HistoryPod
Een podcast door Scott Allsop
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6th August 1945: The United States drop an atomic bomb nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay
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5th August 1914: The Battle of Liège begins, marking the first major engagement of the First World War
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4th August 1789: The August Decrees result in the National Constituent Assembly of France voting to abolish the feudal system
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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
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2nd August 1940: No. 303 Squadron, one of two Polish RAF squadrons in the Battle of Britain, formed at RAF Northolt
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1st August 1944: Warsaw Uprising begins in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War
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31st July 1790: The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins
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30th July 1916: German agents trigger a major explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in New Jersey to stop supplies to the Allies
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29th July 1976: David Berkowitz, known as the Son of Sam, committed his first known murder in the Bronx, New York City
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28th July 1939: Ornate Anglo-Saxon helmet uncovered at the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk, England
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27th July 1942: Allied forces in North Africa stop the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein
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26th July 1945: Britain, the USA, and China issue the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of Japan
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25th July 1965: American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival
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24th July 1847: Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley to begin the foundation of Salt Lake City, Utah
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23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two countries
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22nd July 1793: Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first recorded person to cross North America north of Mexico
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21st July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, takes place in Virginia
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20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
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19th July 1545: The Mary Rose, a Tudor warship of the English navy, sinks in the Solent in full view of King Henry VIII
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18th July 1938: ‘Wrong Way’ Douglas Corrigan lands in Ireland from New York, despite filing a flight plan to Long Beach, California
Gepubliceerd: 18-7-2025
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
