HistoryPod

398 Episodes

1. 28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

   Published: 11/28/2024
2. 27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City

   Published: 11/27/2024
3. 26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales

   Published: 11/26/2024
4. 25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world

   Published: 11/25/2024
5. 24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire

   Published: 11/24/2024
6. 23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television

   Published: 11/23/2024
7. 22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

   Published: 11/22/2024
8. 21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound

   Published: 11/21/2024
9. 20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island

   Published: 11/20/2024
10. 19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit

    Published: 11/19/2024
11. 18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States

    Published: 11/18/2024
12. 17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston

    Published: 11/17/2024
13. 16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

    Published: 11/16/2024
14. 15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time

    Published: 11/15/2024
15. 14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school

    Published: 11/14/2024
16. 13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

    Published: 11/13/2024
17. 12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations

    Published: 11/12/2024
18. 11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor

    Published: 11/11/2024
19. 10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

    Published: 11/10/2024
20. 9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power

    Published: 11/9/2024