This Day in History Class

BBC began daily radio broadcasts on this day in 1922. / On this day in 1817, revolutionary spy Policarpa Salavarrieta was executed for treason.

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One of history's many Bloody Sundays took place on this day in 1887 in London. / On this day in 1906, industrial designer Eva Zeisel was born.

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Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i faith, was born on this day in 1817. / On this day in 1970, the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history made landfall in East Pakistan.

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The armistice that ended the fighting in World War I was signed on this day in 1918. / On this day, Abul Kalam Azad -- a scholar and activist in the Indian Independence movement -- was born.

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The Wilmington Coup began on this day in 1898. / On this day in 1945, the British retaliated against Indonesian nationaists in the Battle of Surabaya during the Indonesian National Revolution.

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Kristallnacht began on this day in 1938. / On this day in 1965, a major electrical power failure sent parts of Ontario and the northeastern United States into darkness for up to 13 hours.

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Wilhelm Roentgen observed X-rays for the first time on this day in 1895. / On this day in 1892, workers in New Orleans went on a general strike.

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The Russian government was overthrown in the Bolshevik revolution on this day in 1917. This date is also noted as October 25, since Russia was using the Julian calendar at the time. / On this day in 1919, the Palmer Raids - which targeted radicals, communists, and anarchists in the U.S. - began.

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The United Nations condemned apartheid and asked member states to take action against South Africa on this day in 1962. / On this day in 1944, weapons-grade plutonium was created in B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the state of Washington.

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Shirley Chisholm was elected to Congress on this day in 1968. / On this day in 1857, investigative journalist and biographer Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania.

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