HistoryPod

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1. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

   Udgivet: 7.1.2025
2. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

   Udgivet: 6.1.2025
3. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

   Udgivet: 5.1.2025
4. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

   Udgivet: 4.1.2025
5. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

   Udgivet: 3.1.2025
6. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

   Udgivet: 2.1.2025
7. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

   Udgivet: 1.1.2025
8. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

   Udgivet: 31.12.2024
9. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

   Udgivet: 30.12.2024
10. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Udgivet: 29.12.2024
11. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Udgivet: 28.12.2024
12. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Udgivet: 27.12.2024
13. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Udgivet: 26.12.2024
14. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

    Udgivet: 25.12.2024
15. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

    Udgivet: 24.12.2024
16. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Udgivet: 23.12.2024
17. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Udgivet: 22.12.2024
18. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Udgivet: 21.12.2024
19. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Udgivet: 20.12.2024
20. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

    Udgivet: 19.12.2024