HistoryPod

Feb 03 2025 245 ep. 3.4k

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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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4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master

47 of Asano Naganori's former samurai plotted to avenge their lord’s death from seppuku after he attacked Kira ...

3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’

Their private plane took off at 12:55am on 3 February, but managed to fly only 6 miles before crashing amidst deteriorating ...

2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

A potential diphtheria epidemic in Alaska was avoided after a dogsled relay transported vials of antitoxin 674 miles in five and a half days in “Great Race of ...

1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan

On the 1st February 1968, American photojournalist Eddie Adams took a photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém in ...

31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog

The Battle of May Island was not an actual battle but rather a peacetime disaster caused by miscommunication and navigational errors near the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland during World War ...

30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death

On the twelfth anniversary of Charles I’s execution, Cromwell’s remains were subjected to a ceremonial trial and then hanged in chains at Tyburn. The body was subsequently decapitated, and the head displayed above Westminster Hall at the Palace of ...

29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was powered by a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that produced approximately 0.75 horsepower, enabling the vehicle to reach speeds of around 16 kilometers per ...

28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught ...

27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures

The Outer Space Treaty, which provides the basic framework on international space law, was opened for signatures in the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United ...

26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

Seven months elapsed before Clinton was called before a grand jury, where he admitted he and Lewinsky had had a relationship that was ‘not ...