555 Episodes

  1. 24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

    Published: 1/24/2025

  2. 23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition

    Published: 1/23/2025

  3. 22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican

    Published: 1/22/2025

  4. 21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places

    Published: 1/21/2025

  5. 20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman

    Published: 1/20/2025

  6. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

    Published: 1/19/2025

  7. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

    Published: 1/18/2025

  8. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

    Published: 1/17/2025

  9. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

    Published: 1/16/2025

  10. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

    Published: 1/15/2025

  11. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

    Published: 1/14/2025

  12. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

    Published: 1/13/2025

  13. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

    Published: 1/12/2025

  14. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

    Published: 1/11/2025

  15. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

    Published: 1/10/2025

  16. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

    Published: 1/9/2025

  17. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

    Published: 1/8/2025

  18. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

    Published: 1/7/2025

  19. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Published: 1/6/2025

  20. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

    Published: 1/5/2025

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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