HistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPod
  • Timeline
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • 366 Days: the book

Tag: Transportation

  • Podcast

4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

  • 4th December 2021
  • Tagged as: Atlantic, Cargo, Ghost, Gibraltar, Mystery, Ship, Transportation

Mary Celeste had departed New York on 7 November.

Continue reading →
  • Podcast

13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

  • 13th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Civil Rights, Law, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Racism, Supreme Court, Transport, Transportation

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.

Continue reading →
  • Podcast

2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

  • 2nd August 2020
  • Tagged as: San Francisco, Technology, Transport, Transportation, United States

The Clay Street Hill Railroad was successfully tested, becoming San Francisco’s first operational cable car.

Continue reading →
  • Podcast

5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

  • 5th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/06-05-First-Orient-Express-train-departs-Paris.mp3

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

Continue reading →
  • Podcast

18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

  • 18th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

Continue reading →

Tags

Aircraft America Art Assassination Britain Catholicism Christianity Civil Rights Cold War Communism Culture Economy England Execution Exploration First World War France Germany Hitler Invention Italy London Military Monarchy Murder Music Navy Nazi New York Politics Racism Religion Revolution Russia Science Second World War Ship Spain Sport Technology United Kingdom United States USA USSR War

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Commented
Scuttling of the German fleet

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

21st June 2019

Gavrilo Princip sandwich

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

28th June 2015

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2022

Hitler becomes Fuhrer

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

2nd August 2021

Seat belt law in the UK

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

31st January 2023

Execution of Charles I

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

30th January 2023

Desert Island Discs first broadcast

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

29th January 2023

Challenger Disaster

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

28th January 2023

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 2022

Dow Jones

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

8th July 2022

Berlin Wall opened

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th November 2019

HistoryPod by MrAllsopHistory.com
© Scott Allsop
  • Timeline
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Front Page
  • About
  • Archive
  • Privacy Policy