HistoryPod

388 Episoade

1. 30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court

   Publicat: 30.08.2024
2. 29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California

   Publicat: 29.08.2024
3. 28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

   Publicat: 28.08.2024
4. 27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar

   Publicat: 27.08.2024
5. 26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls

   Publicat: 26.08.2024
6. 25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson

   Publicat: 25.08.2024
7. 24th August 1938: The Kweilin incident sees the first ever civilian aircraft to be shot down when Japanese fighters attack

   Publicat: 24.08.2024
8. 23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history

   Publicat: 23.08.2024
9. 22nd August 1864: Adoption of the first Geneva Convention governing sick and wounded members of armed forces

   Publicat: 22.08.2024
10. 21st August 1957: USSR conducts first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

    Publicat: 21.08.2024
11. 20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring

    Publicat: 20.08.2024
12. 19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest

    Publicat: 19.08.2024
13. 18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public

    Publicat: 18.08.2024
14. 17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany

    Publicat: 17.08.2024
15. 16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars

    Publicat: 16.08.2024
16. 15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad

    Publicat: 15.08.2024
17. 14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan

    Publicat: 14.08.2024
18. 13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

    Publicat: 13.08.2024
19. 12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

    Publicat: 12.08.2024
20. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

    Publicat: 11.08.2024