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HistoryPod
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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23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu
22nd August 1791: Start of the Haitian Revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
21st August 1945: The Demon Core fatally irradiates physicist Harry Daghlian during an experiment at Los Alamos Laboratory
20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria
18th August 1940: “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain during the Second World War
17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies
16th August 1858: Queen Victoria sends the first transatlantic telegram
15th August 1969: Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel in New York
14th August 1941: Roosevelt and Churchill issue the Atlantic Charter
13th August 1876: The premiere of Wagner’s complete Ring cycle takes place in Germany
12th August 1977: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes the first free flight of the Space Shuttle programme
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