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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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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive...

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2025/12/09

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile ...

8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered outside his...

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2025/12/08

As Lennon walked from his limousine to the Dakota building’s front entrance, Mark David Chapman fired five rounds at his back, of which four hit ...

7th December 1995: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft becomes...

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2025/12/07

Galileo’s arrival at Jupiter on 7 December 1995 demonstrated the feasibility of long-duration operations in the outer Solar System and produced findings that shaped subsequent missions, including Juno and the planned Europa ...

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic...

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2025/12/06

The match was a semi-final at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympic Games and became famous as a result of the violence that ran throughout the ...

5th December 1934: The Walwal Incident lays the...

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2025/12/05

Over 150 soldiers from both sides died in a two-day skirmish that began on 5 December, and whose origins continue to be ...

4th December 1676: Battle of Lund fought between...

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2025/12/04

Casualty estimates indicate that nearly half of all soldiers engaged were killed or wounded, making the Battle of Lund one of the bloodiest engagements ever fought on Scandinavian ...

3rd December 1910: The world’s first neon light was...

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2025/12/03

Frenchman Georges Claude’s neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show was used to light the front of the large exhibition space at the Grand Palais with red ...

2nd December 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself...

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2025/12/02

Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of the French was a lavish affair that referenced various elements of Carolingian tradition, the ancien régime, and the French ...

1st December 1934: Assassination of Sergei Kirov, one...

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2025/12/01

The authorities claimed that the murder was part of a broader conspiracy involving former oppositionists,, and used it as a catalyst for the purges that began in 1935 and escalated into mass arrests, show trials, and ...

30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases...

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2025/11/30

Thriller was released just three weeks after mixing was finished and proved so popular that it was selling a million copies a week at its ...

29th November 1850: The Declaration of Olmütz signed...

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2025/11/29

The Declaration of Olmütz was signed between Prussia and Austria, in which Prussia submitted to Austrian ...

28th November 1660: The Royal Society founded at...

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2025/11/28

By providing an organised setting for experiment, publication, and debate, the Royal Society helped anchor the emerging scientific method and created a model that continues to influence scientific culture in Britain and ...

27th November 1809: The Berners Street hoax causes...

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2025/11/27

Englishman Theodore Hook orchestrated a practical joke known as the Berners Street hoax in the heart of ...

26th November 1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon...

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2025/11/26

Although Tutankhamun was one of the minor Pharaohs, the discovery of his tomb is significant for it being the most complete example of a royal tomb ever ...

25th November 1940: Nikolai Yezhov, former head of...

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2025/11/25

Under Yezhov's leadership the NKVD launched a campaign of arrests targeting party members, military officers, and civilians that saw widespread purges, forced confessions, and executions. Estimates of those killed range into the hundreds of ...

24th November 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the...

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2025/11/24

Darwin’s book presented evidence for the process of natural selection, and its publication sparked a seismic shift in the study of ...

23rd November 1450: Ottoman forces abandon the First...

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2025/11/23

The Ottomans had suffered up to 20,000 casualties compared to Skanderbeg’s 1,000 during the ...

22nd November 1987: Max Headroom signal hijacking...

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2025/11/22

The hijackings showed a figure dressed as Max Headroom, a fictional artificial-intelligence television personality created in the mid-1980s and presented as “the world’s first computer-generated TV host”, in front of a sheet of corrugated ...

21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill...

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2025/11/21

21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub ...

20th November 1945: The first of the Nuremberg Trials...

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2025/11/20

Organised by the Allies to bring senior Nazis to justice for their part in the war crimes committed by the regime, t first Nuremberg Trial lasted for almost a ...

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