This Day in History Class 

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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Title	Date published
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery / Zimbabwe gained independence - April 18	2021-04-18
Constantin von Economo announced the spread of encephalitis lethargica / Peak District became UK's first national park - April 17	2021-04-17
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun born / First passenger rail service in India opened - April 16	2021-04-16
Tiananmen Square protests began / Apollo 13 reached farthest distance from Earth - April 15	2021-04-15
Violet Jessop survived sinking Titanic / Bussa's Rebellion - April 14	2021-04-14
Colfax massacre / CIA authorizes MK-Ultra - April 13	2021-04-13
Yuri Gagarin became first person in space / First animal patented in the U.S. - April 12	2021-04-12
Idi Amin deposed / Percy Lavon Julian born - April 11	2021-04-11
Statute of Anne went into effect / Mount Tambora eruption peaked - April 10	2021-04-10
Mary Winston Jackson born / African Methodist Episcopal Church founded - April 9	2021-04-09
Venus de Milo discovered / Helen Joseph born - April 8	2021-04-08
Rwandan Genocide began / Tito proclaimed Yugoslav president for life - April 7	2021-04-07
Dred and Harriet Scott filed petitions to sue for freedom / Leonora Carrington born - April 6	2021-04-06
Pocahontas married John Rolfe / Ripple Rock explosion - April 5	2021-04-05
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave Beyond Vietnam speech / Margaret Oliphant born - April 4	2021-04-04
Pony express founded / Jeju Uprising began - April 3	2021-04-03
Sverdlovsk anthrax leak / Bombing of Naco - April 2	2021-04-02
First TV picture from space / Wangari Maathai born - April 1	2021-04-01
Hays Code ratified / Jack Johnson born - March 31	2021-03-31
Dr. Crawford Long first used ether anesthesia / Meter defined - March 30	2021-03-30

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