This Day in History Class

A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

2003 Episoade

Cato Street Conspirators executed / "Species Plantarum" published - May 1
Publicat: 01.05.2021
Bristol Bus Boycott / K-19 commissioned - April 30
Publicat: 30.04.2021
First African-American college chartered / Los Angeles Riots began - April 29
Publicat: 29.04.2021
Fanny and Stella arrested / Mutiny on the Bounty - April 28
Publicat: 28.04.2021
Sultana explosion / Jessie Redmon Fauset born - April 27
Publicat: 27.04.2021
Chernobyl disaster / Shapley-Curtis debate - April 26
Publicat: 26.04.2021
Watson and Crick's article on discovery of DNA's structure published / Ella Fitzgerald born - April 25
Publicat: 25.04.2021
Kinder Scout mass trespass / Armenian Genocide began - April 24
Publicat: 24.04.2021
New Coke introduced / Bavarian beer purity law issued - April 23
Publicat: 23.04.2021
TV coverage of McCarthy hearings began / Chlorine gas released at Second Battle of Ypres - April 22
Publicat: 22.04.2021
Mattachine Society "sip-in" / Daily Mail published 'surgeon's photograph' - April 21
Publicat: 21.04.2021
Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" anti-immigration speech / League of Nations dissolved - April 20
Publicat: 20.04.2021
Oliver Haugh executed by electric chair / Pratt Street Riot - April 19
Publicat: 19.04.2021
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery / Zimbabwe gained independence - April 18
Publicat: 18.04.2021
Constantin von Economo announced the spread of encephalitis lethargica / Peak District became UK's first national park - April 17
Publicat: 17.04.2021
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born / First passenger rail service in India opened - April 16
Publicat: 16.04.2021
Tiananmen Square protests began / Apollo 13 reached farthest distance from Earth - April 15
Publicat: 15.04.2021
Violet Jessop survived sinking Titanic / Bussa's Rebellion - April 14
Publicat: 14.04.2021
Colfax massacre / CIA authorizes MK-Ultra - April 13
Publicat: 13.04.2021
Yuri Gagarin became first person in space / First animal patented in the U.S. - April 12
Publicat: 12.04.2021

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From the desk of “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” “This Day in History Class” quickly recounts a tidbit from today’s events in history.

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2003 Episoade

Cato Street Conspirators executed / "Species Plantarum" published - May 1

Bristol Bus Boycott / K-19 commissioned - April 30

First African-American college chartered / Los Angeles Riots began - April 29

Fanny and Stella arrested / Mutiny on the Bounty - April 28

Sultana explosion / Jessie Redmon Fauset born - April 27

Chernobyl disaster / Shapley-Curtis debate - April 26

Watson and Crick's article on discovery of DNA's structure published / Ella Fitzgerald born - April 25

Kinder Scout mass trespass / Armenian Genocide began - April 24

New Coke introduced / Bavarian beer purity law issued - April 23

TV coverage of McCarthy hearings began / Chlorine gas released at Second Battle of Ypres - April 22

Mattachine Society "sip-in" / Daily Mail published 'surgeon's photograph' - April 21

Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" anti-immigration speech / League of Nations dissolved - April 20

Oliver Haugh executed by electric chair / Pratt Street Riot - April 19

Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery / Zimbabwe gained independence - April 18

Constantin von Economo announced the spread of encephalitis lethargica / Peak District became UK's first national park - April 17

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born / First passenger rail service in India opened - April 16

Tiananmen Square protests began / Apollo 13 reached farthest distance from Earth - April 15

Violet Jessop survived sinking Titanic / Bussa's Rebellion - April 14

Colfax massacre / CIA authorizes MK-Ultra - April 13

Yuri Gagarin became first person in space / First animal patented in the U.S. - April 12