HistoryPod

384 Episodes

1. 12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France

   Published: 7/12/2025
2. 11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

   Published: 7/11/2025
3. 10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

   Published: 7/10/2025
4. 9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London

   Published: 7/9/2025
5. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

   Published: 7/8/2025
6. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

   Published: 7/7/2025
7. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

   Published: 7/6/2025
8. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

   Published: 7/5/2025
9. 4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

   Published: 7/4/2025
10. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

    Published: 7/3/2025
11. 2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

    Published: 7/2/2025
12. 1st July 1979: Sony Corporation releases the Walkman portable cassette player in Japan

    Published: 7/1/2025
13. 30th June 1894: Tower Bridge in London officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

    Published: 6/30/2025
14. 29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

    Published: 6/29/2025
15. 28th June 1935: United States approves the construction of a vault to hold the country’s gold reserves at Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Published: 6/28/2025
16. 27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

    Published: 6/27/2025
17. 26th June 1794: French army makes the first recorded military use of an aircraft for reconnaissance during the Battle of Fleurus

    Published: 6/26/2025
18. 25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

    Published: 6/25/2025
19. 24th June 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London

    Published: 6/24/2025
20. 23rd June 1757: British East India Company troops defeat the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey

    Published: 6/23/2025