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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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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

    28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station

    28th March 1979: Worst accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history at Three Mile Island Generating Station

    The incident at Three Mile Island heralded a dramatic shift in public attitudes towards nuclear power and the second reactor never returned to ...

    27th March 1964: Most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Alaska

    27th March 1964: Most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Alaska

    The colossal earthquake, registering a magnitude of 9.2, struck Southcentral Alaska and is the most powerful on record in North America and the second-largest ...

    26th March 1351: Combat of the Thirty fought between English and Breton soldiers during the Breton War of Succession

    26th March 1351: Combat of the Thirty fought between English and Breton soldiers during the Breton War of Succession

    Although the event was of little military importance overall, the chivalric nature of the battle was celebrated by chroniclers, balladeers, and artists, while survivors of the Thirty were held in held ...

    25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol

    25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol

    The marchers arrived in Montgomery on 25 March, where King made his ‘How Long, Not Long’ speech to a crowd of more than 25,000 ...

    24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

    24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

    Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his ...

    23rd March 1857: The world’s first successful passenger elevator installed in a five-storey New York City department store

    23rd March 1857: The world’s first successful passenger elevator installed in a five-storey New York City department store

    Elisha Otis was an American mechanic who invented the safety elevator, which featured a mechanism to prevent the platform from falling if the hoisting cable ...

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