HistoryPod
A podcast by Scott Allsop
381 Episodio
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19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps
Pubblicato: 19/02/2025 -
18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States
Pubblicato: 18/02/2025 -
17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero
Pubblicato: 17/02/2025 -
16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon
Pubblicato: 16/02/2025 -
15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars
Pubblicato: 15/02/2025 -
14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
Pubblicato: 14/02/2025 -
13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II
Pubblicato: 13/02/2025 -
12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pubblicato: 12/02/2025 -
11th February 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
Pubblicato: 11/02/2025 -
10th February 1940: First Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Pubblicato: 10/02/2025 -
9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan
Pubblicato: 09/02/2025 -
8th February 1950: The Stasi formally established in East Germany as the Ministry for State Security
Pubblicato: 08/02/2025 -
7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television
Pubblicato: 07/02/2025 -
6th February 1819: Modern Singapore established with the signing of the Treaty of Singapore
Pubblicato: 06/02/2025 -
5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time
Pubblicato: 05/02/2025 -
4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master
Pubblicato: 04/02/2025 -
3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’
Pubblicato: 03/02/2025 -
2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay
Pubblicato: 02/02/2025 -
1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan
Pubblicato: 01/02/2025 -
31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog
Pubblicato: 31/01/2025
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