HistoryPod

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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28th August 1955: The murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi
Black teenager Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly flirting with and offending a white woman in ...
Thursday · length unknown
27th August 1916: Romania enters the First World War by declaring war on Austria-Hungary
By 1916, the Allied governments had promised Romania control of Transylvania and other territories if the Central Powers were defeated. Encouraged by the Brusilov Offensive, which had inflicted heavy losses on Austria-Hungary, Romanian leaders concluded that the moment was favourable for ...
Wednesday · length unknown
26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France
The National Constituent Assembly of France adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the ...
Tuesday · length unknown
25th August 1875: Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to successfully swim across the English ...
Monday · length unknown
24th August 1814: The Burning of Washington sees British forces during the War of 1812 capture and set fire to many principal public buildings
Although it had limited strategic value in military terms, the Burning of Washington demonstrated the vulnerability of the young American republic during the War of 1812 and temporarily damaged public confidence in the government’s ability to defend the ...
Sunday · length unknown
23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu
King Michael I of Romania led a coup d'état that removed the Nazi-aligned government of Ion ...
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22nd August 1791: Start of the Haitian Revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
Slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola began the Haitian ...
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21st August 1945: The Demon Core fatally irradiates physicist Harry Daghlian during an experiment at Los Alamos Laboratory
Daghlian was working alone when he accidentally dropped a block of tungsten onto the plutonium core, which increased the reflection of neutrons and pushed the system into a supercritical ...
August 20 · length unknown
20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón ...
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19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria
The Cold War border between Austria and Hungary was opened for a short period of time for the Pan-European ...
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18th August 1940: “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain during the Second World War
“The Hardest Day” saw the Luftwaffe lose more than 60 aircraft, while the RAF lost around 30 fighters together with experienced pilots whose replacement was increasingly ...
August 17 · length unknown
17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies
Parliament passed the Marriage Act that legalised civil marriages and introduced their formal ...
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16th August 1858: Queen Victoria sends the first transatlantic telegram
Queen Victoria sent the first telegram using the newly-installed transatlantic telegraph cable to US President James ...
August 15 · length unknown
15th August 1969: Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel in New York
Officially promoted as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” Woodstock remains one of the defining moments in the history of modern popular ...
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14th August 1941: Roosevelt and Churchill issue the Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was issued by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston ...
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13th August 1876: The premiere of Wagner’s complete Ring cycle takes place in Germany
The first complete performance of Wagner’s Ring cycle took place in the Bavarian town of ...
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12th August 1977: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes the first free flight of the Space Shuttle programme
After separation from the carrier aircraft the pilots completed a controlled descent and precise landing at Edwards Air Force Base, confirming earlier aerodynamic predictions and providing engineers with valuable information for the construction and operation of the orbital shuttle ...
August 11 · length unknown
11th August 1919: The Weimar Republic officially established when Friedrich Ebert signs the new constitution into law
It took the best of part of seven months for the delegates of the new German National Assembly to agree on the terms of the new Weimar constitution, which Ebert signed into law whilst on holiday in ...
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10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time
The Louvre museum in Paris opened to the public in the former palace of the French royal ...
August 9 · length unknown
9th August 1944: Smokey Bear, the forest fire prevention mascot, first appears on a poster in the United States
Produced in cooperation with the Ad Council, the first Smokey Bear poster, released on 9 August 1944, showed the bear pouring a bucket of water onto a campfire beneath the message, “Smokey says – Care will prevent 9 out of 10 forest fires.” The illustration was created by artist Albert Staehle, whose friendly but authoritative depiction proved immediately ...

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