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HistoryPod

Autor: Scott Allsop

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

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  1. 24th October 1901: Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to deliberately go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive – HistoryPod
  2. 23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on Spain – HistoryPod
  3. 22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris Express train crashes through a wall at the Gare Montparnasse railway station – HistoryPod
  4. 21st October 1879: Thomas Edison makes a breakthrough in his attempt to develop an incandescent electric light – HistoryPod
  5. 20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession – HistoryPod
  6. 19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama – HistoryPod
  7. 18th October 1967: Soviet spacecraft Venera 4 becomes the first to enter the atmosphere of Venus and transmit scientific data back to Earth – HistoryPod
  8. 17th October 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight people when nearly one and a half million litres of beer sweep out of the Horse Shoe Brewery – HistoryPod
  9. 16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland – HistoryPod
  10. 15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic – HistoryPod
  11. 14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites – HistoryPod
  12. 13th October 1908: Suffragette Margaret Travers Symons becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she burst into the main chamber – HistoryPod
  13. 12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the Great – HistoryPod
  14. 11th October 1521: King Henry VIII of England given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X – HistoryPod
  15. 10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record – HistoryPod
  16. 9th October 1665: King Charles II moves Parliament to the University of Oxford to escape the Great Plague – HistoryPod
  17. 8th October 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River by Ivan III – HistoryPod
  18. 7th October 1879: Germany and Austria Hungary form the Dual Alliance – HistoryPod
  19. 6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City – HistoryPod
  20. 5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me Do – HistoryPod
  21. 4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar – HistoryPod
  22. 3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb – HistoryPod
  23. 2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office – HistoryPod
  24. 1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China – HistoryPod
  25. 30th September 1960: The Flintstones broadcast for the first time as the world’s first animated sitcom – HistoryPod
  26. 29th September 1789: Congress formally establishes the United States Army on the final day of its first session – HistoryPod
  27. 28th September 1928: Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin, laying the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine – HistoryPod
  28. 27th September 1825: Stockton and Darlington Railway opens as the first public railway to make regular use of steam locomotives – HistoryPod
  29. 26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate – HistoryPod
  30. 25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada – HistoryPod