This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

1. The Altar of Augustan Peace is dedicated in Rome - January 30th, 9 BC

   Published: 30/01/2024
2. The Seeing Eye dog guide training school opens in Nashville - January 29th, 1929

   Published: 29/01/2024
3. American aviator Bessie Coleman is born - January 26th, 1892

   Published: 26/01/2024
4. Scottish poet Robert Burns is born - January 25th, 1759

   Published: 25/01/2024
5. The Boy Scouts movement begins in England - January 24th, 1908

   Published: 24/01/2024
6. The USS Pueblo is captured - January 23rd, 1968

   Published: 23/01/2024
7. Lottie Williams becomes the first person to be hit by space junk - January 22nd, 1997

   Published: 22/01/2024
8. American singer Janis Joplin is born - January 19th, 1943

   Published: 19/01/2024
9. "The Jeffersons" premieres on CBS - January 18th, 1975

   Published: 18/01/2024
10. The U.S. buys three of the Virgin Islands from Denmark - January 17th, 1917

    Published: 17/01/2024
11. Ivan the Terrible assumes the throne of Russia - January 16th, 1547

    Published: 16/01/2024
12. Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch is sentenced to prison - January 15th, 1951

    Published: 15/01/2024
13. Philosopher and Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda is born - January 12th, 1863

    Published: 12/01/2024
14. Insulin is first used to treat a person with diabetes - January 11th, 1922

    Published: 11/01/2024
15. "The Greatest Show on Earth" premieres in New York City - January 10th, 1952

    Published: 10/01/2024
16. The last British convict ship arrives in Australia - January 9th, 1868

    Published: 9/01/2024
17. German Coast Uprising began / African American men secure the right to vote in D.C. - January 8th Flashback

    Published: 8/01/2024
18. Elizabeth Cotten born / "Rapper's Delight" becomes first Top 40 hip-hop song - January 5th Flashback

    Published: 5/01/2024
19. Topsy the Elephant Electrocuted / Louis Braille born - January 4th Flashback

    Published: 4/01/2024
20. Joseph Roberts became first president of Liberia / “Lord Haw-Haw” executed for treason - January 3rd Flashback

    Published: 3/01/2024