HistoryPod
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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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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface...
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19th July 1843: The ship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel la...
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18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect...
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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the...
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16th July 1661: Europe’s first banknotes issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms B...
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15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Trib...
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14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolutio...
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13th July 1930: Inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay during the centenary...
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12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
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11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
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10th July 1991: Boris Yeltsin is inaugurated as the first elected President of R...
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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China
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8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to its lowest point during the Great Depression
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7th July 1937: Marco Polo Bridge Incident acts as a trigger for the Second Sino-...
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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the U...
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5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales
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4th July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted unanimously by...
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3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Malla...
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2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnso...
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1st July 1569: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created with the signing of the Un...
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30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives
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29th June 2008: Apple release the iPhone
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28th June 1838: Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey following the death...
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27th June 1905: Mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin
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26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit...
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25th June 1967: Our World, live global television production, broadcast using sa...
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24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and conti...
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23rd June 1314: The Battle of Bannockburn begins, resulting in a victory for Rob...
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22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies in...
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21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting i...
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20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which...
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19th June 1846: First officially recorded baseball game takes place in Hoboken,...
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18th June 1815: Battle of Waterloo heralds the final defeat of Napoleon Bonapart...
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17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbour on board the Frenc...
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16th June 1824: Reformers meet in London to establish what becomes the Royal Soc...
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15th June 1215: Magna Carta approved by King John at Runnymede near Windsor in E...
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14th June 1645: The Battle of Naseby fought in the English Civil War
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13th June 1917: The deadliest air raid on London of the First World War conducte...
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12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall...
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11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, between...
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10th June 1605: False Dmitry I enters Moscow and is recognised as tsar following...
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9th June 1815: ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna signed, nine days before Na...
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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria
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7th June 1788: Day of the Tiles breaks out in the French city of Grenoble, servi...
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6th June 1944: D-Day landings launched by the Allied forces of the Second World...
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5th June 1967: Start of the Six Day War as Israel launches air strikes against t...
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4th June 1916: Russian Army begins the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front o...
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3rd June 1989: Tiananmen Square protesters fired on by the Chinese People’s Libe...
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2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn th...
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1st June 1980: CNN begins broadcasting as the first 24-hour news channel
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