510 Episodes

  1. 10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

    Published: 10/12/2024

  2. 9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS

    Published: 9/12/2024

  3. 8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

    Published: 8/12/2024

  4. 7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor

    Published: 7/12/2024

  5. 6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

    Published: 6/12/2024

  6. 5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement

    Published: 5/12/2024

  7. 4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

    Published: 4/12/2024

  8. 3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter

    Published: 3/12/2024

  9. 2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

    Published: 2/12/2024

  10. 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

    Published: 1/12/2024

  11. 30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

    Published: 30/11/2024

  12. 29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game

    Published: 29/11/2024

  13. 28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

    Published: 28/11/2024

  14. 27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City

    Published: 27/11/2024

  15. 26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales

    Published: 26/11/2024

  16. 25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world

    Published: 25/11/2024

  17. 24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire

    Published: 24/11/2024

  18. 23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television

    Published: 23/11/2024

  19. 22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

    Published: 22/11/2024

  20. 21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound

    Published: 21/11/2024

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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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