HistoryPod

398 Episodes

1. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Published: 1/7/2025
2. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

   Published: 1/6/2025
3. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

   Published: 1/5/2025
4. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

   Published: 1/4/2025
5. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

   Published: 1/3/2025
6. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

   Published: 1/2/2025
7. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

   Published: 1/1/2025
8. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

   Published: 12/31/2024
9. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

   Published: 12/30/2024
10. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Published: 12/29/2024
11. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Published: 12/28/2024
12. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Published: 12/27/2024
13. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Published: 12/26/2024
14. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Published: 12/25/2024
15. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Published: 12/24/2024
16. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Published: 12/23/2024
17. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Published: 12/22/2024
18. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Published: 12/21/2024
19. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Published: 12/20/2024
20. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

    Published: 12/19/2024