HistoryPod

398 Episodes

1. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

   Published: 3/8/2025
2. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

   Published: 3/7/2025
3. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

   Published: 3/6/2025
4. 5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

   Published: 3/5/2025
5. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

   Published: 3/4/2025
6. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

   Published: 3/3/2025
7. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

   Published: 3/2/2025
8. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

   Published: 3/1/2025
9. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

   Published: 2/28/2025
10. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Published: 2/27/2025
11. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Published: 2/26/2025
12. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Published: 2/25/2025
13. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Published: 2/24/2025
14. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Published: 2/23/2025
15. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Published: 2/22/2025
16. 21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales

    Published: 2/21/2025
17. 20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry

    Published: 2/20/2025
18. 19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

    Published: 2/19/2025
19. 18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States

    Published: 2/18/2025
20. 17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero

    Published: 2/17/2025