245 episodes
HistoryPod Scott Allsop
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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
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19th April 1987: The Simpsons make their first television appearance on The Tracey Ullman Show
An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in ...
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18th April 1775: Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”
Whether Revere referred to the approaching army as ‘regulars’ or ‘Redcoats’ is unclear, but his cry had the intended consequence of signalling the march of troops towards the Massachusetts village of ...
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17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants
This surge in immigration was primarily driven by economic opportunities in the United States, which was at the height of the industrial revolution. This combined with a desire among some to escape growing political instability in Europe, while ethnic and religious violence led Jews from the Russian Empire in particular to seek a new life ...
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16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre
Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a revolution in cinema history.
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15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in ...
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14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that engulfed entire communities in darkness and choking dust, reducing visibility to just a few ...