This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. Chernobyl disaster - April 26, 1986

   Published: 4/26/2019
2. Watson and Crick's article on discovery of DNA's structure published - April, 25 1953

   Published: 4/25/2019
3. Kinder Scout mass trespass - April 24, 1932

   Published: 4/24/2019
4. New Coke introduced - April 23, 1985

   Published: 4/23/2019
5. TV coverage of McCarthy hearings began - April 22, 1954

   Published: 4/22/2019
6. Mattachine Society "sip-in" - April 21, 1966

   Published: 4/21/2019
7. Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" anti-immigration speech - April 20, 1968

   Published: 4/20/2019
8. Oliver Haugh executed by electric chair - April 19, 1907

   Published: 4/19/2019
9. Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery - April 18, 1688

   Published: 4/18/2019
10. Constantin von Economo announced the spread of encephalitis lethargica - April 17, 1917

    Published: 4/17/2019
11. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born - April 16, 1755

    Published: 4/16/2019
12. Tiananmen Square protests began - April 15, 1989

    Published: 4/15/2019
13. Violet Jessop survived sinking Titanic - April 14, 1912

    Published: 4/14/2019
14. Colfax massacre - April 13, 1873

    Published: 4/13/2019
15. Yuri Gagarin became first person in space - April 12, 1961

    Published: 4/12/2019
16. Idi Amin deposed - April 11, 1979

    Published: 4/11/2019
17. Statute of Anne went into effect - April 10, 1710

    Published: 4/10/2019
18. Mary Winston Jackson born - April 9, 1921

    Published: 4/9/2019
19. Venus de Milo discovered - April 8, 1820

    Published: 4/8/2019
20. Rwandan Genocide began - April 7, 1994

    Published: 4/7/2019