507 Episodes

  1. 4th August 1789: The August Decrees result in the National Constituent Assembly of France voting to abolish the feudal system

    Published: 4/08/2025

  2. 3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that takes him to the Americas

    Published: 3/08/2025

  3. 2nd August 1940: No. 303 Squadron, one of two Polish RAF squadrons in the Battle of Britain, formed at RAF Northolt

    Published: 2/08/2025

  4. 1st August 1944: Warsaw Uprising begins in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War

    Published: 1/08/2025

  5. 31st July 1790: The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins

    Published: 31/07/2025

  6. 30th July 1916: German agents trigger a major explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in New Jersey to stop supplies to the Allies

    Published: 30/07/2025

  7. 29th July 1976: David Berkowitz, known as the Son of Sam, committed his first known murder in the Bronx, New York City

    Published: 29/07/2025

  8. 28th July 1939: Ornate Anglo-Saxon helmet uncovered at the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk, England

    Published: 28/07/2025

  9. 27th July 1942: Allied forces in North Africa stop the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein

    Published: 27/07/2025

  10. 26th July 1945: Britain, the USA, and China issue the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of Japan

    Published: 26/07/2025

  11. 25th July 1965: American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival

    Published: 25/07/2025

  12. 24th July 1847: Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley to begin the foundation of Salt Lake City, Utah

    Published: 24/07/2025

  13. 23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two countries

    Published: 23/07/2025

  14. 22nd July 1793: Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first recorded person to cross North America north of Mexico

    Published: 22/07/2025

  15. 21st July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, takes place in Virginia

    Published: 21/07/2025

  16. 20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

    Published: 20/07/2025

  17. 19th July 1545: The Mary Rose, a Tudor warship of the English navy, sinks in the Solent in full view of King Henry VIII

    Published: 19/07/2025

  18. 18th July 1938: ‘Wrong Way’ Douglas Corrigan lands in Ireland from New York, despite filing a flight plan to Long Beach, California

    Published: 18/07/2025

  19. 17th July 1918: Russian Imperial Romanov family shot dead by Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the city of Ekaterinburg

    Published: 17/07/2025

  20. 16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

    Published: 16/07/2025

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