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By Scott Allsop

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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

Episode Date
26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas
Dec 26, 2024
25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
Dec 25, 2024
24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York
Dec 24, 2024
23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel
Dec 23, 2024
22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France
Dec 22, 2024
21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Dec 21, 2024
20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity
Dec 20, 2024
19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
Dec 19, 2024
18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set
Dec 18, 2024
17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
Dec 17, 2024
16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor
Dec 16, 2024
15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition
Dec 15, 2024
14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea
Dec 14, 2024
13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2
Dec 13, 2024
12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom
Dec 12, 2024
11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
Dec 11, 2024
10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures
Dec 10, 2024
9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS
Dec 09, 2024
8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello
Dec 08, 2024
7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor
Dec 07, 2024
6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival
Dec 06, 2024
5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement
Dec 05, 2024
4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic
Dec 04, 2024
3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter
Dec 03, 2024
2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
Dec 02, 2024
1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
Dec 01, 2024
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
Nov 30, 2024
29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
Nov 29, 2024
28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
Nov 28, 2024
27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City
Nov 27, 2024
26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales
Nov 26, 2024
25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world
Nov 25, 2024
24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire
Nov 24, 2024
23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television
Nov 23, 2024
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
Nov 22, 2024
21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound
Nov 21, 2024
20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
Nov 20, 2024
19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
Nov 19, 2024
18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States
Nov 18, 2024
17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston
Nov 17, 2024
16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
Nov 16, 2024
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
Nov 15, 2024
14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
Nov 14, 2024
13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
Nov 13, 2024
12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations
Nov 12, 2024
11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor
Nov 11, 2024
10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
Nov 10, 2024
9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power
Nov 09, 2024
8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War
Nov 08, 2024
7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
Nov 07, 2024
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
Nov 06, 2024
5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London
Nov 05, 2024
4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales
Nov 04, 2024
3rd November 1918: The Kiel Mutiny begins, marking the start of the German Revolution
Nov 03, 2024
2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service
Nov 02, 2024
1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
Nov 01, 2024
31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy
Oct 31, 2024
30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America
Oct 30, 2024
29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine
Oct 29, 2024
28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
Oct 28, 2024
27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow
Oct 27, 2024
26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II
Oct 26, 2024
25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military
Oct 25, 2024
24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash
Oct 24, 2024
23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War
Oct 23, 2024
22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology
Oct 22, 2024
21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade
Oct 21, 2024
20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America
Oct 20, 2024
19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War
Oct 19, 2024
18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission
Oct 18, 2024
17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Oct 17, 2024
16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
Oct 16, 2024
15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight
Oct 15, 2024
14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson
Oct 14, 2024
13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.
Oct 13, 2024
12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oct 12, 2024
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
Oct 11, 2024
10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes
Oct 10, 2024
9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document
Oct 09, 2024
8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire
Oct 08, 2024
7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan
Oct 07, 2024
6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists
Oct 06, 2024
5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food
Oct 05, 2024
4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible
Oct 04, 2024
3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Oct 03, 2024
2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege
Oct 02, 2024
1st October 1971: Walt Disney World officially opens it doors to the public in Orlando, Florida
Oct 01, 2024
30th September 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sep 30, 2024
29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London
Sep 29, 2024
28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service
Sep 28, 2024
27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history
Sep 27, 2024
26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr
Sep 26, 2024
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
Sep 25, 2024
24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey
Sep 24, 2024
23rd September 1889: Nintendo founded in Kyoto, Japan, to produce playing cards
Sep 23, 2024
22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years
Sep 22, 2024
21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction
Sep 21, 2024
20th September 1946: First Cannes International Film Festival begins at the former Casino
Sep 20, 2024
19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
Sep 19, 2024
18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway
Sep 18, 2024
17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States
Sep 17, 2024
16th September 1979: Two families escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon
Sep 16, 2024
15th September 1440: Gilles de Rais is arrested and later convicted as one of the world’s earliest serial killers
Sep 15, 2024
14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface
Sep 14, 2024
13th September 1848: Phineas Gage survives an accident in which an explosion propels a large iron bar completely through his head
Sep 13, 2024
12th September 490 BCE: Battle of Marathon is fought during the Greco-Persian Wars (accepted date)
Sep 12, 2024
11th September 1789: Alexander Hamilton appointed US Secretary of the Treasury
Sep 11, 2024
10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans to cross the border into Austria
Sep 10, 2024
9th September 1956: Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
Sep 09, 2024
8th September 1888: Peral, the first successful electric-powered submarine, launched by the Spanish navy
Sep 08, 2024
7th September 1695: English pirate Henry Every captures the Grand Mughal Fleet in one of the most lucrative pirate raids of all time
Sep 07, 2024
6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester
Sep 06, 2024
5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution
Sep 05, 2024
4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas
Sep 04, 2024
3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
Sep 03, 2024
2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths
Sep 02, 2024
1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I
Sep 01, 2024
31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London
Aug 31, 2024
30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court
Aug 30, 2024
29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California
Aug 29, 2024
28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
Aug 28, 2024
27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Aug 27, 2024
26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls
Aug 26, 2024
25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson
Aug 25, 2024
24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack
Aug 24, 2024
23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history
Aug 23, 2024
22nd August 1864: Adoption of the first Geneva Convention governing sick and wounded members of armed forces
Aug 22, 2024
21st August 1957: USSR conducts first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Aug 21, 2024
20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring
Aug 20, 2024
19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest
Aug 19, 2024
18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public
Aug 18, 2024
17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany
Aug 17, 2024
16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars
Aug 16, 2024
15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad
Aug 15, 2024
14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan
Aug 14, 2024
13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps
Aug 13, 2024
12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson
Aug 12, 2024
11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province
Aug 11, 2024
10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution
Aug 10, 2024
9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege
Aug 09, 2024
8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.
