This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. President Eisenhower launches the Lavender Scare - April 27th, 1953

   Published: 27/04/2023
2. American blues singer Ma Rainey is born - April 26th, 1886

   Published: 26/04/2023
3. The first guillotine is used to execute a French highwayman - April 25th, 1792

   Published: 25/04/2023
4. Black demonstrators are attacked at a segregated beach in Mississippi - April 24th, 1960

   Published: 24/04/2023
5. The Nintendo Game Boy is released in Japan - April 21st, 1989

   Published: 21/04/2023
6. Flashback episode - April 20th

   Published: 20/04/2023
7. The creator of LSD goes for a harrowing bike ride - April 19th, 1943

   Published: 19/04/2023
8. BBC reports "There is no news today" and plays piano music instead - April 18th, 1930

   Published: 18/04/2023
9. Daffy Duck makes his first appearance in the animated short film "Porky's Duck Hunt" - April 17th, 1937

   Published: 17/04/2023
10. A bathroom mishap sinks a German U-boat- April 14, 1945

    Published: 14/04/2023
11. The U.S. Federal Reserve issues a two-dollar bill - April 13th, 1976

    Published: 13/04/2023
12. A catcher's mask is used in a baseball game for the first time - April 12th, 1877

    Published: 12/04/2023
13. The Barbershop Harmony Society is founded - April 11th, 1938

    Published: 11/04/2023
14. The RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England - April 10th, 1912

    Published: 10/04/2023
15. President Carter halts production of neutron bombs - April 7th, 1978

    Published: 07/04/2023
16. The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens - April 6th, 1896

    Published: 06/04/2023
17. Radio stations across the globe play "We Are the World" in unison - April 5th, 1985

    Published: 05/04/2023
18. The peace symbol makes its first public appearance - April 4th, 1958

    Published: 04/04/2023
19. CBS censors the Smothers Brothers - April 3rd, 1969

    Published: 03/04/2023
20. Abigail Adams urges her husband to “remember the ladies” - March 31st, 1776

    Published: 31/03/2023