HistoryPod

388 Episodes

1. 30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court

   Published: 8/30/2024
2. 29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California

   Published: 8/29/2024
3. 28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

   Published: 8/28/2024
4. 27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar

   Published: 8/27/2024
5. 26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls

   Published: 8/26/2024
6. 25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson

   Published: 8/25/2024
7. 24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack

   Published: 8/24/2024
8. 23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history

   Published: 8/23/2024
9. 22nd August 1864: Adoption of the first Geneva Convention governing sick and wounded members of armed forces

   Published: 8/22/2024
10. 21st August 1957: USSR conducts first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

    Published: 8/21/2024
11. 20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring

    Published: 8/20/2024
12. 19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest

    Published: 8/19/2024
13. 18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public

    Published: 8/18/2024
14. 17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany

    Published: 8/17/2024
15. 16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars

    Published: 8/16/2024
16. 15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad

    Published: 8/15/2024
17. 14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan

    Published: 8/14/2024
18. 13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

    Published: 8/13/2024
19. 12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

    Published: 8/12/2024
20. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

    Published: 8/11/2024