HistoryPod
Scott Allsop
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A daily podcast that explores historical events that happened on each day of the year, covering topics from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning educational website mrallsophistory.com.
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8th August 1969: The Beatles pose for an album cover on the Abbey Road zebra crossing 08.08.2026Traffic was stopped on the B507 road in London so The Beatles could pose for their iconic Abbey Road album ... -
7th August 1909: Alice Ramsey makes the first female transcontinental car journey 07.08.2026Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San ...
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6th August 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law during the height of the Civil Rights movement 06.08.2026The Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests and authorised federal officials to oversee voter registration in jurisdictions with a history of discrimination, resulting in a substantial increase in voter registration and political participation among African Americans in the years that ...
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5th August 1305: William Wallace captured by English troops at Robroyston 05.08.2026Scottish independence leader Sir William Wallace was captured by English forces at Robroyston near ...
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4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms 04.08.2026On 4 August 221 Lady Zhen, the wife of Cao Pi of Wei of the Three Kingdoms, ...
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3rd August 1914: Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, remarked that “The lamps are going out all over Europe…” 03.08.2026As Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey had attempted to prevent the crisis but these efforts proved unsuccessful and, during the evening of 3 August, he reportedly remarked, “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our ...
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2nd August 216 BCE: Hannibal defeats the Roman army at the Battle of Cannae 02.08.2026Hannibal’s army inflicted a devastating defeat on the numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of ...
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1st August 1714: George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain 01.08.2026George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great ...
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31st July 1971: David Scott and James Irwin drive the first Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission 31.07.2026The astronauts visited geological features near the Apollo 15 landing site in the Hadley-Apennine region, collected samples, and deployed scientific experiments, while television images transmitted from the rover allowed audiences on Earth to observe the ...
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30th July 1792: La Marseillaise, the future French national anthem, first sung in Paris by a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille 30.07.2026La Marseillaise was composed by a French army officer and was originally called the ‘War Song for the Army of the Rhine’ with the aim of rallying soldiers fighting in Strasbourg during the French Revolutionary ...
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29th July 1567: James VI crowned king of Scotland at just 13 months old 29.07.2026James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was forced to abdicate in favour of her young son a month after she was ...
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28th July 1755: Expulsion of the Acadians agreed by British Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council 28.07.2026British officials regarded the Acadian population as a security risk and, on 28 July, Lieutenant-Governor Charles Lawrence and his council resolved that the Acadians should be removed and dispersed among Britain’s North American ...
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27th July 1940: Bugs Bunny makes his cartoon debut in A Wild Hare 27.07.2026Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild ...
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26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford 26.07.2026The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in ...
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25th July 1792: Brunswick Manifesto during the French Revolution threatened retaliation if the royal family was harmed 25.07.2026The Brunswick Manifesto declared that, rather than conquering France, the invading armies sought to restore lawful authority in the country and warned that any attack on the royal family would bring “exemplary and ever memorable vengeance”, threatening the city of Paris with destruction if its inhabitants resisted the advancing armies or continued to detain the ...
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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres 24.07.2026The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers from the First World War in the area around the Ypres Salient, and features more than 54,000 ...
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23rd July 1943: Archibald Brown blown up by an anti-tank grenade placed under his seat 23.07.2026Archibald Brown was murdered by his son, who placed an anti-tank grenade under the seat of his bath ...
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22nd July 1894: World’s first organised automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen 22.07.2026The Comte Jules-Albert de Dion’s steam tractor crossed the finish line first but the judges concluded that his vehicle required too much support to satisfy the competition’s objectives, so the principal prize was shared between the manufacturers Panhard et Levassor and Peugeot, whose petrol cars were considered the most practical ...
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21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution 21.07.2026John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in ...
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20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission 20.07.2026The words ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed’ confirmed the safe touchdown at around 8:17pm ...
