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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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29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded...

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2025/12/29

More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee ...

28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes...

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2025/12/28

The Ordonnance de Montpellier required printers and booksellers to deposit a copy of every book published in the kingdom with the royal ...

27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation...

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2025/12/27

The Soviet dekulakisation campaign began when Joseph Stalin announced the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a ...

26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the...

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2025/12/26

As it became obvious that the USSR was falling apart, on 25 December Gorbachev resigned as President and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved the next ...

25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by...

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2025/12/25

The coronation of Charlemagne established the precedent for what later became known as the Holy Roman Empire and reinforced the idea of a Christian emperor as protector of the ...

24th December 1955: Colorado Springs Continental Air...

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2025/12/24

CONAD was replaced by NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) in 1958, and NORAD Tracks Santa has reported Santa’s location ever ...

23rd December 1750: Ben Franklin accidentally shocks...

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2025/12/23

Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a ...

22nd December 1964: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird...

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2025/12/22

The SR-71 was used to conduct reconnaissance missions over hostile territory, providing high-quality photographic and electronic intelligence until its retirement in ...

21st December 1913: First modern crossword puzzle...

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2025/12/21

Wynne’s first ‘word-cross puzzle’ was shaped as a symmetrical diamond with a hollow centre, and was developed by Wynne for the 21 December issue of the New York World’s ‘Fun’ ...

20th December 1917: Establishment of the Cheka, the...

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2025/12/20

Established following a decree by Lenin on 19 December, the Cheka’s focus was on defending the revolution by removing internal threats to the communist ...

19th December 1777: George Washington leads the...

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2025/12/19

By the time the Continental Army left Valley Forge in June 1778 it was smaller in number but stronger in organisation and confidence, establishing the foundations of its eventual success against British ...

18th December 1892: Tchaikovsky’s ballet The...

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2025/12/18

Composed in the Romantic style, the score received good reviews although responses to the ballet itself were mostly negative. The fortunes of the ballet only turned around with a new staging in New York in ...

17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival...

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2025/12/17

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, ...

16th December 1431: Henry VI became the only English...

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2025/12/16

Henry was crowned by the Bishop of Paris, as the Archbishop of Reims was aligned with the French crown. Attendance was limited, and the event failed to generate significant support among the French ...

15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting...

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2025/12/15

Over 14,000 Australian gold miners gathered at Forest Creek in Victoria for a protest known as the Monster ...

14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen...

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2025/12/14

Amundsen’s team arrived five weeks ahead of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova ...

13th December 1577: Francis Drake departs Plymouth on...

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2025/12/13

Drake’s fleet consisted of five ships, with the flagship Pelican later renamed Golden Hind, and it departed Plymouth on 13 ...

12th December 1935: The Lebensborn registered...

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2025/12/12

Literally translated as ‘Fount of Life’, Lebensborn was designed to harness apparent racial purity through the birth of children conceived between Aryan women and members of the SS, often as a result of extramarital ...

11th December 1936: King Edward VIII of the United...

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2025/12/11

King Edward VIII Edward abdicated in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, and became known as the Duke of ...

10th December 1948: Universal Declaration of Human...

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2025/12/10

Drafted in the aftermath of the Second World War and the revelations of mass atrocities committed by totalitarian regimes, the declaration aimed to provide a shared framework for human dignity applicable to all ...

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