This Day in History Class

1959 Episodes

1. The Great San Francisco Earthquake - April 18th, 1906

   Published: 4/18/2024
2. Henri Giraud escapes from Königstein Castle - April 17th, 1942

   Published: 4/17/2024
3. Two giants pandas arrive in the U.S. from China - April 16th, 1972

   Published: 4/16/2024
4. The first school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut - April 15th, 1817

   Published: 4/15/2024
5. Flashback episode - April 12th

   Published: 4/12/2024
6. Flashback episode - April 11th

   Published: 4/11/2024
7. Bananas go on sale for the first time in London - April 10th, 1633

   Published: 4/10/2024
8. Marian Anderson performs outside the Lincoln Memorial - April 9th, 1939

   Published: 4/9/2024
9. Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel, California - April 8th, 1986

   Published: 4/8/2024
10. Sadao Munemori is killed in action in Italy - April 5th, 1945

    Published: 4/5/2024
11. American poet Maya Angelou is born - April 4th, 1928

    Published: 4/4/2024
12. The Unabomber is captured - April 3rd, 1996

    Published: 4/3/2024
13. Tally’s Electric Theatre opens in Los Angeles - April 2nd, 1902

    Published: 4/2/2024
14. An Alaskan prankster fakes the eruption of Mount Edgecumbe - April 1st, 1974

    Published: 4/1/2024
15. Niagara Falls stops flowing - March 29th, 1848

    Published: 3/29/2024
16. The first seaplane takes off from the waters of Martigues, France - March 28th, 1910

    Published: 3/28/2024
17. Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor - March 27th, 1973

    Published: 3/27/2024
18. The first official cremation in England takes place - March 26th, 1885

    Published: 3/26/2024
19. Michael Jackson debuts the moonwalk - March 25th, 1983

    Published: 3/25/2024
20. The U.S. Senate approves the Equal Rights Amendment - March 22nd, 1972

    Published: 3/22/2024