HistoryPod

510 Episodes

1. 29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

   Published: 29/04/2025
2. 28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

   Published: 28/04/2025
3. 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

   Published: 27/04/2025
4. 26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender

   Published: 26/04/2025
5. 25th April 1859: Construction begins on the Suez Canal at the northern Egyptian port town of Port Said

   Published: 25/04/2025
6. 24th April 1932: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District protests against limited access to open countryside

   Published: 24/04/2025
7. 23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

   Published: 23/04/2025
8. 22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres

   Published: 22/04/2025
9. 21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

   Published: 21/04/2025
10. 20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun

    Published: 20/04/2025
11. 19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

    Published: 19/04/2025
12. 18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

    Published: 18/04/2025
13. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

    Published: 17/04/2025
14. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

    Published: 16/04/2025
15. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

    Published: 15/04/2025
16. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

    Published: 14/04/2025
17. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

    Published: 13/04/2025
18. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

    Published: 12/04/2025
19. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

    Published: 11/04/2025
20. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

    Published: 10/04/2025