22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent HistoryPod 22/10/2025 Listen "22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent" Reproducir Descargar episodio Ver en sitio original Episode Synopsis Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin performed the first high-altitude parachute ... More episodes of the podcast HistoryPod 3rd January 1868: Meiji Restoration begins in Japan when loyalists seize control of the Kyoto Imperial Palace 03/01/2026 2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan 02/01/2026 1st January 1942: Declaration by the United Nations agreed and signed by the four major Allied nations during the Second World War 01/01/2026 31st December 1853: New Year’s Eve dinner takes place inside a model of an Iguanodon at the Crystal Palace Park in south London 31/12/2025 30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) 30/12/2025 29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee 29/12/2025 28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes the first legal deposit for books under the Ordonnance de Montpellier 28/12/2025 27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’ 27/12/2025 26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet 26/12/2025 25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III during Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica 25/12/2025 Ver todos los episodios Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn