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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

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31st October 1913: Formal dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in the United States

2026/10/31

The Lincoln Highway connected New York City on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast, traversing 13 states along the ...

30th October 1858: The Bradford sweets poisoning kills at least twenty people after eating peppermint lozenges containing arsenic

2026/10/30

“Humbug Billy”, bought his stock from the confectioner Joseph Neal who made peppermint lozenges using powdered gypsum in place of some of the relatively expensive sugar, but he mistakenly added arsenic ...

27th October 1954: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the US Air Force

2026/10/27

His promotion to brigadier general on 27 October 1954 came six years after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the US military, and made him the first African American general in the US Air ...

26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

2026/10/26

The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, ...

25th October 1854: Charge of the Light Brigade undertaken by British forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War

2026/10/25

Due to miscommunication and a lack of clear orders Lord Cardigan led the Light Brigade, a cavalry unit consisting of approximately 670 horsemen, in a frontal assault against a fortified Russian artillery position at the end of the ...

24th October 1901: Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to deliberately go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive

2026/10/24

Taylor had a specially constructed barrel built of oak, reinforced with iron bands, and fitted with internal padding. She survived the plunge with just some bruising and a small cut to her ...

23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on Spain

2026/10/23

The writer Thomas Carlyle is credited with giving the conflict its name in his 1858 biography of the Prussian King Friedrich ...

22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris Express train crashes through a wall at the Gare Montparnasse railway station

2026/10/22

The Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform in Paris, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse ...

21st October 1879: Thomas Edison makes a breakthrough in his attempt to develop an incandescent electric light

2026/10/21

The breakthrough came when the team used carbonised cotton thread as a filament. A lamp that was initially illuminated on 21st October stayed lit for more than thirteen hours, providing evidence that a practical incandescent lamp was ...

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

2026/10/20

Maria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian ...

19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

2026/10/19

After seventeen years, the Second Punic War was finally brought to an end with the decisive victory of the Roman general and consul Scipio Africanus over Hannibal at the Battle of ...

18th October 1967: Soviet spacecraft Venera 4 becomes the first to enter the atmosphere of Venus and transmit scientific data back to Earth

2026/10/18

Instruments on board Venera 4 measured temperature, pressure, and the composition of the surrounding gases, with the results transmitted by radio to receiving stations on ...

17th October 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight people when nearly one and a half million litres of beer sweep out of the Horse Shoe Brewery

2026/10/17

Once the beer began to pour into the street, it quickly began to fill the cellars of nearby houses in which families lived, killing eight ...

16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

2026/10/16

The light cruiser HMS Southampton and the destroyer Mohawk were damaged, while sixteen Royal Navy sailors died and 44 were ...

15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic

2026/10/15

Napoleon was exiled to the island of St Helena, situated roughly halfway between Africa and South America, where he lived for six years before his ...

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4.2 out of 5

304 reviews

★★★★★

prplfairi7 2024/07/17

Lovely bits of knowledge

A great soothing voice presents interesting education in a neat little 5 minute package - thank you for doing the work to share the history of our fas...

★★★★★

MAUIsolCALItude 2024/02/09

Delicious little morsels…

Delicious little morsels of history and knowledge!

★★★★★

7sneakers7 2022/02/14

Daily History in under 5 minutes

I love how in under 5 minutes I get a comprehensive description of an event that happened on the same day in a previous year. A wide range of types o...

★★★★★

Tgauthier21 2021/07/14

Where did it go?

Love this pod but where did it go? No episodes on Apple podcasts since July 11, 2021? Otherwise, great pod with wide variety of events.

★★★★★

g_man_joe 2020/08/22

great info briefly

I miss that this is a not a new every day pod, but I appreciate that it was a lot of work. I still listen to the pod everyday. Hope all is well with t...

★★★★★

unclej20 2020/06/28

I’m a history fan

History Pod is a great way to learn about events that you might not have otherwise known about. They are short and to the point. This way of history...

★★★☆☆

FLRoadGuy 2020/06/22

Where are the new shows at?

I love the daily shows and been listening to it for a while now but why can I get the new shows from iPhone instead of manually downloading it from a...

★★★★★

wolfie/wolf 2019/09/16

Life of Bryan

It’s ok to make fun of all religions it seems but Islam? Why is that? They always talk about Christian fanatics trying to shut down theaters. But im...

★★★★★

Skinny Kangaroo 2019/09/03

No worry’s

I will never unsubscribe

★★★★★

Twinsfan2001 2019/08/06

Well done

Very nice snippets of historical knowledge.

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