Best Scott Allsop Podcasts (2025)

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14th October 1892: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle first published, containing 12 stories

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The twelve stories that make up The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were originally serialised between July 1891 and June 1892, and included cases such as “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Adventure of the Speckled ...By Scott Allsop

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13th October 54: The Roman Emperor Claudius dies, supposedly after being poisoned

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Ancient sources state that the Emperor Claudius as poisoned, although who administered the poison - and on whose orders - continues to be fiercely debated by ...By Scott Allsop

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12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

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British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad during the First World ...By Scott Allsop

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11th October 1986: Reykjavík Summit takes place between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev

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The Reykjavík Summit quickly developed into one of the most significant negotiations of the era, with both sides beginning to address the escalating nuclear arms race during the Cold ...By Scott Allsop

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10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

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U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologised to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he was refused service in a Delaware ...By Scott Allsop

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9th October 1967: Execution of Marxist revolutionary icon Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara in Bolivia

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Guevara was shot nine times in a way designed to make the injuries look like they had been caused during a battle with the Bolivian ...By Scott Allsop

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8th October 1856: Second Opium War begins after the arrest of the crew of the Arrow, a Chinese-owned but British-registered cargo boat

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7th October 1949: The creation of East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic

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The establishment of the GDR ensured that the division of Germany that had been implemented in 1945 was made ...By Scott Allsop

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6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony

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Germantown was founded in the Pennsylvania Colony by immigrant Quaker and Mennonite ...By Scott Allsop

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5th October 1914: First recorded aerial combat victory takes place when a French Voisin shoots down a German Aviatik aircraft

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Contemporary reports state that the French crew fired a long burst on a machine, hitting the German Aviatik and fatally wounding its crew before the plane crashed behind enemy ...By Scott Allsop

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4th October 1936: The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End

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The Battle of Cable Street saw demonstrators block a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of ...By Scott Allsop

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3rd October 1990: East and West Germany reunified when the German Democratic Republic joins with the Federal Republic of Germany

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At midnight on 3 October the black, red and gold flag of West Germany was raised above the Brandenburg Gate which had previously divided the two ...By Scott Allsop

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2nd October 1766: Nottingham Cheese Riot takes place at the city’s Goose Fair, triggered by rising food prices

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Clashes between troops and rioters during the Nottingham Cheese Riot led to one man being killed while the mayor himself was knocked down by a rolling cheese ...By Scott Allsop

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1st October 1928: The USSR introduces the first five-year plan under Joseph Stalin

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Although the targets were constantly revised to the point where they could never be achieved, the first five-year plan firmly set the USSR on the road to becoming a world ...By Scott Allsop

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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

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The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh ...By Scott Allsop

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29th September 1916: John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire according to newspapers in the USA

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Rockefeller held shares in numerous companies after the breakup of Standard Oil, and as their value increased his wealth was reported to have surpassed $1 ...By Scott Allsop

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28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England

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William, duke of Normandy, landed in England to begin the Norman ...By Scott Allsop

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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

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The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model ...By Scott Allsop

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26th September 1687: An explosion rips through the Parthenon in Athens while it’s being used as a gunpowder magazine

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A mortar shell fired by Venetian troops at their Ottoman enemy struck the Parthenon directly, igniting the powder stored ...By Scott Allsop

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25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

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Balboa's journey involved battling with native tribes and forging a way through thick jungle, before reaching the mountain range along the Chucunaque River from where he first saw the Pacific Ocean on the morning of 25 ...By Scott Allsop

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24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America

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The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George ...By Scott Allsop

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23rd September 1862: Otto von Bismarck appointed Minister-President of Prussia by King Wilhelm I

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In the early 1860s, with Prussia facing a crisis over King Wilhelm I's attempts to expand and modernize the Prussian army, he appointed Otto von Bismarck as Minister-President in an attempt to break a budgetary ...By Scott Allsop

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

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The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic ...By Scott Allsop

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21st September 1937: J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit first published in the United Kingdom

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The initial run of 1,500 copies of The Hobbit sold out within three months, and further runs proved similarly popular prompting Tolkien to write the Lord of the ...By Scott Allsop

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20th September 1378: Western Schism divides the Catholic Church after the contested election of Antipope Clement VII

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Clement established his court in Avignon, supported by France, Scotland, and several other European states. Urban VI, meanwhile, retained control of Rome and was recognized by England, much of Germany, and parts of ...By Scott Allsop

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19th September 1970: First Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset, known at the time as the Pilton Festival of Pop, Folk, and Blues

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Organised by dairy farmer Michael Eavis, the event was billed as the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival and attracted 1,500 people who paid a pound each to see a number of bands on a single stage and drink unlimited quantities of ...By Scott Allsop

