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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11th October 1649: Sack of Wexford in Ireland by English forces under Oliver Cromwell who burn much of the town and kill over 1,500 people
October 11, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteAs property was pillaged and buildings were burned, at least 1,500 people died while twice that number were taken ...
10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record
October 10, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteAt around 6am on 10 October the hurricane made landfall at Barbados in the Lesser Antilles, where it unleashed its full fury as it moved through the ...
9th October 1919: Black Sox Scandal overshadows the World Series baseball championship win by the Cincinnati Reds
October 09, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteAs the series progressed the Reds unexpectedly gained the upper hand, which puzzled fans and raised suspicions that some members of the White Sox team had deliberately thrown the games in exchange for financial rewards from ...
8th October 1871: The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin, the most deadly wildfire in recorded history
October 08, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded ...
7th October 1763: Royal Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
October 07, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III, banning settlement west of the Appalachian ...
6th October 1973: Yom Kippur War begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack on Israel
October 06, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteLaunched on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Egyptian forces went on to cross the Suez Canal and establish a bridgehead, while Syrian troops launched an offensive in the Golan ...
5th October 1970: PBS, the national Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, was launched
October 05, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteWith 80% of all American television households watching at least one PBS program each year, it has been consistently rated the most-trusted national institution in the United States according to Roper Opinion Research ...
4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota
October 04, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteWashington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be ...
3rd October 1993: The Black Hawk Down incident during the Battle of Mogadishu
October 03, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteDuring the operation, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and 19 Americans lost their lives, while at least 200 Somali militiamen were killed as well as hundreds of ...
2nd October 1627: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last ruler of the Ming Dynasty, ascends the throne
October 02, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe era name Chongzhen means ‘honourable and auspicious’ but his reign, and the Ming Dynasty, were to end with his suicide in the face of widespread ...
1st October 1957: The phrase ‘In God We Trust’ appears on U.S. paper currency for the first time
October 01, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe first printed note to feature ‘In God We Trust’ was the updated one-dollar silver certificate that entered circulation on 1 October ...
30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt
September 30, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Hoover Dam was known as the Boulder Dam at the ...
29th September 1918: German Supreme Army Command urges Wilhelm II negotiate an armistice after the Allies break through the Hindenburg Line
September 29, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Allies’ continuous advances, coupled with internal unrest and food shortages, left Germany with limited options and the Supreme Army Command demanded that the government seek a ceasefire ...
28th September 1781: The Siege of Yorktown begins in the American Revolutionary War
September 28, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North ...
27th September 1777: The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became the capital of the United States for a single day
September 27, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Continental Congress convened for an official session in Lancaster’s County Courthouse, marking the one and only day the city held the title of the capital of the United ...
26th September 1983: Nuclear war avoided after Soviet detection system wrongly identifies incoming ballistic missile
September 26, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteNuclear war was avoided when Russian officer Stanislav Petrov rejected early warning system reports of incoming ballistic missiles as a false ...
25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada
September 25, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Battle of Stamford Bridge saw both sides suffer heavy casualties but, with Harald Hardrada slain in battle, the English emerged ...
24th September 1952: Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah
September 24, 2023 02:05 - 1 BytePete Harman of Salt Lake City, Utah, agreed to pay four cents on each chicken sold in return for using Sanders’ recipe and method and advertising using his name and ...
23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test
September 23, 2023 02:05 - 1 Byte‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by ...
22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution
September 22, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteHale volunteered to gather intelligence on British troop movements and strategies but was captured, swiftly subjected to a trial by British authorities, found guilty of spying, and condemned to death as an illegal ...
21st September 1931: Britain abandons the gold standard after Parliament passes the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act
September 21, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteAfter consultations with the Bank of England, the Treasury issued a statement announcing its intention to suspend the gold standard on Sunday 20 September, and parliament approved the Bill the next ...
20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match
September 20, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteFemale tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the ...
19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German Confederation
September 19, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe German forces reached the outskirts of the French capital on 15 September and General Helmuth von Moltke, the commander of the Prussian army, gave the order to begin surrounding the ...
18th September 1812: The Fire of Moscow burnt out five days after it began, leaving Napoleon in possession of the city
September 18, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteOn September 18, five days after it began, the fire was finally brought under control thanks to calmer winds and a fortuitously timed rain shower that helped the troops working to extinguish the ...
17th September 1862: Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in Pennsylvania sees the largest single civilian loss of life during the American Civil War
September 17, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteMore than 1,100 people worked at the Arsenal, 78 of whom died while many more were injured.More than 1,100 people worked at the Arsenal, 78 of whom died while many more were ...
