The Worst Day in Human History: January 23, 1556

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Humanity has seen a lot of bad things throughout history. There have been horrific wars, natural disasters, and pandemics that have killed millions of people. Many of these awful events were awful over a period of weeks, months, or years. It raises the question, what was the worst single day in history? What day was the absolute worst when all the horrible things were punctuated in one twenty-four-hour period? Learn more about the worst days in history and arguably the one that was the very worst on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Humanity has seen a lot of bad things throughout its history.
0:03.0	There have been horrific wars, natural disasters, and pandemics that have killed millions of people.
0:08.0	Many of these awful events were awful over a period of weeks, months, or even years.
0:14.0	So it raises the question, what was the worst single day in human history?
0:19.0	What day was the absolute worst when all the horrible
0:23.2	things were punctuated in one 24-hour period? Learn more about the worst days in history,
0:29.6	and arguably the one that was the very worst on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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