HistoryPod
byScott Allsop
History
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
Episodes(40 episodes)
7th July 1937: Marco Polo Bridge Incident acts as a trigger for the Second Sino-Japanese War
What began as a local military incident near the Marco Polo Bridge on the outskirts of Beijing developed into the Second Sino-Japanese War, which later became part of the wider Second World War in ...
Published: Jul 7, 2026
6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR
The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet ...
Published: Jul 6, 2026
5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales
The Labour government of Clement Atlee won the first post-war election with a pledge to implement the recommendations of the 1942 Beveridge Report and improve the social welfare system in ...
Published: Jul 5, 2026
4th July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as “free and independent States”, marking the birth of the United States as a political entity with a set of principles upon which the new nation claimed ...
Published: Jul 4, 2026
3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph
Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of ...
Published: Jul 3, 2026
2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Act outlawed discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin and is consequently viewed as a landmark piece of civil rights ...
Published: Jul 2, 2026
1st July 1569: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created with the signing of the Union of Lublin
Agreed at the city of Lublin after months of negotiation, the union joined the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single political entity with a single elected monarch and a joint parliament responsible for matters affecting the Commonwealth as a ...
Published: Jul 1, 2026Duration: 2m 20s
30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives
Although the popular name suggests the purge lasted for one night, the executions went on throughout the ...
Published: Jun 30, 2026
29th June 2008: Apple release the iPhone
The 29th June 2008 shaped the technological landscape we live in today, when Apple released the very first ...
Published: Jun 29, 2026
28th June 1838: Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey following the death of her uncle, William IV
For many observers, Victoria’s appearance and behaviour during the coronation ceremony contributed positively to perceptions of the monarchy as her youth and visibility contrasted with the image of earlier Hanoverian ...
Published: Jun 28, 2026
27th June 1905: Mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin
Seven of the ship’s eighteen officers, including Giliarovsky and the Captain, were killed in the mutiny before the Tsar's forces launched a crackdown at the Odessa ...
Published: Jun 27, 2026
26th June 1974: World’s first barcode scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum
Sharon Buchanan, a cashier at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, scanned the world’s first Universal Product Code (better known as a barcode) on a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit ...
Published: Jun 26, 2026
25th June 1967: Our World, live global television production, broadcast using satellite technology
Organised by the BBC in cooperation with broadcasters from around the world, the Our World programme connected participants in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia using satellite ...
Published: Jun 25, 2026
24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues for many weeks
Known variously as St John's Dance, St Vitus' Dance, or the ‘dancing plague’, the occurrence in Aachen was neither the first nor the last outbreak but is one of the best ...
Published: Jun 24, 2026
23rd June 1314: The Battle of Bannockburn begins, resulting in a victory for Robert the Bruce against Edward II
Bannockburn was unusual for a medieval battle in that it lasted for two days, with the first day being notable for Bruce single-handedly killing the young English knight Sir Henry de Bohun with an axe blow to the head after he tried to charge him with a ...
Published: Jun 23, 2026
22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies invade the Soviet Union during the Second World War
By the end of 1940 Hitler had authorised the invasion of the USSR, with the intention of securing agricultural land and raw materials, alongside the eradication of ...
Published: Jun 22, 2026
21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting in 52 ships being sunk
Concerned that the entire fleet might be shared out between the victors as the spoils of war Admiral von Reuter, the German officer in charge of the interned fleet, decided to purposely sink the ...
Published: Jun 21, 2026
20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established
The Deputies of the French Third Estate swore not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the ...
Published: Jun 20, 2026
19th June 1846: First officially recorded baseball game takes place in Hoboken, New Jersey
On 19 June 1846, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club travelled across the Hudson River to play against the New York Nine at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New ...
Published: Jun 19, 2026
18th June 1815: Battle of Waterloo heralds the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
Combined British and Prussian military forces defeated the French, but Wellington himself said that the battle was ‘the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your ...
Published: Jun 18, 2026