HistoryPod

387 Épisodes

1. 16th May 1960: The first laser was successfully operated by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California

   Publié: 16/05/2025
2. 15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California

   Publié: 15/05/2025
3. 14th May 1878: The last witchcraft trial in the United States was held in Salem, Massachusetts

   Publié: 14/05/2025
4. 13th May 1861: Queen Victoria issues a “Proclamation of Neutrality” concerning the American Civil War

   Publié: 13/05/2025
5. 12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California

   Publié: 12/05/2025
6. 11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions

   Publié: 11/05/2025
7. 10th May 1869: The ‘Golden Spike’ completes the first transcontinental railroad in the United States at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory

   Publié: 10/05/2025
8. 9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

   Publié: 09/05/2025
9. 8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark

   Publié: 08/05/2025
10. 7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention

    Publié: 07/05/2025
11. 6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

    Publié: 06/05/2025
12. 5th May 1789: The Estates General meets at Versailles, near Paris, for the first time in 175 years

    Publié: 05/05/2025
13. 4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students

    Publié: 04/05/2025
14. 3rd May 1921: Partition of Ireland divides Ireland into two separate political entities

    Publié: 03/05/2025
15. 2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England

    Publié: 02/05/2025
16. 1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

    Publié: 01/05/2025
17. 30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France

    Publié: 30/04/2025
18. 29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

    Publié: 29/04/2025
19. 28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

    Publié: 28/04/2025
20. 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

    Publié: 27/04/2025