512 Episodo

  1. 8th October 1856: Second Opium War begins after the arrest of the crew of the Arrow, a Chinese-owned but British-registered cargo boat

    Publicado: 8/10/2025
  2. 7th October 1949: The creation of East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic

    Publicado: 7/10/2025
  3. 6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

    Publicado: 6/10/2025
  4. 5th October 1914: First recorded aerial combat victory takes place when a French Voisin shoots down a German Aviatik aircraft

    Publicado: 5/10/2025
  5. 4th October 1936: The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End

    Publicado: 4/10/2025
  6. 3rd October 1990: East and West Germany reunified when the German Democratic Republic joins with the Federal Republic of Germany

    Publicado: 3/10/2025
  7. 2nd October 1766: Nottingham Cheese Riot takes place at the city’s Goose Fair, triggered by rising food prices

    Publicado: 2/10/2025
  8. 1st October 1928: The USSR introduces the first five-year plan under Joseph Stalin

    Publicado: 1/10/2025
  9. 30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

    Publicado: 30/9/2025
  10. 29th September 1916: John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire according to newspapers in the USA

    Publicado: 29/9/2025
  11. 28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England

    Publicado: 28/9/2025
  12. 27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

    Publicado: 27/9/2025
  13. 26th September 1687: An explosion rips through the Parthenon in Athens while it’s being used as a gunpowder magazine

    Publicado: 26/9/2025
  14. 25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

    Publicado: 25/9/2025
  15. 24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America

    Publicado: 24/9/2025
  16. 23rd September 1862: Otto von Bismarck appointed Minister-President of Prussia by King Wilhelm I

    Publicado: 23/9/2025
  17. 22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

    Publicado: 22/9/2025
  18. 21st September 1937: J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit first published in the United Kingdom

    Publicado: 21/9/2025
  19. 20th September 1378: Western Schism divides the Catholic Church after the contested election of Antipope Clement VII

    Publicado: 20/9/2025
  20. 19th September 1970: First Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset, known at the time as the Pilton Festival of Pop, Folk, and Blues

    Publicado: 19/9/2025

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