This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. Mary Winston Jackson born / African Methodist Episcopal Church founded - April 9

   Published: 4/9/2021
2. Venus de Milo discovered / Helen Joseph born - April 8

   Published: 4/8/2021
3. Rwandan Genocide began / Tito proclaimed Yugoslav president for life - April 7

   Published: 4/7/2021
4. Dred and Harriet Scott filed petitions to sue for freedom / Leonora Carrington born - April 6

   Published: 4/6/2021
5. Pocahontas married John Rolfe / Ripple Rock explosion - April 5

   Published: 4/5/2021
6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave Beyond Vietnam speech / Margaret Oliphant born - April 4

   Published: 4/4/2021
7. Pony express founded / Jeju Uprising began - April 3

   Published: 4/3/2021
8. Sverdlovsk anthrax leak / Bombing of Naco - April 2

   Published: 4/2/2021
9. First TV picture from space / Wangari Maathai born - April 1

   Published: 4/1/2021
10. Hays Code ratified / Jack Johnson born - March 31

    Published: 3/31/2021
11. Dr. Crawford Long first used ether anesthesia / Meter defined - March 30

    Published: 3/30/2021
12. Sepoy Rebellion / Malagasy Uprising began - March 29

    Published: 3/29/2021
13. Fred Hoyle coined "big bang" / Three Mile Island accident - March 28

    Published: 3/28/2021
14. "Typhoid Mary" Mallon quarantined for final time / Good Friday earthquake - March 27

    Published: 3/27/2021
15. The "Gerry-mander" was born / Elsa Brändström born - March 26

    Published: 3/26/2021
16. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire / Saturn's moon Titan discovered - March 25

    Published: 3/25/2021
17. 1921 Women's Olympiad began / Exxon Valdez oil spill - March 24

    Published: 3/24/2021
18. Henry "Box" Brown mailed himself to freedom / Walter Rodney born - March 23

    Published: 3/23/2021
19. Yuan Shikai abdicated / Anne Hutchinson excommunicated - March 22

    Published: 3/22/2021
20. Alcatraz closed / West Bank epidemic began - March 21

    Published: 3/21/2021