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18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

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The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los ...By Scott Allsop

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17th September 1908: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash

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Whilst circling the parade ground of Fort Myer, a propeller blade split and broke apart. This struck one of the wires that controlled the rudder, pitching the aircraft forward sharply after which it crashed nose-first into the ...By Scott Allsop

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16th September 1955: Uprising that topples Juan Perón from power in Argentina begins

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The Revolución Libertadora began in Argentina, resulting in the end of Juan Perón’s second term as ...By Scott Allsop

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15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’

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The Nuremberg Laws enshrined anti-semitic discrimination in the legal framework of the country through two pieces of ...By Scott Allsop

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14th September 1741: George Frideric Handel, a German-born composer who had settled in London, completed his oratorio Messiah

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Messiah has since become one of the most frequently performed choral works in Western music with the “Hallelujah” chorus becoming a central piece in the choral ...By Scott Allsop

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13th September 1985: Super Mario Bros. video game first released in Japan

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Originally only available for the Japanese Family Computer, it took nearly another two years for the game to be available ...By Scott Allsop

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12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody

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South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police ...By Scott Allsop

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11th September 1792: Theft of the French Blue diamond, later known as the Hope Diamond, during the French Revolution

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The French Blue diamond had been part of the royal collection since the seventeenth century, and was stolen by a group of thieves after King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were imprisoned in the ...By Scott Allsop

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10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

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American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen ...By Scott Allsop

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9th September 1947: First literal computer ‘bug’ found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer

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The bug in the Harvard Mark II was very literal since it was a moth trapped between the points inside an electromagnetic ...By Scott Allsop

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8th September 1878: “The Great Herding” of sheep to Santa Cruz departs Fortín Conesa on the southern frontier of Argentina

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Contemporary accounts suggest that over 20,000 sheep were gathered near Fortín Conesa in northern Patagonia, from where they undertook a gruelling journey to the abundant grazing land of Santa Cruz ...By Scott Allsop

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7th September 1497: Perkin Warbeck claims he is English King Richard IV during the Second Cornish Uprising

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Warbeck had convinced his followers that he was Richard, Duke of York, the younger of the two ‘Princes in the ...By Scott Allsop

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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

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The ship Victoria returned to Spain as the only survivor of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet that circumnavigated the ...By Scott Allsop

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5th September 1945: Defection of Igor Gouzenko to Canada exposes a Soviet espionage network in the West

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Gouzenko’s defection had far-reaching effects. In Canada, several people were arrested and convicted of espionage while other Western governments were alerted to the extent of Soviet intelligence ...By Scott Allsop

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4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

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Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New ...By Scott Allsop

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3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand

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German Nazi forces had invaded Poland two days earlier, claiming to be acting in self-defence following a ‘false flag’ ...By Scott Allsop

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2nd September 1192: Treaty of Jaffa signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, ending the Third Crusade

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The Treaty of Jaffa established a three-year truce and confirmed that Jerusalem would remain under Muslim control, although Christian pilgrims would be allowed access to the city’s holy ...By Scott Allsop

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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, triggering the Second World War

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On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World ...By Scott Allsop

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31st August 1854: Cholera outbreak in London’s Broad Street leads to John Snow’s investigation into germ-contaminated water

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Physician John Snow investigated the outbreak by mapping cholera cases in the area, which showed a clear concentration of cases around the public water pump on Broad ...By Scott Allsop

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30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt

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The assassination of Lenin was attempted by Fanya Kaplan, a member of the anti-Bolshevik faction of the Socialist Revolutionary ...By Scott Allsop

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29th August 1831: Michael Faraday performs his first experiment leading to the discovery of electromagnetic induction

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Faraday constructed an apparatus consisting of two coils of wire wound around opposite sides of an iron ring, and when he connected one coil to a battery a galvanometer detected a brief current induced in the second ...By Scott Allsop

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28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

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Taking place on the centenary of President Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation, in which he declared the freedom of slaves, ‘I Have a Dream’ was the sixteenth of eighteen speeches given by different orators that day and is regularly described as one of the best speeches of the 20th ...By Scott Allsop

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27th August 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact to renounce war signed by 15 nations including Germany, France and the United States

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At the time it was optimistically hoped that the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact would stop any future wars, but the impact of the Great Depression in the 1930s led nations such as Japan and Italy to launch invasions of Manchuria and Abyssinia ...By Scott Allsop

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26th August 1914: Battle of Tannenberg begins in the early weeks of the First World War between Russian and German forces

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Exploiting intercepted Russian radio messages, which had not been encrypted, the Germans were able to anticipate the Russians’ movements and concentrate their forces effectively. By 30 August, Russian resistance ...By Scott Allsop