HistoryPod

384 Episodes

1. 23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

   Published: 4/23/2025
2. 22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres

   Published: 4/22/2025
3. 21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

   Published: 4/21/2025
4. 20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun

   Published: 4/20/2025
5. 19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

   Published: 4/19/2025
6. 18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

   Published: 4/18/2025
7. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

   Published: 4/17/2025
8. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

   Published: 4/16/2025
9. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

   Published: 4/15/2025
10. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

    Published: 4/14/2025
11. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

    Published: 4/13/2025
12. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

    Published: 4/12/2025
13. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

    Published: 4/11/2025
14. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

    Published: 4/10/2025
15. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

    Published: 4/9/2025
16. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

    Published: 4/8/2025
17. 7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

    Published: 4/7/2025
18. 6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1

    Published: 4/6/2025
19. 5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America

    Published: 4/5/2025
20. 4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history

    Published: 4/4/2025