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9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
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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 something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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- 9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of GermanyKaiser Wilhelm II abdicated as German Emperor and King of Prussia after the German Revolution took ...
- 8th November 1602: Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford formally openedThe restored library initially contained several thousand volumes, including manuscripts and printed books acquired by Bodley and other ...
- 7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impactThe oldest meteorite with a known date of impact crashed into a wheat field outside the Alsatian town of ...
- 6th November 1869: First intercollegiate American football match played between Rutgers College and the College of New JerseyDespite the absence of regulation and structured plays, the match turned out to be fiercely competitive. While the scoring was different from modern football, Rutgers won ...
- 5th November 1688: William of Orange lands in England to begin the invasion that overthrows King James II in the Glorious RevolutionWilliam initially moved towards Exeter and, as William’s advance continued towards London, James struggled to organise an effective response. He was eventually allowed to leave…
- 4th November 1979: Iran hostage crisis begins when Iranian students storm the American Embassy in TehranThe students seized 66 hostages, 14 of whom were released before the end of the crisis. The other 52 hostages were held for 444 ...
- 3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of SupremacyThe Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of ...
- 2nd November 1917: Balfour Declaration gives support to the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in PalestineZionists regarded the Balfour Declaration as an important recognition of their national aspirations, while many Palestinian Arabs argued that it threatened their political and…
- 1st November 1512: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel unveiledThe public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day ...
- 31st October 1913: Formal dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in the United StatesThe Lincoln Highway connected New York City on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast, traversing 13 states along the ...
- 30th October 1858: The Bradford sweets poisoning kills at least twenty people after eating peppermint lozenges containing arsenic“Humbug Billy”, bought his stock from the confectioner Joseph Neal who made peppermint lozenges using powdered gypsum in place of some of the relatively expensive sugar, but he…
- 27th October 1954: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the US Air ForceHis promotion to brigadier general on 27 October 1954 came six years after President Truman ordered the desegregation of the US military, and made him the first African American…
- 26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt EarpThe gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, ...
- 25th October 1854: Charge of the Light Brigade undertaken by British forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean WarDue to miscommunication and a lack of clear orders Lord Cardigan led the Light Brigade, a cavalry unit consisting of approximately 670 horsemen, in a frontal assault against a…
- 24th October 1901: Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to deliberately go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and surviveTaylor had a specially constructed barrel built of oak, reinforced with iron bands, and fitted with internal padding. She survived the plunge with just some bruising and a small…
- 23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on SpainThe writer Thomas Carlyle is credited with giving the conflict its name in his 1858 biography of the Prussian King Friedrich ...
- 22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris Express train crashes through a wall at the Gare Montparnasse railway stationThe Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform in Paris, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop…
- 21st October 1879: Thomas Edison makes a breakthrough in his attempt to develop an incandescent electric lightThe breakthrough came when the team used carbonised cotton thread as a filament. A lamp that was initially illuminated on 21st October stayed lit for more than thirteen hours…
- 20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian SuccessionMaria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian ...
- 19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of ZamaAfter seventeen years, the Second Punic War was finally brought to an end with the decisive victory of the Roman general and consul Scipio Africanus over Hannibal at the Battle…
- 18th October 1967: Soviet spacecraft Venera 4 becomes the first to enter the atmosphere of Venus and transmit scientific data back to EarthInstruments on board Venera 4 measured temperature, pressure, and the composition of the surrounding gases, with the results transmitted by radio to receiving stations on ...
- 17th October 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight people when nearly one and a half million litres of beer sweep out of the Horse Shoe BreweryOnce the beer began to pour into the street, it quickly began to fill the cellars of nearby houses in which families lived, killing eight ...
- 16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in ScotlandThe light cruiser HMS Southampton and the destroyer Mohawk were damaged, while sixteen Royal Navy sailors died and 44 were ...
- 15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South AtlanticNapoleon was exiled to the island of St Helena, situated roughly halfway between Africa and South America, where he lived for six years before his ...
