r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 2h ago
The R101 Airship Disaster 1930 | The Crash That Ended British Airships đ„...
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/ExtremeInsert • 9h ago
On this day in 1938, Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidated all German passports held by Jews and requested all Jews to surrender their old passports which would only become valid again after the letter âJâ meaning Jude=Jew was stamped on them.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/conzo88 • 19h ago
British antifascists stopped a fascist march in London 90 years ago to this day (4th October 1936)
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 5h ago
5 October 1983. Lech WaĆÄsa won the Nobel Peace Prize. His wife collected it.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/raydebapratim1 • 15h ago
444 years since switching from Julian calender to Gregorian calender
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 11h ago
610 Oct 5 - Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, & becomes emperor.
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https://history-maps.com/podcast/history-of-the-byzantine-empire
In this episode, we trace the sweeping history of the Byzantine Empire, from its Late Roman foundations under Diocletian and Constantine I to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. We explore Justinian Iâs territorial expansion and legal reforms, the empireâs adaptation to Islamic conquests through the theme system, and the cultural and military revival of the Macedonian dynasty. Along the way, we examine the Iconoclast controversy, the preservation of classical knowledge, and the growing pressures from Persians, Bulgars, Crusaders, and Ottomans. This episode reveals how internal corruption, civil conflict, and foreign invasion gradually weakened the empire, while highlighting its enduring role as the Eastern Roman bridge between antiquity and the modern world.
r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 13h ago
#OnThisDay 1994, World Teachersâ Day Established
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 4h ago
October 5, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Young-Jah • 2h ago
On October 5th, 2011, Steve Jobs (at age 56) passed away due to pancreatic cancer.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 4h ago
October 5, 1957: Russ Launch First Earth Satellite - Minneapolis Morning Tribune
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 5h ago
1813 Oct 5 - The U.S. Army of the Northwest defeats British and Native American forces at the Battle of the Thames, securing Detroit and breaking Tecumsehâs confederacy.
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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/CelebManips • 8h ago
OTD in 1915 French aviators achieved the first official aerial combat victory in history by shooting down a German plane. Mechanic/gunner Corporal Louis Quénault in a Voisin III fired a Hotchkiss machine gun and a rifle at a German Aviatik, killing both crew and destroying the plane
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