Today in History (Intermediate)

Fatima Jinnah’s birth, the end of the Malayan Emergency, and unity for African women.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsnickname: an informal or fun name given to a personguerrilla fighters: an unofficial military group which fights against the government or official armyto empower: to encourage someone or give them the means to do somethingThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3OeRaeuContent warning: violence

A soccer first, Julia Tsenova’s birth, and a deadly student protest in San Salvador.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordscontemporary: moderndemonstration: people coming together to show their feelings for a person or causepeaceful: without violencerepressive: controlling people by forcedictatorship: a government ruled by a single leader with total power over the countryThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3O7qMTy Content warning: violence

The death of Vincent van Gogh, and the birth of Indian businessperson J.R.D. Tata.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsglobal enterprise: a company that operates around the worldpost-Impressionist: an artist of the Post-Impressionism movement, which focused on emotion rather than realismThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3NLg05O

Albert Namatjira and Fahmida Riaz are born, and a deadly earthquake hits Tangshan.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordscitizenship: the status of being recognized as a citizen – a member of a country who has rightsFirst Nations: people who were the first to live in a countryliberal: open to new ideasexile: when someone is forced to leave their countryThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3zDldbt Content warning: violence

The births of human rights activist Gisèle Halimi and Malaysia’s first astronaut.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsabortion: the ending of a pregnancy so that it doesn’t result in the birth of a childsurgeon: a doctor who is specially trained to perform medical operationsThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/39kcZKK

The birth of Erskine Hawkins, Barbadian labor rebellion, and the No Gun Ri massacre.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsreform: a type of change which improves thingslabor: relating to work or workersrefugee: a person who is forced to leave their country because of violence or warmassacre: a painful word for the murder of many peopleThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3mJAtfs Content warning: violence

A female cosmonaut, India’s first female president, and activist Askarov’s death.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordscosmonaut: a Russian person who is trained to travel into spaceagricultural: something relating to or used in farmingto deny: to not allow someone to have or do somethingThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3twijBI Content warning: violence

Simón Bolívar’s birth, the Treaty of Lausanne, and the new Gay Liberation Front.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordstreaty: an official agreement or deal between countriesto address something: to think about and begin to deal with somethingto pave the way for something: to make it easier for something to happenLGBTQIA+: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other identitiesThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3MHJGiJ

The Egyptian king is overthrown, Elio Revé dies, and Milošević becomes president.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsoccupation: the control of an area by a foreign powerto step down: to leave a positioncharged: accused of doing something by lawcomposer: someone who writes musicpercussion: all instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or a stick, like a drumThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3mJzQm6

The birth of Emma Lazarus, Pan Yuliang’s death, and same-sex marriage in Argentina.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsrenowned: famousnude: naked, without clothingself-portrait: an image the artist makes of themselvesThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3HeXgZX

Russia’s Romanov dynasty begins, Vietnam is split, and Albert Mvumbi Luthuli dies.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsdynasty: a series of rulers or leaders from the same familyto conquer: to overcome something by force (e.g. a country)to extend: to make larger / to increasepeaceful struggle: a peaceful effort or fight to bring about changeThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/39qWpIX

Protests in Colombia’s capital, a moon landing, and same-sex marriage in Canada.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsto televise: to broadcast / to show something on TVto legalize: to make something legalnationwide: across the whole countryThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3zD6zB0

The birth of Edgar Degas, the end of President Somoza’s rule, and a medical first.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsrealist: an artist who recreates things exactly as they are in real liferebel: someone who fights against a leader or rulerdictatorship: a government ruled by a dictator – a single leader with total power over a countryCT scan: (CT: computerized tomography) – a way for doctors to see images of the inside of your body, using both X-rays and a computerThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3O60Qro

Uruguay’s first constitution, an internet photo first and Kim Jong Un increases his power.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsconstitution: a country’s set of basic laws and the rules of how it should be ledparody: a piece of music or art recreated in a funny wayrank: a particular position within an organizationThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/39imqdL

Ismail I and actress Diahann Carroll are born, and the Spanish Civil War begins.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsShah: the title given to a king in Iranpen name: a fake name used by authors to hide their identity (right/left) wing: the political position of a person or groupmilestone: an important eventstereotype: a fixed, usually wrong or hurtful idea that people have about another person, or group of peopleThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3O2DWSp Content warning: violence

A kissing ban in England, the birth of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Czar Nicholas’ death.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsplague: a disease which causes a large number of deathsfounded: to found: to create or start an organization, usually with a group of peopleThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3NKO8i0 Content warning: violence

The vote for British women with Emmeline Pankhurst, and Chinese feminist Qiu Jin.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordssuffragette: a woman fighting for the right of women to vote in political electionsrevolutionary: someone involved in causing big political changeThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3aG7Pcb Content warning: violence

Rawya Ateya joins the Egyptian Parliament, Rachel Carson, and Maryam Mirzakhani.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsparliament: the group of people who are chosen, or elected, to make the laws for their nationconservationist: someone involved in conservation — work to protect animals, plants and the environmentprestigious: something which is very well thought of or impressiveThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3zWPWjX

Ernő Rubik born in Hungary, Wole Soyinka in Nigeria, and Earl Lovelace in Trinidad.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordscorruption: illegal or dishonest behavior, often by someone in a position of powerrural: relating to the countryside, rather than a cityThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3QDn5ai

The Aboriginal flag, independence for São Tomé and Príncipe, and protests in Mexico.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsaboriginal: relating to a person or group of people who were the first to live in a countrycoup: a government being suddenly overthrown by a group or individualto kidnap: to capture or take someone away against their willThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3QJtfG0