518 Episodo

  1. 14th October 1892: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle first published, containing 12 stories

    Publicado: 14/10/2025

  2. 13th October 54: The Roman Emperor Claudius dies, supposedly after being poisoned

    Publicado: 13/10/2025

  3. 12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

    Publicado: 12/10/2025

  4. 11th October 1986: Reykjavík Summit takes place between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev

    Publicado: 11/10/2025

  5. 10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

    Publicado: 10/10/2025

  6. 9th October 1967: Execution of Marxist revolutionary icon Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara in Bolivia

    Publicado: 9/10/2025

  7. 8th October 1856: Second Opium War begins after the arrest of the crew of the Arrow, a Chinese-owned but British-registered cargo boat

    Publicado: 8/10/2025

  8. 7th October 1949: The creation of East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic

    Publicado: 7/10/2025

  9. 6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

    Publicado: 6/10/2025

  10. 5th October 1914: First recorded aerial combat victory takes place when a French Voisin shoots down a German Aviatik aircraft

    Publicado: 5/10/2025

  11. 4th October 1936: The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End

    Publicado: 4/10/2025

  12. 3rd October 1990: East and West Germany reunified when the German Democratic Republic joins with the Federal Republic of Germany

    Publicado: 3/10/2025

  13. 2nd October 1766: Nottingham Cheese Riot takes place at the city’s Goose Fair, triggered by rising food prices

    Publicado: 2/10/2025

  14. 1st October 1928: The USSR introduces the first five-year plan under Joseph Stalin

    Publicado: 1/10/2025

  15. 30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

    Publicado: 30/9/2025

  16. 29th September 1916: John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire according to newspapers in the USA

    Publicado: 29/9/2025

  17. 28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England

    Publicado: 28/9/2025

  18. 27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

    Publicado: 27/9/2025

  19. 26th September 1687: An explosion rips through the Parthenon in Athens while it’s being used as a gunpowder magazine

    Publicado: 26/9/2025

  20. 25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

    Publicado: 25/9/2025

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