Aug 08, 2024
7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago
Aug 07, 2024
6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II
Aug 06, 2024
5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa
Aug 05, 2024
4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War
Aug 04, 2024
3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars
Aug 03, 2024
2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car
Aug 02, 2024
1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
Aug 01, 2024
31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict
Jul 31, 2024
30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur
Jul 30, 2024
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
Jul 29, 2024
28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army
Jul 28, 2024
27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre
Jul 27, 2024
26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981
Jul 26, 2024
25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party
Jul 25, 2024
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
Jul 24, 2024
23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt
Jul 23, 2024
22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland
Jul 22, 2024
21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt
Jul 21, 2024
20th July 1801: The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese, is produced for President Thomas Jefferson, and weighs 1,235lbs
Jul 20, 2024
19th July 1870: The Franco-Prussian War begins when Napoleon III declares war
Jul 19, 2024
18th July 1966: The Hough Riots begin in Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 18, 2024
17th July 1917: King George V changes the name of the British royal family to the House of Windsor
Jul 17, 2024
16th July 1935: World’s first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jul 16, 2024
15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British
Jul 15, 2024
14th July 1915: McMahon-Hussein Correspondence begins, resulting in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in World War I
Jul 14, 2024
13th July 1863: New York City draft riots mark the largest civil urban disturbance in American history
Jul 13, 2024
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
Jul 12, 2024
11th July 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton, former Secretary of the Treasury, in a duel
Jul 11, 2024
10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
Jul 10, 2024
9th July 1762: Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following a coup against her husband, Peter III
Jul 09, 2024
8th July 1947: Roswell Army Air Base reports ‘flying disc’ debris
Jul 08, 2024
7th July 1952: SS United States establishes the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner
Jul 07, 2024
6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers
Jul 06, 2024
5th July 1937: SPAM, the canned cooked pork, first introduced by Hormel Foods Corporation @SPAMbrand
Jul 05, 2024
4th July 1918: Mehmed VI ascends to the throne as the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Jul 04, 2024
3rd July 1979: President Jimmy Carter authorises $500,000 to aid the mujahideen in Afghanistan
Jul 03, 2024
2nd July 1900: LZ 1, the first rigid Zeppelin airship, makes its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany
Jul 02, 2024
1st July 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins, resulting in a decisive Union victory
Jul 01, 2024
30th June 1859: Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
Jun 30, 2024
29th June 1971: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 disaster, resulting in its cosmonauts becoming the only humans to ever die in space
Jun 29, 2024
28th June 1969: The Stonewall Riots begin when New York City police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village
Jun 28, 2024
27th June 1898: Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the globe
Jun 27, 2024
26th June 1963: American President John F. Kennedy declares US support for West Berlin with the phrase, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’
Jun 26, 2024
25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea
Jun 25, 2024
24th June 1947: The first widely-reported UFO sighting was made by private pilot Kenneth Arnold
Jun 24, 2024
23rd June 1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Enovid as the first combined oral contraceptive pill in the world
Jun 23, 2024
22nd June 1940: France signs the Second Armistice of Compiègne with Nazi Germany which signals the Fall of France
Jun 22, 2024
21st June 1877: Ten Irish immigrants hanged for murder, having been accused of membership of the Molly Maguires secret society
Jun 21, 2024
20th June 1945: The United States approves the transfer of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun to America
Jun 20, 2024
19th June 1865: Juneteenth is established when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, are informed of their freedom
Jun 19, 2024
18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain
Jun 18, 2024
17th June 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill fought during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War
Jun 17, 2024
16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City
Jun 16, 2024
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
Jun 15, 2024
14th June 1900: Anglo-German naval arms race triggered by the Second German Naval Law to double the size of the fleet
