Broodseinde Battle; Shell Plant Explosion; Willie Gillis Debut; Land Speed Record; North Carolina Heist; Maxim Bombing; Ajka Disaster; Wallace Victory

Podcast: A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-10-04

A Daily Dose of History (05 Oct 2026) Today's historical events: World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey. Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina The Maxim restaurant suicide b...