16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York
September 16, 2023 02:05 - 1 Byte38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New ...
15th September 1831: The First National Negro Convention was held in Philadelphia
September 15, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Negro Convention Movement, sometimes referred to as the Colored Conventions Movement, developed during the antebellum period in the north American ...
14th September 1607: ‘Flight of the Earls’ sees Gaelic nobility, led by Hugh O’Neill and Rory O’Donnell, leave Ulster in Ireland for mainland Europe
September 14, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteIn the wake of the flight of the Earls, the lands and titles left behind were confiscated by the English crown, which accelerated the process of English colonisation over the next ...
13th September 1899: Henry H. Bliss, the first person to be killed by an automobile in America
September 13, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteHenry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York ...
12th September 1958: The world’s first integrated circuit demonstrated by Jack Kilby
September 12, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteAmerican electrical engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the world’s first integrated circuit while working at Texas ...
11th September 1973: General Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile after launching a coup against President Salvador Allende
September 11, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteGeneral Pinochet soon emerged as the permanent head of the ruling junta and set about imposing a new era of authoritarianism and political repression. He ruled Chile until ...
10th September 1919: Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain at the end of the First World War
September 10, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Austrian delegation to Paris was led by the Social Democrat minister Karl Renner who had little choice but to agree to the redrawing of national borders that saw the emergence of several independent nations and the reduction of Austrian ...
9th September 1776: The name ‘United States’ of America adopted by the Second Continental Congress
September 09, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe new name for the former Thirteen Colonies represented a cohesive identity that united them under a common ...
8th September 1966: Star Trek makes its television debut with “The Man Trap”
September 08, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe first episode of American science fiction television series Star Trek was broadcast at 8.30pm on ...
7th September 1813: According to tradition, the United States gained its nickname, ‘Uncle Sam’
September 07, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper ...
6th September 1901: President William McKinley shot at the Pan-American Exposition by Leon Czolgosz
September 06, 2023 02:05 - 1 BytePresident William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist during a ...
5th September 1781: Battle of the Chesapeake sees the British Navy repelled by the French during the American War of Independence
September 05, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe French victory blocked British reinforcements and resupplies for General Cornwallis at Yorktown who surrendered his forces on October ...
4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer
September 04, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteRomulus’ overthrow facilitated Odoacer’s rise and the transition to the Ostrogothic ...
3rd September 301: The world’s oldest republic still in existence founded when Saint Marinus establishes San Marino
September 03, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteWhile the republic’s first government was based on a self-governed assembly known as the Arengo, the current system in San Marino has been in place since the Statutes of ...
2nd September 1935: The Labor Day hurricane, the most intense hurricane to ever make landfall
September 02, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe most intense hurricane to ever make landfall struck the United ...
1st September 1985: Wreck of the Titanic discovered by a team led by Robert Ballard
September 01, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert ...
31st August 1920: The world’s first radio news service begins broadcasting in Detroit, Michigan
August 31, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, ...
30th August 1963: The Moscow-Washington hotline enters operation
August 30, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe Moscow–Washington hotline entered operation, providing a direct link between the Kremlin and the ...
29th August 1949: USSR successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, codenamed RDS-1 and nicknamed First Lightning
August 29, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe explosion had the power of 22 kilotons of TNT, and was 50% more destructive than its designers had ...
28th August 1955: The murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi
August 28, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteBlack teenager Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly flirting with and offending a white woman in ...
27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa
August 27, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteOne of the most destructive volcanic events in modern history occurred when Krakatoa’s eruption reached its ...
26th August 1346: Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years War won by the army of the English king Edward III
August 26, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteThe battle was fought against the French army of King Philip VI and led to the port of Calais becoming an English enclave for over two ...
25th August 1944: Liberation of Paris as the Nazi German garrison surrenders the city to the Allies
August 25, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteOver 800 resistance fighters died before the Free French 2nd Armoured Division led by Captain Raymond Dronne arrived just before midnight on 24 August. On 25 August the US 4th Infantry Division entered the ...
24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the New York Stock Exchange
August 24, 2023 02:05 - 1 BytePolitical activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock ...
23rd August 1939: Molotov and Ribbentrop from the USSR and Nai Germany sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact
August 23, 2023 02:05 - 1 ByteOn the surface the pact guaranteed that neither side would fight against the other in war. However a ‘secret protocol’ also outlined how Eastern Europe would be divided between the two countries in the ...