HistoryPod

385 Episodes

1. 3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

   Published: 6/3/2025
2. 2nd June 1896: Guglielmo Marconi files a patent application for his system of wireless telegraphy

   Published: 6/2/2025
3. 1st June 1946: Ion Antonescu, the former Prime Minister of Romania, executed by firing squad

   Published: 6/1/2025
4. 31st May 1916: Battle of Jutland begins in the North Sea, marking the largest naval battle of the First World War

   Published: 5/31/2025
5. 30th May 1899: Female bandit Pearl Hart and her partner, Joe Boot, commit one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies

   Published: 5/30/2025
6. 29th May 1660: Charles II restored to the English throne, marking the end of over a decade of republican rule

   Published: 5/29/2025
7. 28th May 1754: Battle of Jumonville Glen in Pennsylvania marks the beginning of the French and Indian War

   Published: 5/28/2025
8. 27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great

   Published: 5/27/2025
9. 26th May 1923: First 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race begins, establishing the endurance racing format

   Published: 5/26/2025
10. 25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

    Published: 5/25/2025
11. 24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz

    Published: 5/24/2025
12. 23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany

    Published: 5/23/2025
13. 22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

    Published: 5/22/2025
14. 21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

    Published: 5/21/2025
15. 20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

    Published: 5/20/2025
16. 19th May 1922: Young Pioneer organisation formally established in the USSR

    Published: 5/19/2025
17. 18th May 1848: The Frankfurt Parliament opens at St. Paul’s Church as the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany

    Published: 5/18/2025
18. 17th May 1756: The Seven Years’ War begins, when Great Britain formally declares war on France

    Published: 5/17/2025
19. 16th May 1960: The first laser was successfully operated by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California

    Published: 5/16/2025
20. 15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California

    Published: 5/15/2025