 24, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteIn what Kenneth Arnold later complained was an ‘historic misquote’, the press coined the now-ubiquitous phrase ‘flying saucers’ to describe the ...
23rd June 1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Enovid as the first combined oral contraceptive pill in the world
June 23, 2024 02:05 - 1 Byte400,000 women saw their doctors to obtain Enovid contraceptive prescriptions in the first ...
22nd June 1940: France signs the Second Armistice of Compiègne with Nazi Germany which signals the Fall of France
June 22, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteAdolf Hitler seized the opportunity to inflict a symbolic humiliation on the French by signing the armistice in the same location, and in the same railway carriage, as the armistice of the First World ...
21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society
June 21, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteHistorians have since questioned the convictions, which saw ten men hanged for murder – six in the prison at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk in Carbon ...
20th June 1945: The United States approves the transfer of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun to America
June 20, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWernher von Braun initially developed rockets for the United States Army, but was later made director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he oversaw the design of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft to the ...
19th June 1865: Juneteenth is established when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, are informed of their freedom
June 19, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteOn June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3 which informed the enslaved African Americans of their ...
18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain
June 18, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteMadison signed the declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the first time that the United States declared war on another ...
17th June 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill fought during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War
June 17, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteWhile the Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a British victory and the successful capture of the hill, it came the cost of 1,000 casualties that included many ...
16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City
June 16, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteHaving opened on 16 June 1884, passengers paid 5 cents to ride the Switchback Railways and achieved speeds of up to 6 miles per ...
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
June 15, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan ...
14th June 1900: Anglo-German naval arms race triggered by the Second German Naval Law to double the size of the fleet
June 14, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe enactment of the Second Naval Law represented an ambitious plan to double the size of the German fleet, but with the British Royal Navy having long been the world’s dominant maritime force Germany’s naval expansion was perceived as a direct challenge to British ...
13th June 1966: Miranda Warning introduced after US Supreme Court says suspects must be told their rights
June 13, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteAny suspect arrested in the USA must be informed of four key rights. ‘You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for ...
12th June 1817: Karl Drais makes the first recorded journey on the forerunner of the bicycle, known as the Laufmaschine or ‘dandy horse’
June 12, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteDrais’ Laufmaschine, which translates as ‘running machine’ featured two wheels mounted on a wooden frame and a steering mechanism controlled by ...
11th June 1962: Three inmates escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and are never seen again
June 11, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteOnce outside the prison walls, the three men inflated a homemade raft with a modified accordion and launched it into San Francisco ...
10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith
June 10, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteAlcoholics Anonymous, which operates through local groups that follow a 12-step rehabilitation program to help people overcome alcoholism, is now estimated have around two million members ...
9th June 747: Abbasid Revolution begins, which overthrows the Umayyad Caliphate
June 09, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Abbasid Revolution gained momentum thanks to the leadership of Abu Muslim al-Khurasani, a Persian revolutionary who rallied support for the Abbasid cause in the eastern provinces of the ...
8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile
June 08, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe missile was fired from the deck of the submarine USS Barbero towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida, and completed its 700-mile flight in just 22 ...
7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public
June 07, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteElvis Presley purchased Graceland for $102,500 in 1957 when he was 22 years ...
6th June 1933: Worlds first drive-in theatre opens in Camden County, New Jersey
June 06, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteRichard M. Hollingshead Jr.'s ‘Automobile Movie Theatre’ opened on a 400-acre plot of land on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken Township, and could accommodate 400 cars parked on ramps facing a 40 foot by 50 foot ...
5th June 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivers a speech at Harvard University outlining his financial plan for post-war Europe
June 05, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Marshall Plan provided aid to 16 Western European nations, distributing more than $13 billion of aid over a four year ...
4th June 1855: United States Camel Corps initiated when USS Supply departed New York City for the Mediterranean to obtain camels
June 04, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe camels proved themselves to be both fast and strong, easily outperforming the horses and mules that the Army had used up until that ...
3rd June 1943: Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, California, during the Second World War
June 03, 2024 02:05 - 1 ByteThe riots began on the night of 3 June, 1943, when a group of sailors on shore leave clashed with Mexican American youths in downtown Los ...