HistoryPod

386 Episodes

1. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

   Published: 1/15/2025
2. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

   Published: 1/14/2025
3. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

   Published: 1/13/2025
4. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

   Published: 1/12/2025
5. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

   Published: 1/11/2025
6. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

   Published: 1/10/2025
7. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

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

   Published: 1/8/2025
9. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Published: 1/7/2025
10. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Published: 1/6/2025
11. 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
12. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

    Published: 1/4/2025
13. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

    Published: 1/3/2025
14. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

    Published: 1/2/2025
15. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

    Published: 1/1/2025
16. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

    Published: 12/31/2024
17. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

    Published: 12/30/2024
18. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Published: 12/29/2024
19. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Published: 12/28/2024
20. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Published: 12/27/2024