506 Episodes

  1. 12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody

    Published: 12/09/2025

  2. 11th September 1792: Theft of the French Blue diamond, later known as the Hope Diamond, during the French Revolution

    Published: 11/09/2025

  3. 10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

    Published: 10/09/2025

  4. 9th September 1947: First literal computer ‘bug’ found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer

    Published: 9/09/2025

  5. 8th September 1878: “The Great Herding” of sheep to Santa Cruz departs Fortín Conesa on the southern frontier of Argentina

    Published: 8/09/2025

  6. 7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV during the Second Cornish Uprising

    Published: 7/09/2025

  7. 6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

    Published: 6/09/2025

  8. 5th September 1945: Defection of Igor Gouzenko to Canada exposes a Soviet espionage network in the West

    Published: 5/09/2025

  9. 4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

    Published: 4/09/2025

  10. 3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand

    Published: 3/09/2025

  11. 2nd September 1192: Treaty of Jaffa signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, ending the Third Crusade

    Published: 2/09/2025

  12. 1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, triggering the Second World War

    Published: 1/09/2025

  13. 31st August 1854: Cholera outbreak in London’s Broad Street leads to John Snow’s investigation into germ-contaminated water

    Published: 31/08/2025

  14. 30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt

    Published: 30/08/2025

  15. 29th August 1831: Michael Faraday performs his first experiment leading to the discovery of electromagnetic induction

    Published: 29/08/2025

  16. 28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

    Published: 28/08/2025

  17. 27th August 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact to renounce war signed by 15 nations including Germany, France and the United States

    Published: 27/08/2025

  18. 26th August 1914: Battle of Tannenberg begins in the early weeks of the First World War between Russian and German forces

    Published: 26/08/2025

  19. 25th August 1835: The Great Moon Hoax begins to appear in The New York Sun newspaper as a series of articles

    Published: 25/08/2025

  20. 24th August 79: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wipes out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum

    Published: 24/08/2025

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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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