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 February 1962: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the...
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19th February 1985: EastEnders, the BBC’s flagship soap opera, broadcast for the...
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18th February 1930: Nellie Jay, better known as Elm Farm Ollie, becomes the firs...
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17th February 1913: The Armory Show, officially called the International Exhibit...
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16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tuta...
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15th February 1971: Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and Ireland as they abando...
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14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, co...
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13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms o...
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12th February 1429: Battle of the Herrings in the Hundred Years’ War fought betw...
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11th February 1929: The Lateran Treaty signed between the Italian state and the...
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10th February 1906: Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary new typ...
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9th February 1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ at Paine Fiel...
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8th February 1867: The Ausgleich, or the Austro-Hungarian Compromise, establishe...
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7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities
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6th February 1958: Munich Air Disaster kills 23 members of the Manchester United...
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5th February 1597: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan executed in Nagasaki
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4th February 1945: Yalta Conference begins, attended by the ‘Big Three’ of Roose...
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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight ab...
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2nd February 1887: First officially recorded Groundhog Day observance takes plac...
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1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
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31st January 1990: McDonald’s opens its first fast food restaurant in the Soviet...
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30th January 1975: Rubik’s Cube first patented by Hungarian architect and design...
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29th January 1856: The Victoria Cross medal for valour introduced by Queen Victo...
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28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds...
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27th January 1973: Paris Peace Accords end direct United States military involve...
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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent
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25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after co...
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24th January 1890: The Shigir Idol, the oldest wooden sculpture in the world, di...
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23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese provin...
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22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
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21st January 1968: United States B-52 bomber carrying four thermonuclear bombs c...
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20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the...
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19th January 1915: Two German Zeppelin airships drop bombs on the Norfolk towns...
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18th January 1778: Captain James Cook becomes the first known European to encoun...
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17th January 1991: Combat phase of the Gulf War begins when Operation Desert Sto...
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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Pri...
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15th January 1867: 40 people die when ice on the boating lake in Regent’s Park b...
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14th January 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference in...
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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reun...
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12th January 1913: The name “Stalin” meaning “man of steel” first used in print...
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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied t...
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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rom...
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9th January 1806: State funeral of Admiral Horatio Nelson takes place in London,...
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8th January 1918: United States President Woodrow Wilson outlines his principles...
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7th January 1979: Pol Pot of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) overthr...
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6th January 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out the “Four Freedoms” i...
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5th January 1968: The Prague Spring begins with Alexander Dubček becoming the ne...
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4th January 1642: Charles I of England attempts to arrest the Five Members of Pa...
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3rd January 1868: Meiji Restoration begins in Japan when loyalists seize control...
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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR inva...
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