HistoryPod

389 Episoder

1. 17th July 1918: Russian Imperial Romanov family shot dead by Bolsheviks in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the city of Ekaterinburg

   Udgivet: 17.7.2025
2. 16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

   Udgivet: 16.7.2025
3. 15th July 1099: First Crusade ends when Crusader forces capture the city of Jerusalem, after a siege lasting several weeks

   Udgivet: 15.7.2025
4. 14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

   Udgivet: 14.7.2025
5. 13th July 1985: The Live Aid ‘global jukebox’ concert broadcast to an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion people

   Udgivet: 13.7.2025
6. 12th July 1790: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy passed by the National Constituent Assembly of France

   Udgivet: 12.7.2025
7. 11th July 1962: The world’s first satellite television broadcast took place using the recently-launched Telstar satellite

   Udgivet: 11.7.2025
8. 10th July 1940: The Vichy government established in France

   Udgivet: 10.7.2025
9. 9th July 1877: The world’s first official lawn tennis tournament begins at Wimbledon in London

   Udgivet: 9.7.2025
10. 8th July 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on the first known voyage to India from Europe

    Udgivet: 8.7.2025
11. 7th July 1928: Pre-sliced and wrapped bread first sold by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri

    Udgivet: 7.7.2025
12. 6th July 1988: Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed by a series of explosions in the deadliest offshore oil disaster in history

    Udgivet: 6.7.2025
13. 5th July 1865: United States Secret Service established in Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Treasury

    Udgivet: 5.7.2025
14. 4th July 1862: Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) first tells the story of Alice in Wonderland

    Udgivet: 4.7.2025
15. 3rd July 1973: David Bowie announces the end of Ziggy Stardust during a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London

    Udgivet: 3.7.2025
16. 2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

    Udgivet: 2.7.2025
17. 1st July 1979: Sony Corporation releases the Walkman portable cassette player in Japan

    Udgivet: 1.7.2025
18. 30th June 1894: Tower Bridge in London officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

    Udgivet: 30.6.2025
19. 29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

    Udgivet: 29.6.2025
20. 28th June 1935: United States approves the construction of a vault to hold the country’s gold reserves at Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Udgivet: 28.6.2025