HistoryPod
1,354 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 234 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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14th October 1066: Battle of Hastings fought on Senlac Hill
October 14, 2019 02:05On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold ...
13th October 1792: Cornerstone laid for the White House
October 13, 2019 02:05On the 13th October 1792 the cornerstone of the White House, which at the time was to be known as the United States Executive Mansion, was ...
12th October 1810: First Oktoberfest held in Munich
October 12, 2019 02:05First established to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the most important part of the festivities was a horse race held on the final ...
10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union
October 10, 2019 02:05On the 10th October 1903 the Women’s Social and Political Union, whose members came to be known as suffragettes, was founded at the Manchester home of Sylvia and Emmeline ...
8th October 1829: Robert Stephenson’s locomotive Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials
October 08, 2019 02:05On the 8th October 1829, Robert Stephenson’s steam locomotive The Rocket won the Rainhill Trials and secured a prize of £500 and the contract for Robert Stephenson and Company to produce locomotives for the new Liverpool & Manchester Railway that opened the following ...
4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII
October 04, 2019 02:05On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian ...
2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders
October 02, 2019 02:05On 2nd October 1187, the Siege of Jerusalem came to an end when Saladin captured the city from the crusaders who had ruled the city since ...
30th September 1967: BBC Radio 1 begins broadcasting
September 30, 2019 02:05At 7am on the 30th September 1967, the words “... And, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1” launched the BBC’s new popular music ...
29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London
September 29, 2019 02:05The Metropolitan Police, which is often considered to be the first modern police force, began operating in ...
28th September 1928: Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
September 28, 2019 02:05On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first ...
26th September 1923: Germany ends the strikes in the Ruhr
September 26, 2019 02:05On the 26th September 1923, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann ended passive resistance in the Ruhr and resumed the payment of First World War ...
24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested in a US report
September 24, 2019 02:05On the 24th September 1946, Clark Clifford and George Elsey presented a report to President Truman in which they recommended "restraining and confining" Soviet ...
22nd September 1980: Iraq-Iran war begins
September 22, 2019 02:05On the 22nd September 1980, the longest conventional war of the 20th Century began when Iraq launched an invasion of ...
20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford
September 20, 2019 02:05On the 20th September 1066, Harald Hardrada – the Viking king – defeated his northern English enemies at the Battle of ...
18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb
September 18, 2019 02:05On the 18th September 1931, the Manchurian Crisis – also known as the Mukden Incident –began when Japanese soldiers blew up a section of their own railway in the Chinese region of ...
16th September 1978: Filming begins on Monty Python’s Life of Brian
September 16, 2019 02:05On the 16th September 1978, filming began on Monty Python’s Life of ...
12th September 1919: Hitler joins the German Workers Party
September 12, 2019 02:05On September 12th 1919, Adolf Hitler officially joined the German Workers’ Party ...
10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans into Austria
September 10, 2019 02:05On the 10th September 1989, the Hungarian government announced the opening of the border with Austria to allow thousands of East Germans to leave the Communist ...
8th September 1888: First ever Football League matches take place
September 08, 2019 02:05On the 8th September 1888, the very first Football League games were played in ...
6th September 1972: Olympic athletes killed in the Munich massacre
September 06, 2019 02:05Shortly after midnight on the morning of the 6th September 1972, nine Israeli Olympic athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group in the Munich ...
4th September 1957: Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School
September 04, 2019 02:05On the 4th September 1957 a group of nine black schoolchildren were prevented from entering the previously segregated Little Rock Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard acting on the orders of Governor Orval ...
2nd September 1666: Great Fire of London starts in Pudding Lane
September 02, 2019 02:05Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government ...
31st August 2019: Goodbye from HistoryPod
August 31, 2019 02:00After more than four years that have seen me writing and reading nearly half a million words (and telling hundreds upon hundreds of historical stories) I am in need of a very long break! The last of my new episodes is published today, although the podcast feed itself will continue to release 'reruns' of previous episodes every day for the foreseeable future. Thank you for all your support, subscriptions, and engagements over the past four years. I hope that you have enjoyed the daily histor...
