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

  1. 6H AGO

    1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed and signed by the four major Allied nations during the Second World War

    The original signatories – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the USSR’s Ambassador to the US Maxim Litvinov, and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs T. V. Soong – were joined the next day by a further 24 ...

  2. 1D AGO

    31st December 1853: New Year’s Eve dinner takes place inside a model of an Iguanodon at the Crystal Palace Park in south London

    The dinner was widely reported and helped generate public interest in the Crystal Palace Park's life-sized models of extinct animals, which opened to visitors the following ...

  3. 2D AGO

    30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

    In 1922 the USSR consisted of just four Soviet republics – the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Transcaucasian ...

  4. 3D AGO

    29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee

    More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee ...

  5. 4D AGO

    28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes the first legal deposit for books under the Ordonnance de Montpellier

    The Ordonnance de Montpellier required printers and booksellers to deposit a copy of every book published in the kingdom with the royal ...

  6. 5D AGO

    27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’

    The Soviet dekulakisation campaign began when Joseph Stalin announced the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a ...

  7. 6D AGO

    26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet

    As it became obvious that the USSR was falling apart, on 25 December Gorbachev resigned as President and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved the next ...

  8. 12/25/2025

    25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III during Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica

    The coronation of Charlemagne established the precedent for what later became known as the Holy Roman Empire and reinforced the idea of a Christian emperor as protector of the ...

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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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  • Creator
    Scott Allsop
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    245
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    ℗ & © 2026 Scott Allsop
  • Show Website
    HistoryPod

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