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HistoryPod

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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6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games open...

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2026/04/06

The 1896 Summer Olympics laid down many traditions including the first competitive marathon ...

5th April 1958: Ripple Rock underwater mountain...

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2026/04/05

The blast, which was broadcast live on television, broke apart the submerged peaks of the Ripple Rock underwater mountain, sending 635,000 metric tons of rock and water 300 metres into the ...

4th April 1968: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther...

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2026/04/04

King was standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorrain Motel in Memphis when he was hit by a single bullet that shattered his jaw and several ...

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service goes...

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2026/04/03

The first Pony Express service left the American city of St Joseph in Missouri destined for Sacramento in ...

2nd April 1968: Science fiction film 2001: A Space...

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2026/04/02

The release of 2001: A Space Odyssey marked an important moment in the development of cinematic science fiction, combining large-scale visual effects with a narrative that addressed themes of human evolution, artificial intelligence, and space ...

1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason...

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2026/04/01

Hitler’s detention provided him with the opportunity to write Mein Kampf, his blueprint for power, and to rethink the tactics he would use to take that power in ...

31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands...

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2026/03/31

The Kaiser’s speech in Tangier was a direct challenge to the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, who had previously secured wide European support for control of ...

30th March 1981: Attempted assassination of US...

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2026/03/30

One bullet struck Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, another wounded District of Columbia police officer Thomas Delahanty, and a third struck Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy as he attempted to shield the president. Nevertheless a fourth bullet ricocheted off the side of the presidential limousine and entered Reagan’s left side under his ...

29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in...

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2026/03/29

The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, ...

28th March 1871: The Paris Commune proclaimed, and...

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2026/03/28

The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody ...

27th March 1958: Nikita Khrushchev consolidates his...

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2026/03/27

Khrushchev had already been elected First Secretary of the Communist Party, and his later rise to Chairman of the Council of Ministers placed both the party leadership and the government administration under his direct ...

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima ends after US...

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2026/03/26

The US invasion of Iwo Jima, known as ‘Operation Detachment’, led to five weeks of fierce fighting between around 21,000 Japanese troops and 110,000 ...

25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid...

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2026/03/25

The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European ...

24th March 1882: Robert Koch announces his discovery...

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2026/03/24

Koch's announcement that he had identified the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis strengthened the emerging “germ theory” of disease, which argued that many illnesses were caused by microorganisms rather than by environmental or hereditary factors ...

23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition...

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2026/03/23

The Lewis and Clark Expedition began its journey home, having crossed the western United ...

22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius, the Dutch legal...

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2026/03/22

Grotius was permitted to have books sent to him in prison, and these were transported in a large chest. Over time his guards became less vigilant regarding the chest’s contents which led his wife and maid-servant to propose a plan to smuggle him out by hiding him inside ...

21st March 1804: The Napoleonic Code, officially...

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2026/03/21

Following its enactment on 21 March 1804, the Napoleonic Code became the foundation of the French legal system and was gradually extended to territories under French control during the Napoleonic ...

20th March 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany...

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2026/03/20

Bismarck submitted his resignation on 18 March, two days before formally leaving office, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing his ...

19th March 1962: Bob Dylan, the American...

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2026/03/19

Only two tracks on Dylan’s debut album were his own compositions and it failed to hit the Billboard 100. The album sold less than 5,000 copies in its first year and earnt Dylan the nickname ‘Hammond’s Folly’ from record ...

18th March 1965: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov...

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2026/03/18

At approximately 10:34 a.m. Moscow time, Alexei Leonov floated outside the spacecraft Voskhod 2 and remained there for just over twelve ...

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