HistoryPod
History Podcasts
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
Location:
United States
Description:
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
Twitter:
@history_pod
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.historypod.net/
Email:
admin@historypod.net
Episodes
4th December 1676: Battle of Lund fought between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, one of the bloodiest battles in Scandinavia
12/3/2025
Casualty estimates indicate that nearly half of all soldiers engaged were killed or wounded, making the Battle of Lund one of the bloodiest engagements ever fought on Scandinavian ...
Duración:00:02:08
1st December 1934: Assassination of Sergei Kirov, one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet Communist Party
11/30/2025
The authorities claimed that the murder was part of a broader conspiracy involving former oppositionists,, and used it as a catalyst for the purges that began in 1935 and escalated into mass arrests, show trials, and ...
Duración:00:02:24
28th November 1660: The Royal Society founded at Gresham College in London by a group of notable natural philosophers
11/27/2025
By providing an organised setting for experiment, publication, and debate, the Royal Society helped anchor the emerging scientific method and created a model that continues to influence scientific culture in Britain and ...
Duración:00:02:17
25th November 1940: Nikolai Yezhov, former head of the Soviet secret police, executed in Moscow
11/24/2025
Under Yezhov's leadership the NKVD launched a campaign of arrests targeting party members, military officers, and civilians that saw widespread purges, forced confessions, and executions. Estimates of those killed range into the hundreds of ...
Duración:00:02:37
22nd November 1987: Max Headroom signal hijacking takes control of two Chicago television stations
11/21/2025
The hijackings showed a figure dressed as Max Headroom, a fictional artificial-intelligence television personality created in the mid-1980s and presented as “the world’s first computer-generated TV host”, in front of a sheet of corrugated ...
Duración:00:02:21
19th November 2006: Nintendo release the Wii console that includes motion-sensing technology
11/18/2025
The Wii's defining feature was the Wii Remote, a wireless controller that could be swung, pointed, or tilted that enabled physical actions to correspond directly with on-screen ...
Duración:00:02:37
16th November 1938: Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesizes lysergic acid diethylamide, later known as LSD
11/15/2025
Lysergic acid diethylamide was modified from one of the principal active components of ergot, a fungus found on rye that had long been known for its medicinal and toxic ...
Duración:00:02:26
13th November 1833: Great Meteor Storm brings tens of thousands of meteors per hour to the North America sky
11/12/2025
Contemporary estimates suggest that up to 100,000 meteors per hour may have been visible at the Great Storm's peak shortly before dawn on 13 ...
Duración:00:02:41
10th November 1898: Wilmington Massacre sees an armed white mob overthrow the elected government of Wilmington, North Carolina
11/9/2025
On 10 November, hundreds of armed men led by Alfred Waddell set fire to the Daily Record office, and violence spread through the city as mobs killed an estimated 60 to 300 Black ...
Duración:00:02:43
7th November 1874: Elephant first appears as a symbol of the Republican Party in Thomas Nast’s political cartoon Third Term Panic
11/6/2025
Third Term Panic became one of Thomas Nast’s most influential works, securing the elephant’s place in American political iconography and was later adopted by the Republican Party ...
Duración:00:02:35
4th November 1852: Count Camillo Benso di Cavour appointed Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia
11/3/2025
By the time of his death in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, Cavour’s vision of a unified and constitutional nation had largely been ...
Duración:00:02:37
1st November 1938: American racehorse Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in a direct contest between the two horses
10/31/2025
Seabiscuit’s victory at Pimlico elevated him to the status of a national icon as his story of overcoming poor beginnings and repeated setbacks resonated strongly with the American ...
Duración:00:02:30
29th October 1923: Republic of Turkey formally proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
10/28/2025
The Grand National Assembly in Ankara declared the creation of the Republic of Turkey and, in a unanimous vote, Mustafa Kemal was chosen as ...
Duración:00:02:11
26th October 1861: Pony Express officially ends, only nineteen months after its first service began
10/25/2025
The cost of maintaining horses, riders, and remote relay stations far outstripped revenues from postage fees, while government subsidies dried up after Congress chose to instead begin funding the ...
Duración:00:02:20
23rd October 1956: Hungarian Revolution begins in Budapest against Soviet control and the Hungarian People’s Republic
10/22/2025
On 23 October 1956, thousands of students marched through Budapest calling for political reforms, free elections, and the withdrawal of Soviet troops. Over the next few weeks the revolution was brutally put ...
Duración:00:02:17
20th October 1973: Sydney Opera House officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II
10/19/2025
Construction began in March 1959 but the project, located on Bennelong Point overlooking Sydney Harbour, soon ran into difficulties before finally opening on 20 October ...
Duración:00:02:22
17th October 1943: The Thailand–Burma ‘Death’ Railway completed using forced labour including Allied prisoners of war
10/16/2025
The Japanese used approximately 60,000 POWs, mainly British, Dutch, Australian, and American, to construct the railway alongside an estimated 180,000 to 250,000 Asian civilians. It is estimated that around 12,000 Allied prisoners and up to 90,000 civilians died during ...
Duración:00:02:28
14th October 1892: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle first published, containing 12 stories
10/13/2025
The twelve stories that make up The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were originally serialised between July 1891 and June 1892, and included cases such as “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Adventure of the Speckled ...
Duración:00:02:07
11th October 1986: Reykjavík Summit takes place between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev
10/10/2025
The Reykjavík Summit quickly developed into one of the most significant negotiations of the era, with both sides beginning to address the escalating nuclear arms race during the Cold ...
Duración:00:02:01
8th October 1856: Second Opium War begins after the arrest of the crew of the Arrow, a Chinese-owned but British-registered cargo boat
10/7/2025
Chinese officials boarded the Arrow and arrested its crew on suspicion of piracy and smuggling, prompting British authorities to claim that the Chinese had violated the vessel’s British protection, and prompting ...
Duración:00:02:16