This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. First test flight of the Concorde - Mar. 2, 1969

   Published: 3/2/2020
2. First U.S. census - Mar. 1, 1790

   Published: 3/1/2020
3. Hattie McDaniel became first Black actor to win Oscar - Feb. 29, 1940

   Published: 2/29/2020
4. Olof Palme assassinated - Feb. 28, 1986

   Published: 2/28/2020
5. Wounded Knee Incident began - Feb. 27, 1973

   Published: 2/27/2020
6. General public first saw Kinemacolor - Feb. 26, 1909

   Published: 2/26/2020
7. Corazon Aquino became president of Philippines - Feb. 25, 1986

   Published: 2/25/2020
8. Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed final oral exams - Feb. 24, 1864

   Published: 2/24/2020
9. Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began - Feb. 23, 1944

   Published: 2/23/2020
10. Zitkála-Šá born - Feb. 22, 1876

    Published: 2/22/2020
11. Nina Simone born - February 21, 1933

    Published: 2/21/2020
12. Angelina Grimké born - February 20, 1805

    Published: 2/20/2020
13. 'The Feminine Mystique' published - Feb. 19, 1963

    Published: 2/19/2020
14. Audre Lorde born - Feb. 18, 1934

    Published: 2/18/2020
15. Weenen massacre - Feb. 17, 1838

    Published: 2/17/2020
16. First synthetic diamonds made - February 16, 1953

    Published: 2/16/2020
17. Distant Early Warning Line legislation signed - February 15, 1954

    Published: 2/15/2020
18. Asbestos strike began - February 14, 1949

    Published: 2/14/2020
19. Sarojini Naidu born - February 13, 1879

    Published: 2/13/2020
20. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrested - February 12, 1974

    Published: 2/12/2020