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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 March 1820: The Missouri Compromise passed by the...

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2026/03/06

Missouri was admitted as a slave state while Maine, previously part of Massachusetts, was admitted as a free state to preserve the numerical balance in the Senate. In addition, Congress established a geographical boundary in the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory that meant slavery was prohibited north of latitude ...

5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year...

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2026/03/05

The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the ...

4th March 1789: US Congress meets for the first time,...

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2026/03/04

The Congress met in New York City, but the 18th Century’s slow forms of transport meant that many of the members didn’t arrive in time for the scheduled start ...

3rd March 1878: Treaty of San Stefano lays the...

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2026/03/03

The Treaty of San Stefano created a large, autonomous Principality of Bulgaria, stretching from the Danube to the Aegean Sea and from the Black Sea to Lake Ohrid with its own government, army, and ...

2nd March 1965: The United States begins Operation...

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2026/03/02

Operation Rolling Thunder lasted for three and a half years and saw hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs dropped on North ...

1st March 1692: Salem witch trials begin in...

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2026/03/01

Salem’s witch hysteria began in January 1692 when both the daughter and niece of the Reverend Samuel Parris each began to suffer violent fits. In total twenty people were executed, and a further seven died in jail, before the paranoia came to an ...

28th February 202 BCE: The Han dynasty formally...

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2026/02/28

Following years of civil war following the collapse of the Qin state, Liu Bang defeated his main rival, Xiang Yu at the Battle of Gaixia and later declared himself emperor, establishing the Han dynasty with its capital at ...

27th February 1933: Reichstag building in Berlin set...

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2026/02/27

Communists were blamed for starting the fire in the Reichstag, and Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found and ...

26th February 1870: Beach Pneumatic Transit opens in...

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2026/02/26

The Beach Pneumatic Transit consisted of a 312-foot tunnel beneath Broadway, between Warren Street and Murray Street, through which a single, cylindrical passenger car was propelled back and forth by a large fan housed in a nearby ...

25th February 1956: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev...

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2026/02/25

Officially called ‘On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences’, Khrushchev’s speech was a vehement denunciation of Stalin’s abuses of power and his creation of a personality ...

24th February 1848: King Louis Philippe of France...

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2026/02/24

Louis Philippe’s reign began positively, but over time he faced mounting opposition. After abdicating he fled across the Channel to Britain where he died two years ...

23rd February 1905: The world’s first Rotary Club...

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2026/02/23

The early meetings focused on mutual support and professional friendship and the concept proved attractive, leading to additional clubs forming in other American cities within a few years before spreading ...

22nd February 1943: First three members of the White...

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2026/02/22

Centred around Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, the small group of university friends who formed the White Rose printed and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets but were spotted by university janitor and Nazi Party member Jakub Schmid who immediately called the ...

21st February 1848: The Communist Manifesto...

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2026/02/21

Officially called The Manifesto of the Communist Party, the original pamphlet was just 23 pages long but went on to become a highly influential political document alongside Marx’s more substantial Das ...

20th February 1962: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the...

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2026/02/20

During the nearly five-hour mission, Glenn conducted observations of Earth and performed manual control tests of Friendship ...

19th February 1985: EastEnders, the BBC’s flagship...

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2026/02/19

EastEnders was first broadcast on 19 February 1985 as part of new BBC One controller Michael Grade’s ‘relaunch’ of the channel. The first episode secured an audience of 17 ...

18th February 1930: Nellie Jay, better known as Elm...

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2026/02/18

Elm Farm Ollie gave a total of 24 quarts (23 litres) of milk which was then packed into paper cartons and dropped by parachute to the crowds at the St Louis International Air ...

17th February 1913: The Armory Show, officially...

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2026/02/17

Public reaction to the exhibition was mixed and often hostile, but encouraged American artists to experiment with new forms and techniques and helped establish modern art as a legitimate field of artistic expression in the United ...

16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial...

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2026/02/16

Having secured permission from the Department of Antiquities of Egypt to open the sealed door, Carter came face-to-face with the enormous gilt shrine containing Tutankhamun ...

15th February 1971: Decimal Day in the United Kingdom...

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2026/02/15

The early introduction of three of the six new coins, together with an extensive publicity campaign, contributed greatly to the smoothness of Decimal Day when it finally came about in ...

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