This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. First African-American college chartered / Los Angeles Riots began - April 29

   Published: 4/29/2021
2. Fanny and Stella arrested / Mutiny on the Bounty - April 28

   Published: 4/28/2021
3. Sultana explosion / Jessie Redmon Fauset born - April 27

   Published: 4/27/2021
4. Chernobyl disaster / Shapley-Curtis debate - April 26

   Published: 4/26/2021
5. Watson and Crick's article on discovery of DNA's structure published / Ella Fitzgerald born - April 25

   Published: 4/25/2021
6. Kinder Scout mass trespass / Armenian Genocide began - April 24

   Published: 4/24/2021
7. New Coke introduced / Bavarian beer purity law issued - April 23

   Published: 4/23/2021
8. TV coverage of McCarthy hearings began / Chlorine gas released at Second Battle of Ypres - April 22

   Published: 4/22/2021
9. Mattachine Society "sip-in" / Daily Mail published 'surgeon's photograph' - April 21

   Published: 4/21/2021
10. Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" anti-immigration speech / League of Nations dissolved - April 20

    Published: 4/20/2021
11. Oliver Haugh executed by electric chair / Pratt Street Riot - April 19

    Published: 4/19/2021
12. Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery / Zimbabwe gained independence - April 18

    Published: 4/18/2021
13. Constantin von Economo announced the spread of encephalitis lethargica / Peak District became UK's first national park - April 17

    Published: 4/17/2021
14. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born / First passenger rail service in India opened - April 16

    Published: 4/16/2021
15. Tiananmen Square protests began / Apollo 13 reached farthest distance from Earth - April 15

    Published: 4/15/2021
16. Violet Jessop survived sinking Titanic / Bussa's Rebellion - April 14

    Published: 4/14/2021
17. Colfax massacre / CIA authorizes MK-Ultra - April 13

    Published: 4/13/2021
18. Yuri Gagarin became first person in space / First animal patented in the U.S. - April 12

    Published: 4/12/2021
19. Idi Amin deposed / Percy Lavon Julian born - April 11

    Published: 4/11/2021
20. Statute of Anne went into effect / Mount Tambora eruption peaked - April 10

    Published: 4/10/2021