HistoryPod
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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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Episodes (514)
19th January 1915: Two German Zeppelin airships drop bombs on the Norfolk towns...
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18th January 1778: Captain James Cook becomes the first known European to encoun...
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17th January 1991: Combat phase of the Gulf War begins when Operation Desert Sto...
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16th January 27 BCE: The Roman Senate grant Octavian the titles Augustus and Pri...
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15th January 1867: 40 people die when ice on the boating lake in Regent’s Park b...
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14th January 1943: Roosevelt and Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference in...
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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reun...
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12th January 1913: The name “Stalin” meaning “man of steel” first used in print...
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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied t...
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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rom...
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9th January 1806: State funeral of Admiral Horatio Nelson takes place in London,...
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8th January 1918: United States President Woodrow Wilson outlines his principles...
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7th January 1979: Pol Pot of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) overthr...
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6th January 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets out the “Four Freedoms” i...
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5th January 1968: The Prague Spring begins with Alexander Dubček becoming the ne...
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4th January 1642: Charles I of England attempts to arrest the Five Members of Pa...
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3rd January 1868: Meiji Restoration begins in Japan when loyalists seize control...
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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR inva...
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