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
February Revolution Began / Suez Canal reopened - March 8	2021-03-08
Bloody Sunday in Selma / 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu - March 7	2021-03-07
Cassie Chadwick trial started / Dmitri Mendeleev presented periodic table - March 6	2021-03-06
Boston Massacre / Nikola Tesla ball lightning explanation - March 5	2021-03-05
Hindenburg's first flight / Miriam Makeba born - March 4	2021-03-04
Delta Sigma Theta's first public act / Americans find oil in Saudi Arabia - March 3	2021-03-03
Last attempted assassination of Queen Victoria / First test flight of the Concorde - March 2	2021-03-02
Lindbergh baby kidnapped / First U.S. census - March 1	2021-03-01
Tichborne trial ended / Olof Palme assassinated - Feb. 28	2021-02-28
Letter published on discovery of the neutron / Wounded Knee Incident began - Feb. 27	2021-02-27
First jazz recording made / General public first saw Kinemacolor - Feb. 26	2021-02-26
Hiram Revels became first African-American U.S. senator / Corazon Aquino became president of Philippines - Feb. 25	2021-02-25
Marbury v. Madison decided / Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed final oral exams - Feb. 24	2021-02-24
Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine trials began / Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began - Feb. 23	2021-02-23
Members of White Rose executed / Zitkála-Šá born - Feb. 22	2021-02-22
Malcolm X assassinated / Nina Simone born - February 21	2021-02-21
Ansel Adams born / Angelina Grimké born - February 20	2021-02-20
Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 / 'The Feminine Mystique' published - Feb. 19	2021-02-19
Pluto discovered / Audre Lorde born - Feb. 18	2021-02-18
The Armory Show opened in New York City / Weenen massacre - Feb. 17	2021-02-17

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