This Day in History Class

2003 Episoade

1. The Great Brink's Robbery - January 17th, 1950

   Publicat: 17.01.2022
2. Part One of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote novel is published in Spain - January 16th, 1605

   Publicat: 16.01.2022
3. A cartoon in Harper's Weekly uses the donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party for the first time - January 15th, 1870

   Publicat: 15.01.2022
4. The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany - January 14th, 1690

   Publicat: 14.01.2022
5. The Black Friday bushfires claim 71 lives in Australia - January 13th, 1939

   Publicat: 13.01.2022
6. A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time - January 12th, 1908

   Publicat: 12.01.2022
7. England holds its first national lottery - January 11th, 1569

   Publicat: 11.01.2022
8. Clara Peller first asks 'Where's the Beef?' in an ad campaign for Wendy's hamburgers - January 10th, 1984

   Publicat: 10.01.2022
9. Columbus mistakes three manatees for mermaids - January 9th, 1493

   Publicat: 09.01.2022
10. African American men secure the right to vote in Washington, D.C. - January 8th, 1867

    Publicat: 08.01.2022
11. Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter - January 7th, 1610

    Publicat: 07.01.2022
12. Maria Montessori opens her first school in Rome - January 6th, 1907

    Publicat: 06.01.2022
13. "Rapper's Delight" becomes the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40 - January 5th, 1980

    Publicat: 05.01.2022
14. Two trains collide in the worst rail disaster in Pakistan’s history - January 4th, 1990

    Publicat: 04.01.2022
15. Nazi propagandist “Lord Haw-Haw” is executed for treason - January 3rd, 1946

    Publicat: 03.01.2022
16. President Nixon sets a national speed limit of 55 MPH - January 2nd, 1974

    Publicat: 02.01.2022
17. Johnny Cash plays a concert at San Quentin State Prison - January 1st, 1959

    Publicat: 01.01.2022
18. A Victorian dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon - December 31st, 1853

    Publicat: 31.12.2021
19. British miners are ordered to replace canaries with electronic carbon monoxide sensors - December 30th, 1986

    Publicat: 30.12.2021
20. The first YMCA in the United States opens its doors in Boston - December 29th, 1851

    Publicat: 29.12.2021