HistoryPod
A podcast by Scott Allsop
382 Episodio
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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
Pubblicato: 02/12/2024 -
1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
Pubblicato: 01/12/2024 -
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
Pubblicato: 30/11/2024 -
29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
Pubblicato: 29/11/2024 -
28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
Pubblicato: 28/11/2024 -
27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City
Pubblicato: 27/11/2024 -
26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales
Pubblicato: 26/11/2024 -
25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world
Pubblicato: 25/11/2024 -
24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire
Pubblicato: 24/11/2024 -
23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television
Pubblicato: 23/11/2024 -
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
Pubblicato: 22/11/2024 -
21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound
Pubblicato: 21/11/2024 -
20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
Pubblicato: 20/11/2024 -
19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
Pubblicato: 19/11/2024 -
18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States
Pubblicato: 18/11/2024 -
17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston
Pubblicato: 17/11/2024 -
16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
Pubblicato: 16/11/2024 -
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
Pubblicato: 15/11/2024 -
14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
Pubblicato: 14/11/2024 -
13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
Pubblicato: 13/11/2024
The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com