HistoryPod
Latest Episodes
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
Clemenceau's appointment heralded a marked change in government as he sought to consolidate French support behind its ...
14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
Bridges was born in 1954, the same year that the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that racially segregated schools were ...
13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Courts ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was ...
12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations
Voters were asked whether they approved of the Nazi governments withdrawal from the League of Nations. Official results indicated overwhelming support, with approximately 95% of voters casting ballots in favour of the ...
11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor
American surgeon Dr Mary Walker became the first, and so far only, woman to receive the Medal of ...
10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh-American journalist and explorer, allegedly greeted the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone with the phrase, Dr Livingston, I ...
9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power
After the coup, the Law of Brumaire established a new government under the direction of three consuls although Napoleon held the real power as First ...
8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War
While the Battle of White Mountain allowed Ferdinand II to reassert Habsburg control over the region, initiating a harsh re-Catholicization process and stripping the Bohemian nobility of their lands and privileges, the war grew into a pan-European conflic
7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
The 'storming of the Winter Palace' presents the takeover of the Winter Palace as a huge battle. However, this popular image is a ...
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its ...