Jun 14, 2024
13th June 1966: Miranda Warning introduced after US Supreme Court says suspects must be told their rights
Jun 13, 2024
12th June 1817: Karl Drais makes the first recorded journey on the forerunner of the bicycle, known as the Laufmaschine or ‘dandy horse’
Jun 12, 2024
11th June 1962: Three inmates escape from the maximum-security Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and are never seen again
Jun 11, 2024
10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith
Jun 10, 2024
9th June 747: Abbasid Revolution begins, which overthrows the Umayyad Caliphate
Jun 09, 2024
8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile
Jun 08, 2024
7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public
Jun 07, 2024
6th June 1933: Worlds first drive-in theatre opens in Camden County, New Jersey
Jun 06, 2024
5th June 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivers a speech at Harvard University outlining his financial plan for post-war Europe
Jun 05, 2024
4th June 1855: United States Camel Corps initiated when USS Supply departed New York City for the Mediterranean to obtain camels
Jun 04, 2024
3rd June 1943: Zoot Suit Riots erupt in Los Angeles, California, during the Second World War
Jun 03, 2024
2nd June 1774: The British Parliament passes the Quartering Act, the fourth of the punitive laws passed in the wake of the Boston Tea Party
Jun 02, 2024
1st June 1916: Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 01, 2024
31st May 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre breaks out in Oklahoma
May 31, 2024
30th May 1911: Indianapolis 500 automobile race takes place for the first time
May 30, 2024
29th May 1942: The song “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby
May 29, 2024
28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson
May 28, 2024
27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia
May 27, 2024
26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut
May 26, 2024
25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther
May 25, 2024
24th May 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion, also known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, begins in Ireland
May 24, 2024
23rd May 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde ambushed by police and killed in rural Louisiana
May 23, 2024
22nd May 1939: The Pact of Steel signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
May 22, 2024
21st May 1904: FIFA founded in Paris as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
May 21, 2024
20th May 1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law
May 20, 2024
19th May 1962: Marilyn Monroe sings “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy
May 19, 2024
18th May 1896: The Supreme Court delivers its verdict in Plessy v. Ferguson that approves the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine
May 18, 2024
17th May 1792: The Buttonwood Agreement signed by 24 stockbrokers, establishing the New York Stock Exchange
May 17, 2024
16th May 1771: The Battle of Alamance ends the Regulator Movement in Provincial North Carolina
May 16, 2024
15th May 1943: Stalin dissolves the Communist International (Comintern) that aimed to promote worldwide communism
May 15, 2024
14th May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia, established as the first permanent English settlement in North America
May 14, 2024
13th May 1865: The Battle of Palmito Ranch, considered by many to be the last battle of the Civil War
May 13, 2024
12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole
May 12, 2024
11th May 1812: Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated, shot in the lobby of the House of Commons
May 11, 2024
10th May 1801: The First Barbary War began when Tripoli declared war on the United States
May 10, 2024
9th May 1386: Treaty of Windsor, the longest-lasting diplomatic treaty in recorded history, signed between Portugal and England
May 09, 2024
8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
May 08, 2024
7th May 1253: William of Rubruck sets out on his journey into the Mongol Empire that resulted in a masterpiece of medieval travel literature
May 07, 2024
6th May 1906: Russia enacts the Fundamental Laws, which serve as the Constitution of 1906
May 06, 2024
5th May 1961: Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel in space on board Freedom 7
May 05, 2024
4th May 1926: General strike of 1.7 million workers begins in the United Kingdom.
May 04, 2024
3rd May 1978: The world’s first ‘spam’ email sent by Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation
May 03, 2024
2nd May 1946: The Battle of Alcatraz began when armed inmates attempted to escape from the high security prison
May 02, 2024
1st May 1840: The Penny Black, the world’s first pre-paid postage stamp, goes on sale in the UK
May 01, 2024
30th April 1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
Apr 30, 2024
29th April 1909: The People’s Budget introduced to the British Parliament by David Lloyd George
Apr 29, 2024
28th April 1869: Ten miles of railway track are laid in a single day by the crews of the Central Pacific Railroad
Apr 28, 2024
27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection
Apr 27, 2024
26th April 1933: The Gestapo secret police established by Hermann Göring in Nazi Germany
Apr 26, 2024