HistoryPod

380 Episodo

1. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

   Publicado: 8/7/2025
2. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

   Publicado: 7/7/2025
3. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

   Publicado: 6/7/2025
4. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

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

   Publicado: 4/7/2025
6. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

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

   Publicado: 2/7/2025
8. 1st July 1979: Sony Corporation releases the Walkman portable cassette player in Japan

   Publicado: 1/7/2025
9. 30th June 1894: Tower Bridge in London officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

   Publicado: 30/6/2025
10. 29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

    Publicado: 29/6/2025
11. 28th June 1935: United States approves the construction of a vault to hold the country’s gold reserves at Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Publicado: 28/6/2025
12. 27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

    Publicado: 27/6/2025
13. 26th June 1794: French army makes the first recorded military use of an aircraft for reconnaissance during the Battle of Fleurus

    Publicado: 26/6/2025
14. 25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

    Publicado: 25/6/2025
15. 24th June 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in London

    Publicado: 24/6/2025
16. 23rd June 1757: British East India Company troops defeat the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey

    Publicado: 23/6/2025
17. 22nd June 1942: The words of the Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress

    Publicado: 22/6/2025
18. 21st June 1675: Foundation stone laid for the new St Paul’s Cathedral in London following the Great Fire of London

    Publicado: 21/6/2025
19. 20th June 1948: The Western Allies introduce the Deutsche Mark in the three western zones of occupied Germany

    Publicado: 20/6/2025
20. 19th June 1949: The first NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ race takes place at Charlotte Speedway

    Publicado: 19/6/2025