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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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28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson
While some tribes signed agreements with the American government, tens of thousands of Native Americans were forcibly resettled by the ...
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27th May 1942: Reinhard Heydrich fatally injured in an assassination attempt in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Heydrich's death triggered brutal reprisals from the Nazis against the Czechoslovakian people, including the complete destruction of the village of Lidice and the massacre of its ...
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26th May 1647: Alse Young becomes the first person to be executed for witchcraft in America at Windsor, Connecticut
Alse Young was executed for witchcraft in Hartford on 26th May ...
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25th May 1521: Edict of Worms issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against Martin Luther
The Edict of Worms condemned Luther’s writings as heretical and prohibited their publication, distribution, and possession within the Holy Roman Empire. The edict effectively excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church and sought to suppress the spread of his ideas and ...
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24th May 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion, also known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798, begins in Ireland
The United Irishmen, a revolutionary republican organization inspired by Wolfe Tone, saw Irish Protestants join with the Catholic majority to achieve Irish independence and establish a ...
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23rd May 1934: Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde ambushed by police and killed in rural Louisiana
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were driving their stolen Ford V8 when they were engulfed in a hail of more than 100 ...