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The '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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Focusing on reform of the electoral system to improve the conditions of the working class, the release of the People’s Charter in 1838 had prompted the creation of the national working-class Chartist protest ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The mutiny quickly spread throughout the Kiel naval base, and within days tens of thousands of sailors and workers had joined the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service
Prior to the launch from Alexandra Palace in London, television had been in experimental stages. The BBC's launch of regular programming set a new standard for the medium and was a key part of the BBC’s broader mission to bring new forms of entertainment and information to the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
The 26 year old Tsar Nicholas II inherited an autocratic government, which had long resisted democratic reforms, and a society that was increasingly dissatisfied with the existing ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America
Announcements were made before, during and after the radio broadcast that the events in War of the Worlds were fictitious, but it was clear that these warnings went unheeded by ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine
Created by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo, the story of Asterix is set in 50 B.C. and follows the adventures of the warrior Asterix from a small village in Gaul (modern-day France), during the time of the Roman Empire's ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
Because America’s part of the agreement was kept secret, Khrushchev appeared to have ‘lost’. The reality is that both sides made ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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By the summer of 1987 it had become public knowledge that the Soviets had bugged the new building with technology that the United States was struggling to ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Giuseppe Garibaldi met with Victor Emmanuel II, the King of Sardinia, at Teano and handed him control of southern ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Davis first entered military service following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, and later served as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at both Wilberforce University in Ohio and Tuskegee University in Alabama as well as serving tours of duty around the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Although the scale of panic selling on Wall Street did slow down, the market continued its downward trajectory for over 2 ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The battle of Edgehill was fought in Warwickshire between the Royalist forces of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian army under the command of the Duke of Essex, but it ended inconclusively at nightfall with heavy casualties on both ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology
The trial began on 18 October 1910 and concluded on 22 October with the jury finding Crippen guilty of murder after just twenty-seven minutes of deliberations, having heard a case that relied heavily on forensic evidence including partial human remains discovered at his ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade
The poorly equipped forces of the People's Crusade, who lacked cohesive leadership, were quickly overwhelmed by the experienced Seljuk cavalry with the battle turning into a massacre where tens of thousands of crusaders were ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America
One of the key features of the Treaty of 1818 was the establishment of the 49th parallel as the boundary between the United States and British North America, from the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War
They robbed three banks in St. Albans with the objective of seizing supplies and forcing the Union Army to divert forces from the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission
Félicette survived the flight after being secured inside a specially designed capsule on top of a Véronique AG1 rocket, which reached an altitude of about 157 ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Having been found guilty of treason, she was instead sentenced to death and transported to the guillotine in an open ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight
The balloon was secured to the ground to limit its altitude and range, but it successfully lifted de Rozier to a height of approximately 25 ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson
Harold was killed on the battlefield and, although his exact cause of death isn’t known, it signalled the collapse of the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The White House was built as part of the development of the Federal City – a national capital founded under the terms of the 1790 Residence ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa created Christ the Redeemer in collaboration with French sculptor Paul Landowski, and construction of the 30 metre tall statue took nine ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Saturday Night Live was originally known as NBC’s Saturday Night to avoid any confusion with the ABC show Saturday Night Live with Howard ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Frustrated by the lack of progress made by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies from whom the group had split, the WSPU soon became known for its militant and sometimes violent actions under the motto ‘Deeds, not ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire
The Balkan League, which consisted of the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro, was encouraged by Ottoman military defeats in Libya to seize territory from the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan
Each worker was responsible for a specific task, and the car chassis moved along a conveyor belt to bring the work to the worker. This method minimized the time workers spent moving between tasks, thereby increasing productivity and reducing ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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On the 6th October 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group that was enraged by the peace treaty he had negotiated with ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food
The demonstrators soon surrounded the palace and demanded an audience with the king, who met with a small delegation of women, but tensions escalated as the palace was broken into and some royal guards were beaten or even killed by the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible
The printing of the Coverdale Bible was made possible due to the support of English merchants and reformist sympathizers abroad. It made the scriptures accessible to English speakers, marking a significant moment in the Reformation and the spread of ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The Italian forces were well-equipped with modern weaponry including tanks, aircraft, and chemical weapons, giving them a significant advantage over the Ethiopian army, which was primarily composed of infantry with limited access to modern ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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In return for the crusaders’ unconditional surrender, Saladin agreed that anyone who paid a ransom would be able to leave the city in ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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While heavy rain contributed to a smaller-than-expected crowd of 10,000 visitors on the first day, the Disney World quickly gained popularity and became a global ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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When Suleiman died at the age of 71 in 1566, he ruled over at least 25 million people and was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The Metropolitan Police, which is often considered to be the first modern police force, began operating in ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service
Two of the four original planes successfully completed the entire circumnavigation from Seattle, travelling approximately 26,345 miles (42,398 kilometres) and stopping in 28 countries along the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the economic recovery that Germany experienced up until the onset of the Great ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey
Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Originally known as “Nintendo Koppai”, Fusajiro Yamauchi established the company to produce hanafuda, a type of traditional Japanese playing ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The war persisted for nearly eight long and bloody years, leading to the deaths of an estimated half a million soldiers and the same number of ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The first Cannes Film Festival was established to celebrate cinema and to promote cultural exchange between countries in the aftermath of World War ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway
The Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations for assistance, and the League promptly passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Japanese ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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The San Francisco Bulletin printed his decree in full, sparking media interest that led to him becoming a celebrity in the ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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Peter Strelzyk and Günter Wetzel, who had expertise in mechanics and construction, worked for nearly a year and a half to construct a balloon capable of carrying their families of four adults and four ...Kirjoittanut Scott Allsop
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