HistoryPod

570 Episodes

1. 7th August 1964: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by the United States Congress

   Published: 8/7/2025
2. 6th August 1945: The United States drop an atomic bomb nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay

   Published: 8/6/2025
3. 5th August 1914: The Battle of Liège begins, marking the first major engagement of the First World War

   Published: 8/5/2025
4. 4th August 1789: The August Decrees result in the National Constituent Assembly of France voting to abolish the feudal system

   Published: 8/4/2025
5. 3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that takes him to the Americas

   Published: 8/3/2025
6. 2nd August 1940: No. 303 Squadron, one of two Polish RAF squadrons in the Battle of Britain, formed at RAF Northolt

   Published: 8/2/2025
7. 1st August 1944: Warsaw Uprising begins in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War

   Published: 8/1/2025
8. 31st July 1790: The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins

   Published: 7/31/2025
9. 30th July 1916: German agents trigger a major explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in New Jersey to stop supplies to the Allies

   Published: 7/30/2025
10. 29th July 1976: David Berkowitz, known as the Son of Sam, committed his first known murder in the Bronx, New York City

    Published: 7/29/2025
11. 28th July 1939: Ornate Anglo-Saxon helmet uncovered at the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk, England

    Published: 7/28/2025
12. 27th July 1942: Allied forces in North Africa stop the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein

    Published: 7/27/2025
13. 26th July 1945: Britain, the USA, and China issue the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of Japan

    Published: 7/26/2025
14. 25th July 1965: American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival

    Published: 7/25/2025
15. 24th July 1847: Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley to begin the foundation of Salt Lake City, Utah

    Published: 7/24/2025
16. 23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two countries

    Published: 7/23/2025
17. 22nd July 1793: Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first recorded person to cross North America north of Mexico

    Published: 7/22/2025
18. 21st July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, takes place in Virginia

    Published: 7/21/2025
19. 20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

    Published: 7/20/2025
20. 19th July 1545: The Mary Rose, a Tudor warship of the English navy, sinks in the Solent in full view of King Henry VIII

    Published: 7/19/2025