The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
4th September 2018
On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
HistoryPod is proud to be able to celebrate #WorldFringeDay, and the foundation of the Fringe movement, in this special live recording from the Buxton Festival Fringe in the wonderful English spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.
7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
7th December 2019
5th December 1934: Wal-Wal Incident between Italy and Abyssinia
5th December 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018