HistoryPod

397 Episodes

1. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

   Published: 4/16/2025
2. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

   Published: 4/15/2025
3. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

   Published: 4/14/2025
4. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

   Published: 4/13/2025
5. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

   Published: 4/12/2025
6. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

   Published: 4/11/2025
7. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

   Published: 4/10/2025
8. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

   Published: 4/9/2025
9. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

   Published: 4/8/2025
10. 7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

    Published: 4/7/2025
11. 6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1

    Published: 4/6/2025
12. 5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America

    Published: 4/5/2025
13. 4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history

    Published: 4/4/2025
14. 3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

    Published: 4/3/2025
15. 2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London

    Published: 4/2/2025
16. 1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service

    Published: 4/1/2025
17. 31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle

    Published: 3/31/2025
18. 30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

    Published: 3/30/2025
19. 29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

    Published: 3/29/2025
20. 28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote

    Published: 3/28/2025