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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 October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson,...

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2026/10/06

The Jazz Singer demonstrated to a large audience that recorded dialogue could be incorporated successfully into a commercial feature film. It used the Vitaphone system that played large phonograph discs in synchronisation with the film ...

5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each...

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2026/10/05

Two cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No, the first of the James Bond series of films, hit cinema screens on the same day as the Beatles released their debut single ‘Love Me ...

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the...

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2026/10/04

By the 16th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to ...

3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation...

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2026/10/03

The bomb was successfully detonated at 8 a.m., making Britain the third country to successfully develop and detonate a nuclear weapon, after the United States and Soviet ...

2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers...

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2026/10/02

United States President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left-hand ...

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the...

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2026/10/01

The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World ...

30th September 1960: The Flintstones broadcast for...

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2026/09/30

The Flintstones attracted strong ratings, demonstrating that an animated series could compete with live-action programmes in an evening schedule and establishing Hanna-Barbera as a major television animation ...

29th September 1789: Congress formally establishes...

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2026/09/29

President George Washington wrote to Congress, stating that the military was something on which the “honor, safety and well being of our Country so evidently and essentially ...

28th September 1928: Alexander Fleming accidentally...

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2026/09/28

Fleming found that a petri dish containing staphylococci bacteria had been contaminated with an unidentified fungus. The bacteria around the fungus had been destroyed, whereas bacteria that were further away ...

27th September 1825: Stockton and Darlington Railway...

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2026/09/27

The railway was developed by to improve the transport of coal from inland collieries to Darlington and the port at ...

26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in...

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2026/09/26

The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard ...

24th September 1954: Iconic AEC Routemaster London...

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2026/09/24

The vehicle, designated RM1, was conceived by London Transport to replace its extensive trolleybus network with motor buses and was developed in conjunction with the Associated Equipment Company (AEC), with Park Royal involved in the construction of the ...

23rd September 1974: BBC launches Ceefax, the world’s...

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2026/09/23

Teletext was the dominant medium for accessing breaking news until the arrival of the World Wide ...

21st September 1792: French First Republic begins...

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2026/09/21

The Convention unanimously decreed that ‘royalty is abolished in France’ and subsequently ordered that official documents should be dated from ‘the first year of the French Republic’, establishing the Republican ...

20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War...

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2026/09/20

The Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto ...

18th September 1870: The Washburn-Langford-Doane...

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2026/09/18

Lake, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and several geyser basins where they encountered numerous geothermal features, including the geyser that they named Old Faithful due to its regular ...

17th September 1978: Camp David Accords signed by...

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2026/09/17

The talks concluded with the signing of two separate agreements – ‘A Framework for Peace in the Middle East’ and ‘A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and ...

16th September 1978: Filming begins on Monty Python’s...

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2026/09/16

Claimed by its fans to be the greatest comedy film of all time, Life of Brian has courted controversy since its release due to its satirical portrayal of religion that is interpreted by some as ...

15th September 1959: Nikita Khrushchev became the...

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2026/09/15

At the end of the visit Khrushchev and Eisenhower agreed to continue discussions, signalling a temporary improvement in relations that became known as the ‘Spirit of Camp ...

14th September 1814: USA’s national anthem lyrics...

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2026/09/14

On the 14th September 1814, the poem that was to provide the lyrics for the United States’ national anthem was written by 35 year-old Francis Scott ...

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