544 Episodes

  1. 19th December 1777: George Washington leads the Continental Army into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

    Published: 12/19/2025

  2. 18th December 1892: Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker receives its première performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg

    Published: 12/18/2025

  3. 17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

    Published: 12/17/2025

  4. 16th December 1431: Henry VI became the only English monarch to be crowned King of France

    Published: 12/16/2025

  5. 15th December 1851: The Forest Creek Monster Meeting of Australian gold miners protests taxes

    Published: 12/15/2025

  6. 14th December 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first to reach the South Pole

    Published: 12/14/2025

  7. 13th December 1577: Francis Drake departs Plymouth on his circumnavigation of the globe

    Published: 12/13/2025

  8. 12th December 1935: The Lebensborn registered association established in Nazi Germany by the SS

    Published: 12/12/2025

  9. 11th December 1936: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom announces his abdication in a worldwide radio broadcast

    Published: 12/11/2025

  10. 10th December 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris

    Published: 12/10/2025

  11. 9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

    Published: 12/9/2025

  12. 8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered outside his New York apartment block by Mark David Chapman

    Published: 12/8/2025

  13. 7th December 1995: NASA’s Galileo spacecraft becomes the first to enter orbit around Jupiter

    Published: 12/7/2025

  14. 6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

    Published: 12/6/2025

  15. 5th December 1934: The Walwal Incident lays the foundations for the Abyssinia Crisis

    Published: 12/5/2025

  16. 4th December 1676: Battle of Lund fought between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, one of the bloodiest battles in Scandinavia

    Published: 12/4/2025

  17. 3rd December 1910: The world’s first neon light was turned on for the public at the Paris Motor Show

    Published: 12/3/2025

  18. 2nd December 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

    Published: 12/2/2025

  19. 1st December 1934: Assassination of Sergei Kirov, one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet Communist Party

    Published: 12/1/2025

  20. 30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling album of all time

    Published: 11/30/2025

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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