HistoryPod

398 Episoade

1. 20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring

   Publicat: 20.08.2024
2. 19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest

   Publicat: 19.08.2024
3. 18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public

   Publicat: 18.08.2024
4. 17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany

   Publicat: 17.08.2024
5. 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
6. 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
7. 14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan

   Publicat: 14.08.2024
8. 13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

   Publicat: 13.08.2024
9. 12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

   Publicat: 12.08.2024
10. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

    Publicat: 11.08.2024
11. 10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

    Publicat: 10.08.2024
12. 9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege

    Publicat: 09.08.2024
13. 8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.

    Publicat: 08.08.2024
14. 7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago

    Publicat: 07.08.2024
15. 6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II

    Publicat: 06.08.2024
16. 5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa

    Publicat: 05.08.2024
17. 4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War

    Publicat: 04.08.2024
18. 3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars

    Publicat: 03.08.2024
19. 2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

    Publicat: 02.08.2024
20. 1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

    Publicat: 01.08.2024