HistoryPod
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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29th May 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest
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28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red Square
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27th May 1199: Coronation of King John in Westminster Abbey
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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published
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25th May 1961: Kennedy announces plan for manned moon landing
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24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz
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23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary
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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent
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21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman
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20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
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19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I
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18th May 1291: The Siege of Acre saw the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil seize control of the Crusader-controlled city
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17th May 1943: Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron carries out the ‘Dambusters’ raids
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16th May 1966: Start of the Cultural Revolution in China when Mao releases the ‘May 16th Notification’
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15th May 1928: Mickey Mouse’s first cartoon appearance
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14th May 1796: English physician and scientist Edward Jenner tests the process of vaccination against smallpox using cowpox infection
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13th May 1950: First #Formula1 World Championship Grand Prix race at Silverstone
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12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California
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11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions
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10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government
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9th May 1887: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opens in London
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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
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7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention
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6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries
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5th May 1260: Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire
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4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students
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3rd May 1830: World’s first steam-powered passenger service begins operating on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
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2nd May 1952: The world’s first passenger jet aircraft carries 36 passengers from London to Johannesburg
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1st May 1952: Mr Potato Head goes on sale for the first time
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30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France
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29th April 1975: USA leaves Vietnam in Operation Frequent Wind
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28th April 1923: Wembley Stadium in London opens with the ‘White Horse Final’ of the FA Cup between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
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27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time
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26th April 1937: The Basque town of Guernica experiences what is seen by many as the first large-scale modern air raid against a civilian population
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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War
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24th April 1916: Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions set off in James Caird, a recovered lifeboat, to sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean
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23rd April 1985: Coca Cola replace formula with ‘New Coke’
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22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres
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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed
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20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun
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19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium
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18th April 1775: Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”
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17th April 1492: Christopher Columbus given funding by Spain to explore across the Atlantic
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16th April 1922: Former WW1 enemies Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Rapallo
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15th April 1755: Dr Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary published
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14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem
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13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks
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12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge
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11th April 1961: The trial of Nazi SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann begins in Israel
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10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy
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