This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. Hymen Lipman patents the first pencil with a built-in eraser - March 30th, 1858

   Published: 30/03/2023
2. The first Oval Office telephone is installed - March 29th, 1929

   Published: 29/03/2023
3. The Cheapside Street Whisky Fire - March 28th, 1960

   Published: 28/03/2023
4. The first cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C. are planted - March 27th, 1912

   Published: 27/03/2023
5. Flashback episode: Civil rights leader Dorothy Height is born - March 24th, 1912 / Exxon Valdez oil spill - March 24, 1989

   Published: 24/03/2023
6. Elisha Otis installs the first commercial elevator - March 23rd, 1857

   Published: 23/03/2023
7. Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest - March 22nd, 1621

   Published: 22/03/2023
8. The U.S. Air Force ejects a black bear from a bomber plane - March 21st, 1962

   Published: 21/03/2023
9. A planetary alignment allegedly creates the Black Death - March 20th, 1345

   Published: 20/03/2023
10. Production begins on Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People - March 17th, 1958

    Published: 17/03/2023
11. Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment - March 16th, 1995

    Published: 16/03/2023
12. The first internet domain name is registered - March 15th, 1985

    Published: 15/03/2023
13. Lucy Hobbs Taylor is born - March 14th, 1833

    Published: 14/03/2023
14. Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus - March 13th, 1781

    Published: 13/03/2023
15. The first Book of the Month Club selection is published - March 10th, 1926

    Published: 10/03/2023
16. The Parthenon is consecrated in Athens - March 9th, 432 BC

    Published: 09/03/2023
17. The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed - March 8th, 1951

    Published: 08/03/2023
18. The Writers Guild of America goes on strike - March 7th, 1988

    Published: 07/03/2023
19. The Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster - March 6th, 1987

    Published: 06/03/2023
20. Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller - March 3rd, 1887

    Published: 03/03/2023