HistoryPod

390 Épisodes

1. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

   Publié: 09/04/2025
2. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

   Publié: 08/04/2025
3. 7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

   Publié: 07/04/2025
4. 6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1

   Publié: 06/04/2025
5. 5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America

   Publié: 05/04/2025
6. 4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history

   Publié: 04/04/2025
7. 3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

   Publié: 03/04/2025
8. 2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London

   Publié: 02/04/2025
9. 1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service

   Publié: 01/04/2025
10. 31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle

    Publié: 31/03/2025
11. 30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

    Publié: 30/03/2025
12. 29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

    Publié: 29/03/2025
13. 28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote

    Publié: 28/03/2025
14. 27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

    Publié: 27/03/2025
15. 26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store

    Publié: 26/03/2025
16. 25th March 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first “Bed-In for Peace” at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam

    Publié: 25/03/2025
17. 24th March 1944: The ‘Great Escape’ takes place from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia

    Publié: 24/03/2025
18. 23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

    Publié: 23/03/2025
19. 22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris

    Publié: 22/03/2025
20. 21st March 1871: Otto von Bismarck formally appointed first Chancellor of the German Empire

    Publié: 21/03/2025