HistoryPod

385 Episodes

1. 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
2. 3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

   Published: 4/3/2025
3. 2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London

   Published: 4/2/2025
4. 1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service

   Published: 4/1/2025
5. 31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle

   Published: 3/31/2025
6. 30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

   Published: 3/30/2025
7. 29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

   Published: 3/29/2025
8. 28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote

   Published: 3/28/2025
9. 27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

   Published: 3/27/2025
10. 26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store

    Published: 3/26/2025
11. 25th March 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first “Bed-In for Peace” at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam

    Published: 3/25/2025
12. 24th March 1944: The ‘Great Escape’ takes place from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia

    Published: 3/24/2025
13. 23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

    Published: 3/23/2025
14. 22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris

    Published: 3/22/2025
15. 21st March 1871: Otto von Bismarck formally appointed first Chancellor of the German Empire

    Published: 3/21/2025
16. 20th March 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte begins his Hundred Days as ruler of France following his escape from Elba

    Published: 3/20/2025
17. 19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

    Published: 3/19/2025
18. 18th March 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion ends following a final assault by Bolshevik forces

    Published: 3/18/2025
19. 17th March 1861: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy under the rule of Victor Emmanuel II

    Published: 3/17/2025
20. 16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

    Published: 3/16/2025