This Day in History Class

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2001 Episodes

  1. Dred and Harriet Scott filed petitions to sue for freedom - April 6, 1846

    Published: 4/6/2019
  2. Pocahontas married John Rolfe - April 5, 1614

    Published: 4/5/2019
  3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers Beyond Vietnam speech - April 4, 1967

    Published: 4/4/2019
  4. Pony express founded - April 3, 1860

    Published: 4/3/2019
  5. Sverdlovsk anthrax leak - April 2, 1979

    Published: 4/2/2019
  6. First TV picture from space - April 1, 1960

    Published: 4/1/2019
  7. Hays Code ratified - March 31, 1930

    Published: 3/31/2019
  8. Dr. Crawford Long first used ether anesthesia - March 30, 1842

    Published: 3/30/2019
  9. Sepoy Rebellion - March 29, 1857

    Published: 3/29/2019
  10. Fred Hoyle coined "big bang" - March 28, 1949

    Published: 3/28/2019
  11. "Typhoid Mary" Mallon quarantined for final time - March 27, 1915

    Published: 3/27/2019
  12. "The Gerry-mander" was born - March 26, 1812

    Published: 3/26/2019
  13. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - March 25, 1911

    Published: 3/25/2019
  14. 1921 Women's Olympiad began - March 24, 1921

    Published: 3/24/2019
  15. Henry "Box" Brown mailed himself to freedom - March 23, 1849

    Published: 3/23/2019
  16. Yuan Shikai abdicated - March 22, 1916

    Published: 3/22/2019
  17. Alcatraz closed - March 21, 1963

    Published: 3/21/2019
  18. Fred Rogers was born - March 20, 1928

    Published: 3/20/2019
  19. Harlem Riot of 1935 - March 19, 1935

    Published: 3/19/2019
  20. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist - March 18, 1990

    Published: 3/18/2019

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From the desk of “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” “This Day in History Class” quickly recounts a tidbit from today’s events in history.