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, H...
3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter
Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft designed to explore beyond the inner planets and, after a 21-month journey, was approaching Jupiter when it began transmitting data and images as it passed within 132,000 kilometres (82,000 miles) of the planet’s cloud ...
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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
United States Senator Joseph McCarthy was censured for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonour and ...
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1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
This simple act of defiance led to her quickly becoming a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, and sparked the Montgomery Bus ...
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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of ...
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29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
By the end of 1972, Atari had produced around 2,500 PONG machines, which were distributed across the United States and sparked the growth of the arcade game ...
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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