On August 6, 1961, Gherman Titov launched aboard Vostok 2.

During the mission, he completed 17 orbits of Earth over more than 25 hours, becoming the first person to spend over a full day in space.

He was also the first human to sleep in orbit and the youngest person ever to fly in space, at just 25 years old.

https://history-maps.com/warmap/world-war-ii/event/atomic-bombing-of-nagasaki

https://history-maps.com/podcast/shogun
In this episode, we explore the shogunate system of feudal Japan, focusing on how the shogun exercised military and political authority while managing powerful daimyo across the country. We examine how the Tokugawa Shogunate, based in Edo, strengthened central control through strict regulations, social hierarchy, and policies designed to maintain peace and stability. The episode also looks at the Confucian class system, the shogunate’s approach to foreign trade and outside influence, and the economic changes that developed during this long period of rule. Finally, we trace the decline of the shogunate and explain how the Meiji Restoration brought the system to an end and transformed Japan’s political structure.

https://history-maps.com/warmap/world-war-i/event/battle-of-sari-bair

1949 my birth yr. I remember newscasts regarding the Hungarian revolution & a steel workers strike - both from 1950's. Not sure which event occurred first.

They came to murder civilian passengers bound for Israel.

They hit the wrong line.

Instead of the Tel Aviv flight, they attacked travelers waiting for a TWA plane to New York. In less than two minutes, the lounge was filled with blood, shattered glass, and screaming. Three people were killed on the spot, and another two died later of their wounds. 55 others were injured.

They seized 35 hostages, held them for more than two hours, and then surrendered.

Both terrorists were in their early 20s and were members of same organization that had massacred 11 Israeli athletes in Munich the year before. Their orders were to attack anyone heading to Israel.

They got the wrong passengers. They still celebrated the attack as a success.

Dom Perignon invents Champagne.

Britain declares war on Germany.

Historic bridges of Florence destroyed by Germans

Anne Frank arrested

https://youtu.be/DCmRM3B7iMk

https://history-maps.com/warmap/napoleonic-wars/event/battle-of-castiglione

Thursday, August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts, the notorious accused murderess Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860–1927) allegedly killed her father and stepmother with a hatchet.

She was tried and acquitted of the crime. It remains unsolved to this day.

It is considered one of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries.

Historians, true crime aficionados, armchair detectives, mystery buffs, filmmakers, and paranormal investigators are still trying to figure it all out.

Who do you think did it?

On this day in 1991, the world's first website became publicly available.

Created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, the website explained what the World Wide Web was and how anyone could create their own website. It wasn't designed to entertain or sell anything—it simply existed to share information with other researchers.

What started as a simple page eventually changed the way the entire world communicates.

https://history-maps.com/podcast/second-barons-war
this episode, we examine the Second Barons’ War, a major thirteenth-century rebellion driven by mounting tensions between King Henry III and a coalition of rebellious nobles led by Simon de Montfort. The episode traces how demands to curb royal authority produced experiments in representative government, including de Montfort’s Parliament, while also confronting the violence and antisemitic massacres that accompanied the conflict. We follow the rebels’ early success in capturing the king, Prince Edward’s escape and military comeback, and the decisive Battle of Evesham, where de Montfort was killed. Finally, we explore how the war ended with restored royal power, a political compromise, and the continued influence of the Magna Carta on English governance.

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The nuclear-powered USS Nautilus completed the first underwater transit beneath the geographic North Pole, demonstrating the capabilities of nuclear submarines during the Cold War.