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HistoryPod Scott Allsop
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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith
Alcoholics Anonymous, which operates through local groups that follow a 12-step rehabilitation program to help people overcome alcoholism, is now estimated have around two million members ...
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9th June 747: Abbasid Revolution begins, which overthrows the Umayyad Caliphate
The Abbasid Revolution gained momentum thanks to the leadership of Abu Muslim al-Khurasani, a Persian revolutionary who rallied support for the Abbasid cause in the eastern provinces of the ...
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8th June 1959: The world’s only delivery of ‘Missile Mail’ took place when the United States Post Office Department sent 3,000 letters using a cruise missile
The missile was fired from the deck of the submarine USS Barbero towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida, and completed its 700-mile flight in just 22 ...
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7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public
Elvis Presley purchased Graceland for $102,500 in 1957 when he was 22 years ...
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6th June 1933: Worlds first drive-in theatre opens in Camden County, New Jersey
Richard M. Hollingshead Jr.'s ‘Automobile Movie Theatre’ opened on a 400-acre plot of land on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken Township, and could accommodate 400 cars parked on ramps facing a 40 foot by 50 foot ...
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5th June 1947: U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall delivers a speech at Harvard University outlining his financial plan for post-war Europe
The Marshall Plan provided aid to 16 Western European nations, distributing more than $13 billion of aid over a four year ...