2003 Episodes

  1. Revival of Modern Hebrew Began / Miracle of the Sun - October 13

    Published: 10/13/2020
  2. First Use of the Iron Lung / First Oktoberfest began - October 12

    Published: 10/12/2020
  3. Vatican II Opened / Second Boer War began - October 11

    Published: 10/11/2020
  4. Lyudmila Pavlichenko Died / Wuchang Uprising - October 10

    Published: 10/10/2020
  5. Che Guevara Executed / Joshua Stoddard patented the calliope - October 9

    Published: 10/9/2020
  6. Alvin York Captured Machine Gun Nest / Marina Tsvetaeva born - October 8

    Published: 10/8/2020
  7. Desmond Tutu Born / Most lopsided college football game ever - October 7

    Published: 10/7/2020
  8. First Peacetime Train Robbery in U.S. / Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina - October 6

    Published: 10/6/2020
  9. Women's March on Versailles / Jarrow March began - October 5

    Published: 10/5/2020
  10. First Paris-Istanbul Run of the Orient Express / Sputnik's launch inspired satellite navigation systems - October 4

    Published: 10/4/2020
  11. Italy invaded the Ethiopian Empire / Tula, leader of the Curaçao Slave Revolt, executed - October 3

    Published: 10/3/2020
  12. Perejil (Parsley) Massacre Began / "The Obedience of a Christian Man" published - October 2

    Published: 10/2/2020
  13. People's Republic of China Formed / 30 September Movement assassinated Indonesian army generals - October 1

    Published: 10/1/2020
  14. Boeing 747 Introduced / Rumi born - September 30

    Published: 9/30/2020
  15. Rudolf Diesel Died / Kyshtym disaster - September 29

    Published: 9/29/2020
  16. Suleiman's Siege of Vienna Began / Bud Powell born - September 27

    Published: 9/27/2020
  17. Johnny Appleseed Born / Winsor McCay born - September 26

    Published: 9/26/2020
  18. Treaty of York / Peter Jackson won Australian Heavyweight Boxing Championship - September 25

    Published: 9/25/2020
  19. Benedict Arnold Escaped / Túpac Amaru executed - September 24

    Published: 9/24/2020
  20. Victoria Woodhull Born / Nintendo founded - September 23

    Published: 9/23/2020

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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.