HistoryPod

393 Episodes

1. 21st July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, takes place in Virginia

   Published: 7/21/2025
2. 20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

   Published: 7/20/2025
3. 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: 7/19/2025
4. 18th July 1938: ‘Wrong Way’ Douglas Corrigan lands in Ireland from New York, despite filing a flight plan to Long Beach, California

   Published: 7/18/2025
5. 17th July 1918: Russian Imperial Romanov family shot dead by Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the city of Ekaterinburg

   Published: 7/17/2025
6. 16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

   Published: 7/16/2025
7. 15th July 1099: First Crusade ends when Crusader forces capture the city of Jerusalem, after a siege lasting several weeks

   Published: 7/15/2025
8. 14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

   Published: 7/14/2025
9. 13th July 1985: The Live Aid ‘global jukebox’ concert broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people

   Published: 7/13/2025
10. 12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France

    Published: 7/12/2025
11. 11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

    Published: 7/11/2025
12. 10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

    Published: 7/10/2025
13. 9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London

    Published: 7/9/2025
14. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

    Published: 7/8/2025
15. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

    Published: 7/7/2025
16. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

    Published: 7/6/2025
17. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

    Published: 7/5/2025
18. 4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

    Published: 7/4/2025
19. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

    Published: 7/3/2025
20. 2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

    Published: 7/2/2025