24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the NY Stock Exchange
August 24, 2019 02:05Political activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock ...
4th August 1693: Dom Pérignon supposedly invents champagne
August 04, 2019 02:05On the 4th August 1693, legend says that French Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon invented ...
30th July 1792: La Marseillaise first sung in Paris
July 30, 2019 02:05On the 30th July 1792, a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille were the first to introduce and sing “La Marseillaise” in ...
29th July 1567: James VI crowned King of Scotland aged 13 months
July 29, 2019 02:05On the 29th July 1567, James VI was crowned king of Scotland when he was just 13 months ...
23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia
July 23, 2019 02:05On the 23rd July 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two ...
19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt
July 19, 2019 02:05On the 19th July 1799, an announcement was made of the discovery of a slab of rock covered in carvings by French Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard in the area around Fort Julien near the Egyptian town of Rashid or, as it also known, ...
15th July 1834: The Spanish Inquisition disbanded
July 15, 2019 02:05On the 15th July 1834 the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition, was ...
5th July 1948: The National Health Service launched in the UK
July 05, 2019 02:05On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was ...
3rd July 1938: Mallard sets world speed record for steam locomotives
July 03, 2019 02:05The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 ...
1st July 1903: First Tour de France cycling race takes place
July 01, 2019 02:05On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six ...
25th June 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn & Custer’s Last Stand
June 25, 2019 02:05On the 25th June 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn began when American Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led federal troops against the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Plains ...
23rd June 1314: Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn
June 23, 2019 02:05The Battle of Bannockburn began on the 23rd June 1314, leading to one of the most important Scottish victories of the First War of Scottish Independence that was fought intermittently from 1296 until ...
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
June 21, 2019 02:05On the 21st June 1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the German High Seas naval fleet in Scapa Flow, a large natural harbor in the Orkney Islands in ...
7th June 1628: Petition of Right ratified by King Charles I
June 07, 2019 02:05On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles ...
5th June 1967: Start of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War
June 05, 2019 02:05On the 5th June 1967, Israel launched a series of pre-emptive strikes against the Egyptian air force that marked the start of the Six Day ...
1st June 1967: The Beatles release Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
June 01, 2019 02:05On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th studio ...
30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed by burning at the stake
May 30, 2019 02:05On the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was executed by being burned at the ...
28th May 1987: West German amateur pilot lands a plane near Red Square
May 28, 2019 02:05On the 28th May 1987, an eighteen year-old amateur pilot from Hamburg in West Germany illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red ...
26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published
May 26, 2019 02:05On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first ...
18th May 1291: Siege of Acre signals end of Crusader influence
May 18, 2019 02:05On the 18th May 1291, the Crusader-controlled city of Acre was seized by the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf ...
16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China
May 16, 2019 02:05The ‘May 16th Notification’ of 1966 effectively started the Cultural Revolution in ...
14th May 1796: Edward Jenner vaccinates against smallpox
May 14, 2019 02:05On the 14th May 1796, English physician and scientist Edward Jenner purposefully infected 8-year James Phipps with ...
10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Scotland to seek peace
May 10, 2019 02:05On the 10th May 1941 Deputy Fuhrer of the German Party, Rudolf Hess, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British ...
2nd May 1952: World’s first passenger jet plane takes off from London
May 02, 2019 02:05On 2nd May 1952, the world’s first passenger jet aircraft took off to carry 36 passengers from London to ...
28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium opens with West Ham v Bolton Wanderers
April 28, 2019 02:05On 28th April 1923, the original Wembley Stadium in London opened with the FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham ...
26th April 1937: Guernica is bombed by the Nazi Condor Legion
April 26, 2019 02:05On the afternoon of 26th April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica experienced what is seen by many as the first large-scale modern air raid against a civilian ...
24th April 1916: Ernest Shackleton sets sail in the James Caird
April 24, 2019 02:05On the 24th April 1916, Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in the James Caird, a recovered lifeboat, to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic ...