Taft–Díaz Summit; Family Planning Clinic; Rome Ghetto Raid; Liaquat Ali Khan Assassination; Australian Constitutional Crisis; Non-Italian Pope; Million Man March; Lao Airlines Crash

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

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

A Daily Dose of History (17 Oct 2026) Today's historical events: William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome. The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget. Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. The Million M...