This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. Tichborne trial ended / Olof Palme assassinated - Feb. 28

   Published: 28/02/2021
2. Letter published on discovery of the neutron / Wounded Knee Incident began - Feb. 27

   Published: 27/02/2021
3. First jazz recording made / General public first saw Kinemacolor - Feb. 26

   Published: 26/02/2021
4. Hiram Revels became first African-American U.S. senator / Corazon Aquino became president of Philippines - Feb. 25

   Published: 25/02/2021
5. Marbury v. Madison decided / Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed final oral exams - Feb. 24

   Published: 24/02/2021
6. Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine trials began / Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began - Feb. 23

   Published: 23/02/2021
7. Members of White Rose executed / Zitkála-Šá born - Feb. 22

   Published: 22/02/2021
8. Malcolm X assassinated / Nina Simone born - February 21

   Published: 21/02/2021
9. Ansel Adams born / Angelina Grimké born - February 20

   Published: 20/02/2021
10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 / 'The Feminine Mystique' published - Feb. 19

    Published: 19/02/2021
11. Pluto discovered / Audre Lorde born - Feb. 18

    Published: 18/02/2021
12. The Armory Show opened in New York City / Weenen massacre - Feb. 17

    Published: 17/02/2021
13. Fidel Castro sworn in as Cuban prime minister / First synthetic diamonds made - February 16

    Published: 16/02/2021
14. John "Black" Caesar died / Distant Early Warning Line legislation signed - February 15

    Published: 15/02/2021
15. Telephone Patent Dispute began / Asbestos strike began - February 14

    Published: 14/02/2021
16. Massacre of Glencoe / Sarojini Naidu born - February 13

    Published: 13/02/2021
17. NAACP founded / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrested - February 12

    Published: 12/02/2021
18. Emma Goldman arrested / BBC broadcasts first sci-fi program - February 11

    Published: 11/02/2021
19. St. Scholastica Day Riots began / Deep Blue won first chess game against world champion - February 10

    Published: 10/02/2021
20. The Mud March / Carmen Miranda born - February 9

    Published: 09/02/2021