Today in History (Intermediate)

31 July

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

30 July

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

29 July

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

28 July

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

27 July

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