HistoryPod

398 Episodes

1. 27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

   Published: 1/27/2025
2. 26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

   Published: 1/26/2025
3. 25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

   Published: 1/25/2025
4. 24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

   Published: 1/24/2025
5. 23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition

   Published: 1/23/2025
6. 22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

   Published: 1/22/2025
7. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

   Published: 1/21/2025
8. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

   Published: 1/20/2025
9. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

   Published: 1/19/2025
10. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

    Published: 1/18/2025
11. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

    Published: 1/17/2025
12. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

    Published: 1/16/2025
13. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

    Published: 1/15/2025
14. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

    Published: 1/14/2025
15. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

    Published: 1/13/2025
16. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

    Published: 1/12/2025
17. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

    Published: 1/11/2025
18. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

    Published: 1/10/2025
19. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

    Published: 1/9/2025
20. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

    Published: 1/8/2025