- 14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sitesA U-2 spy plane captured images of the construction of a missile site on Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile ...
- 13th October 1908: Suffragette Margaret Travers Symons becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she burst into the main chamberAs she was accompanied through the Members’ Lobby, Travers Symons broke away from her escort and burst into the chamber where MPs were debating a bill regarding issues related to…
- 12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the GreatCyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Babylonians at the Battle of Opis before entering Babylon on 12 October, bringing the Neo-Babylonian Empire to an end. He…
- 11th October 1521: King Henry VIII of England given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo XThe Pope granted the Latin title Fidei defensor to Henry after he published a book in which he defended Catholic doctrine against the criticisms levelled at it by Martin Luther…
- 10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on recordAt around 6am on 10 October the hurricane made landfall at Barbados in the Lesser Antilles, where it unleashed its full fury as it moved through the ...
- 9th October 1665: King Charles II moves Parliament to the University of Oxford to escape the Great PlagueCharles opened the fifth session of the Cavalier Parliament in the Great Hall at Christ Church College in Oxford, having left London to escape the Great ...
- 8th October 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River by Ivan IIIThe Great Stand on the Ugra River marked the start of the decline of the Great ...
- 7th October 1879: Germany and Austria Hungary form the Dual AllianceKeen to consolidate the newly-united Germany, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck turned to diplomacy in an attempt to ensure the status quo in ...
- 6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York CityThe Jazz Singer demonstrated to a large audience that recorded dialogue could be incorporated successfully into a commercial feature film. It used the Vitaphone system that…
- 5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me DoTwo cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No, the first of the James Bond series of films, hit cinema screens on the same day as the Beatles released their debut…
- 4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendarBy the 16th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to ...
- 3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bombThe bomb was successfully detonated at 8 a.m., making Britain the third country to successfully develop and detonate a nuclear weapon, after the United States and Soviet ...
- 2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in officeUnited States President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left-hand ...
- 1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of ChinaThe Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known…
- 30th September 1960: The Flintstones broadcast for the first time as the world’s first animated sitcomThe Flintstones attracted strong ratings, demonstrating that an animated series could compete with live-action programmes in an evening schedule and establishing Hanna-Barbera as…
- 29th September 1789: Congress formally establishes the United States Army on the final day of its first sessionPresident George Washington wrote to Congress, stating that the military was something on which the “honor, safety and well being of our Country so evidently and essentially ...
- 28th September 1928: Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin, laying the foundation for a revolution in modern medicineFleming found that a petri dish containing staphylococci bacteria had been contaminated with an unidentified fungus. The bacteria around the fungus had been destroyed, whereas…
- 27th September 1825: Stockton and Darlington Railway opens as the first public railway to make regular use of steam locomotivesThe railway was developed by to improve the transport of coal from inland collieries to Darlington and the port at ...
- 26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debateThe first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard ...
- 25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald HardradaThe Battle of Stamford Bridge saw both sides suffer heavy casualties but, with Harald Hardrada slain in battle, the English emerged ...
- 24th September 1954: Iconic AEC Routemaster London bus revealed at the Commercial Motor Show at Earl’s CourtThe vehicle, designated RM1, was conceived by London Transport to replace its extensive trolleybus network with motor buses and was developed in conjunction with the Associated…
- 23rd September 1974: BBC launches Ceefax, the world’s first teletext serviceTeletext was the dominant medium for accessing breaking news until the arrival of the World Wide ...
- 22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American RevolutionHale volunteered to gather intelligence on British troop movements and strategies but was captured, swiftly subjected to a trial by British authorities, found guilty of spying…
- 21st September 1792: French First Republic begins when the National Convention formally abolish the monarchyThe Convention unanimously decreed that ‘royalty is abolished in France’ and subsequently ordered that official documents should be dated from ‘the first year of the French…
- 20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War in BrazilThe Ragamuffin War began when Brazilian rebels in the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul captured Porto ...
- 19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German ConfederationThe 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…
