HistoryPod
by Scott Allsop
April 15, 2024 12:05 pm
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
Recent Episodes
15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
5 days ago14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
6 days ago13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks
7 days ago12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
1 week ago11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson
1 week ago10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora
1 week ago9th April 1865: Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
2 weeks ago8th April 1838: SS Great Western begins her maiden voyage to New York as the first steamship specifically built for transatlantic travel
2 weeks ago7th April 1954: President Eisenhower first described the ‘domino theory’ of the spread of communism during a news conference
2 weeks ago6th April 1793: Committee of Public Safety established by the National Convention of France
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