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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31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent at...
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30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed in the French city of Rouen for heresy
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29th May 1854: Paddington Station opens as the London terminus of the Great West...
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28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, ill...
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27th May 1199: King John of England crowned at Westminster Abbey in London
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26th May 1972: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Mi...
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25th May 1961: US President John F. Kennedy announces his plans for a manned moo...
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24th May 1956: First Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Lugano, Switzerland
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23rd May 1701: Captain Kidd, the Scottish privateer, executed in London after be...
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22nd May 1455: Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans between...
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21st May 1972: Laszlo Toth attacks and seriously damages Michelangelo’s Pietà st...
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20th May 325: First Council of Nicaea brings together bishops from across the ea...
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19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother...
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18th May 1291: The Siege of Acre saw the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-A...
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17th May 1954: U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education that raci...
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16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China when Mao releases the ‘...
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15th May 1928: Mickey and Minnie Mouse appear in their first cartoon to be shown...
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14th May 1932: “We Want Beer” parade takes place in New York City to protest aga...
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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone
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12th May 1949: The Soviet Union ends its blockade of West Berlin
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11th May 1981: The musical Cats opens at the New London Theatre in London’s West...
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10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Ge...
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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the America...
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8th May 1429: Siege of Orléans lifted by French forces, marking a turning point...
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7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20
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6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engul...
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5th May 1862: Mexican forces defeat a French army at the Battle of Puebla, comme...
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4th May 1932: Al Capone begins life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on...
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2nd May 1982: Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano sunk by British submarine H...
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1st May 1952: The first Mr Potato Head ‘funny face toy’ goes on sale
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30th April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begi...
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29th April 1992: Los Angeles riots begin following the acquittal of four police...
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28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium in London opens with the ‘White Horse Final’ of...
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27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time
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26th April 1925: Paul von Hindenburg elected President of the Weimar Republic
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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War
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24th April 1916: Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in James Cair...
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23rd April 2005: “Me at the zoo” is the first video to be uploaded to YouTube
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22nd April 1884: Thomas Stevens begins the first round-the-world cycle ride
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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed
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20th April 1968: Enoch Powell delivers his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speec...
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19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium
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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome
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17th April 1951: Peak District in northern England formally designated the Unite...
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16th April 1922: Former WW1 enemies Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Rapall...
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15th April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’...
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14th April 1935: Stresa Front signed between the United Kingdom, France, and Ita...
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13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre
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12th April 1945: Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States...
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