HistoryPod

By Scott Allsop

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 so... more

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The podcast currently has 2,952 episodes available.

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September 21, 2023 21st September 1931: Britain abandons the gold standard after Parliament passes the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act
After consultations with the Bank of England, the Treasury issued a statement announcing its intention to suspend the gold standard on Sunday 20 September, and parliament approved the Bill the next ...
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September 20, 2023 20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match
Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the ...
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September 19, 2023 19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German Confederation
The German forces reached the outskirts of the French capital on 15 September and General Helmuth von Moltke, the commander of the Prussian army, gave the order to begin surrounding the ...
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September 18, 2023 18th September 1812: The Fire of Moscow burnt out five days after it began, leaving Napoleon in possession of the city
On September 18, five days after it began, the fire was finally brought under control thanks to calmer winds and a fortuitously timed rain shower that helped the troops working to extinguish the ...
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September 17, 2023 17th September 1862: Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in Pennsylvania sees the largest single civilian loss of life during the American Civil War
More than 1,100 people worked at the Arsenal, 78 of whom died while many more were injured.More than 1,100 people worked at the Arsenal, 78 of whom died while many more were ...
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September 16, 2023 16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York
38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New ...
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September 15, 2023 15th September 1831: The First National Negro Convention was held in Philadelphia
The Negro Convention Movement, sometimes referred to as the Colored Conventions Movement, developed during the antebellum period in the north American ...
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September 14, 2023 14th September 1607: ‘Flight of the Earls’ sees Gaelic nobility, led by Hugh O’Neill and Rory O’Donnell, leave Ulster in Ireland for mainland Europe
In the wake of the flight of the Earls, the lands and titles left behind were confiscated by the English crown, which accelerated the process of English colonisation over the next ...
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September 13, 2023 13th September 1899: Henry H. Bliss, the first person to be killed by an automobile in America
Henry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York ...
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September 12, 2023 12th September 1958: The world’s first integrated circuit demonstrated by Jack Kilby
American electrical engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the world’s first integrated circuit while working at Texas ...
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