Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in Montreal.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World War.
On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.
On the 22nd December 1989, Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown.
The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania.
On the 4th July 1950, Radio Free Europe – founded the previous year to transmit uncensored information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain – completed its first broadcast.
On June 16th 1958, Hungarian Communist politician Imre Nagy was executed.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.
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?
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018