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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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19th November 2006: Nintendo release the Wii console...

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2025/11/19

The Wii's defining feature was the Wii Remote, a wireless controller that could be swung, pointed, or tilted that enabled physical actions to correspond directly with on-screen ...

18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends with a...

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2025/11/18

By the end of the Battle of the Somme, the Allies had advanced more than six miles into German-held ...

17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split...

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2025/11/17

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik ...

16th November 1938: Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann...

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2025/11/16

Lysergic acid diethylamide was modified from one of the principal active components of ergot, a fungus found on rye that had long been known for its medicinal and toxic ...

15th November 1969: 500,000 people march on...

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2025/11/15

Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in ...

14th November 1990: Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year...

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2025/11/14

Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the General Election of 1979 but by the late 1980s her popularity, along with that of her party, was ...

13th November 1833: Great Meteor Storm brings tens of...

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2025/11/13

Contemporary estimates suggest that up to 100,000 meteors per hour may have been visible at the Great Storm's peak shortly before dawn on 13 ...

12th November 1990: The World Wide Web formally...

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2025/11/12

Within five years the World Wide Web began to be adopted by people and companies that weren’t connected with science or academia, and it has seemingly been dominated by photographs of cats ever ...

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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2025/11/11

On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of ...

10th November 1898: Wilmington Massacre sees an armed...

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2025/11/10

On 10 November, hundreds of armed men led by Alfred Waddell set fire to the Daily Record office, and violence spread through the city as mobs killed an estimated 60 to 300 Black ...

9th November 1989: Berlin Wall opened by the East...

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2025/11/09

Although the border remained closed for around three hours, by 11pm the Berlin Wall checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse had been ...

8th November 1923: Adolf Hitler leads the Beer Hall...

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2025/11/08

Hitler was injured and escaped capture, but was arrested two days later and put on trial for high ...

7th November 1874: Elephant first appears as a symbol...

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2025/11/07

Third Term Panic became one of Thomas Nast’s most influential works, securing the elephant’s place in American political iconography and was later adopted by the Republican Party ...

6th November 1975: The Sex Pistols play their first...

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2025/11/06

The Sex Pistols supported pub rock band Bazooka Joe and played a few cover songs on equipment borrowed from the headliners, but the plug was pulled after twenty ...

5th November 1940: President Roosevelt elected for an...

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2025/11/05

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United ...

4th November 1852: Count Camillo Benso di Cavour...

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2025/11/04

By the time of his death in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, Cavour’s vision of a unified and constitutional nation had largely been ...

3rd November 1957: Laika the dog becomes the first...

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2025/11/03

Laika was never intended to return to Earth as the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been ...

2nd November 1795: The Directory established in...

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2025/11/02

This Constitution of the Year III established a bicameral legislature and a five-man Directory that wielded executive ...

1st November 1938: American racehorse Seabiscuit...

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2025/11/01

Seabiscuit’s victory at Pimlico elevated him to the status of a national icon as his story of overcoming poor beginnings and repeated setbacks resonated strongly with the American ...

31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedly nails his...

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2025/10/31

Martin Luther’s particular concern was the Catholic church's practice of selling indulgences with a promise that a buyer’s sins would be ...

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