386 Episodes

  1. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Published: 12/26/2024
  2. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Published: 12/25/2024
  3. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Published: 12/24/2024
  4. 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
  5. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Published: 12/22/2024
  6. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Published: 12/21/2024
  7. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Published: 12/20/2024
  8. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

    Published: 12/19/2024
  9. 18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

    Published: 12/18/2024
  10. 17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight

    Published: 12/17/2024
  11. 16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

    Published: 12/16/2024
  12. 15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition

    Published: 12/15/2024
  13. 14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

    Published: 12/14/2024
  14. 13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2

    Published: 12/13/2024
  15. 12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

    Published: 12/12/2024
  16. 11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey

    Published: 12/11/2024
  17. 10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

    Published: 12/10/2024
  18. 9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS

    Published: 12/9/2024
  19. 8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

    Published: 12/8/2024
  20. 7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor

    Published: 12/7/2024

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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com