The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.
3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
3rd February 2021
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
The Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, most famously used by the Maya civilisation, began.
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?
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019