553 Episodes

  1. 2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England

    Published: 5/2/2025

  2. 1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

    Published: 5/1/2025

  3. 30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France

    Published: 4/30/2025

  4. 29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

    Published: 4/29/2025

  5. 28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

    Published: 4/28/2025

  6. 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

    Published: 4/27/2025

  7. 26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender

    Published: 4/26/2025

  8. 25th April 1859: Construction begins on the Suez Canal at the northern Egyptian port town of Port Said

    Published: 4/25/2025

  9. 24th April 1932: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District protests against limited access to open countryside

    Published: 4/24/2025

  10. 23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

    Published: 4/23/2025

  11. 22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres

    Published: 4/22/2025

  12. 21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

    Published: 4/21/2025

  13. 20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun

    Published: 4/20/2025

  14. 19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

    Published: 4/19/2025

  15. 18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

    Published: 4/18/2025

  16. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

    Published: 4/17/2025

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

    Published: 4/16/2025

  18. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

    Published: 4/15/2025

  19. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

    Published: 4/14/2025

  20. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

    Published: 4/13/2025

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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