HistoryPod

386 Episodes

1. 4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master

   Published: 2/4/2025
2. 3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’

   Published: 2/3/2025
3. 2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

   Published: 2/2/2025
4. 1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

   Published: 2/1/2025
5. 31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog

   Published: 1/31/2025
6. 30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death

   Published: 1/30/2025
7. 29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile

   Published: 1/29/2025
8. 28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

   Published: 1/28/2025
9. 27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

   Published: 1/27/2025
10. 26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

    Published: 1/26/2025
11. 25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

    Published: 1/25/2025
12. 24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

    Published: 1/24/2025
13. 23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition

    Published: 1/23/2025
14. 22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

    Published: 1/22/2025
15. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

    Published: 1/21/2025
16. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

    Published: 1/20/2025
17. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

    Published: 1/19/2025
18. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

    Published: 1/18/2025
19. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

    Published: 1/17/2025
20. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

    Published: 1/16/2025