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21st April 753 BC: Traditional date of the founding of Rome

  • 21st April 2020
  • Tagged as: Calendar, Italy, Roman Empire, Rome

On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.

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4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

  • 4th October 2019
  • Tagged as: Astronomy, Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Religion, Science, Time

On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.

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11th August 3114 BCE: Start of the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar

  • 11th August 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Calendar, Mayan, Science, Time

The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, most famously used by the Maya civilisation, began.

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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

  • 16th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.ituals.

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HistoryPod Live: Historical significance. How are events chosen for the daily podcast?

  • 10th July 2017
  • Tagged as: Calendar, historiography, Islam, Roman Empire, Romania

This extended edition of HistoryPod attempts to answer the most common question from listeners: how and why are certain events featured (or not) in the daily podcast?

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Birmingham pub bombings

21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182

21st November 2020

Leaning Tower of Pisa

9th August 1173: Construction begins on the Leaning Tower of Pisa

9th August 2019

Tybee Island bomb

5th February 1958: Nuclear bomb lost off Tybee Island in Georgia, USA after an in-air collision

5th February 2021

Apartheid referendum

17th March 1992: White South Africans vote to end apartheid in a referendum

17th March 2021

The Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon

14th April 1561: Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon terrifies residents

14th April 2021

Amritsar Massacre

13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre

13th April 2021

Truman

12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA

12th April 2021

Fair Housing Act

11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson

11th April 2021

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

28th June 2020

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

German invasion of Poland

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

1st September 2018

Berlin Wall opened

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th November 2019

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