This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. Tichborne trial ended / Olof Palme assassinated - Feb. 28

   Published: 2/28/2021
2. Letter published on discovery of the neutron / Wounded Knee Incident began - Feb. 27

   Published: 2/27/2021
3. First jazz recording made / General public first saw Kinemacolor - Feb. 26

   Published: 2/26/2021
4. Hiram Revels became first African-American U.S. senator / Corazon Aquino became president of Philippines - Feb. 25

   Published: 2/25/2021
5. Marbury v. Madison decided / Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed final oral exams - Feb. 24

   Published: 2/24/2021
6. Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine trials began / Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began - Feb. 23

   Published: 2/23/2021
7. Members of White Rose executed / Zitkála-Šá born - Feb. 22

   Published: 2/22/2021
8. Malcolm X assassinated / Nina Simone born - February 21

   Published: 2/21/2021
9. Ansel Adams born / Angelina Grimké born - February 20

   Published: 2/20/2021
10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 / 'The Feminine Mystique' published - Feb. 19

    Published: 2/19/2021
11. Pluto discovered / Audre Lorde born - Feb. 18

    Published: 2/18/2021
12. The Armory Show opened in New York City / Weenen massacre - Feb. 17

    Published: 2/17/2021
13. Fidel Castro sworn in as Cuban prime minister / First synthetic diamonds made - February 16

    Published: 2/16/2021
14. John "Black" Caesar died / Distant Early Warning Line legislation signed - February 15

    Published: 2/15/2021
15. Telephone Patent Dispute began / Asbestos strike began - February 14

    Published: 2/14/2021
16. Massacre of Glencoe / Sarojini Naidu born - February 13

    Published: 2/13/2021
17. NAACP founded / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrested - February 12

    Published: 2/12/2021
18. Emma Goldman arrested / BBC broadcasts first sci-fi program - February 11

    Published: 2/11/2021
19. St. Scholastica Day Riots began / Deep Blue won first chess game against world champion - February 10

    Published: 2/10/2021
20. The Mud March / Carmen Miranda born - February 9

    Published: 2/9/2021