HistoryPod

390 Episodo

1. 19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey

   Publicado: 19/1/2025
2. 18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor

   Publicado: 18/1/2025
3. 17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

   Publicado: 17/1/2025
4. 16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia

   Publicado: 16/1/2025
5. 15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

   Publicado: 15/1/2025
6. 14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii

   Publicado: 14/1/2025
7. 13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I

   Publicado: 13/1/2025
8. 12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

   Publicado: 12/1/2025
9. 11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand

   Publicado: 11/1/2025
10. 10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin

    Publicado: 10/1/2025
11. 9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces

    Publicado: 9/1/2025
12. 8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

    Publicado: 8/1/2025
13. 7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

    Publicado: 7/1/2025
14. 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Publicado: 6/1/2025
15. 5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris

    Publicado: 5/1/2025
16. 4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms

    Publicado: 4/1/2025
17. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

    Publicado: 3/1/2025
18. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

    Publicado: 2/1/2025
19. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

    Publicado: 1/1/2025
20. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

    Publicado: 31/12/2024