HistoryPod

387 Episodes

1. 18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway

   Published: 9/18/2024
2. 17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States

   Published: 9/17/2024
3. 16th September 1979: Two families escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon

   Published: 9/16/2024
4. 15th September 1440: Gilles de Rais is arrested and later convicted as one of the world’s earliest serial killers

   Published: 9/15/2024
5. 14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface

   Published: 9/14/2024
6. 13th September 1848: Phineas Gage survives an accident in which an explosion propels a large iron bar completely through his head

   Published: 9/13/2024
7. 12th September 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon is fought during the Greco-Persian Wars (accepted date)

   Published: 9/12/2024
8. 11th September 1789: Alexander Hamilton appointed US Secretary of the Treasury

   Published: 9/11/2024
9. 10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans to cross the border into Austria

   Published: 9/10/2024
10. 9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

    Published: 9/9/2024
11. 8th September 1888: Peral, the first successful electric-powered submarine, launched by the Spanish navy

    Published: 9/8/2024
12. 7th September 1695: English pirate Henry Every captures the Grand Mughal Fleet in one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time

    Published: 9/7/2024
13. 6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester

    Published: 9/6/2024
14. 5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution

    Published: 9/5/2024
15. 4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas

    Published: 9/4/2024
16. 3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

    Published: 9/3/2024
17. 2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths

    Published: 9/2/2024
18. 1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I

    Published: 9/1/2024
19. 31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London

    Published: 8/31/2024
20. 30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court

    Published: 8/30/2024