This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. A cartoon in Harper's Weekly uses the donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party for the first time - January 15th, 1870

   Published: 15/01/2022
2. The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany - January 14th, 1690

   Published: 14/01/2022
3. The Black Friday bushfires claim 71 lives in Australia - January 13th, 1939

   Published: 13/01/2022
4. A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time - January 12th, 1908

   Published: 12/01/2022
5. England holds its first national lottery - January 11th, 1569

   Published: 11/01/2022
6. Clara Peller first asks 'Where's the Beef?' in an ad campaign for Wendy's hamburgers - January 10th, 1984

   Published: 10/01/2022
7. Columbus mistakes three manatees for mermaids - January 9th, 1493

   Published: 09/01/2022
8. African American men secure the right to vote in Washington, D.C. - January 8th, 1867

   Published: 08/01/2022
9. Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter - January 7th, 1610

   Published: 07/01/2022
10. Maria Montessori opens her first school in Rome - January 6th, 1907

    Published: 06/01/2022
11. "Rapper's Delight" becomes the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40 - January 5th, 1980

    Published: 05/01/2022
12. Two trains collide in the worst rail disaster in Pakistan’s history - January 4th, 1990

    Published: 04/01/2022
13. Nazi propagandist “Lord Haw-Haw” is executed for treason - January 3rd, 1946

    Published: 03/01/2022
14. President Nixon sets a national speed limit of 55 MPH - January 2nd, 1974

    Published: 02/01/2022
15. Johnny Cash plays a concert at San Quentin State Prison - January 1st, 1959

    Published: 01/01/2022
16. A Victorian dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon - December 31st, 1853

    Published: 31/12/2021
17. British miners are ordered to replace canaries with electronic carbon monoxide sensors - December 30th, 1986

    Published: 30/12/2021
18. The first YMCA in the United States opens its doors in Boston - December 29th, 1851

    Published: 29/12/2021
19. Scottish outlaw Rob Roy dies - December 28th, 1734

    Published: 28/12/2021
20. The first fire department in the Hawaiian Islands is established - December 27th, 1850

    Published: 27/12/2021