This Day in History Class

On this day in 1783 a volcanic fissure in Iceland called Laki began erupting.

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On this day in 1917, poet Gwendolyn Brooks was born. Brooks was the first Black American writer to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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On this day in 1825, Kamehameha III becomes the third king of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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On this day in 1878, revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was born in Mexico.

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On this day in 1913, suffragette Emily Davison was trampled by a horse at the Epsom Derby.

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On this day in 1897, blues singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie was born.

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On this day in 1966, NASA's lunar lander Surveyor 1 landed on the moon, marking the first time an American space probe made a successful soft-landing on the lunar surface.

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On this day in 1974, the Heimlich Maneuver was unveiled in an article in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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On this day in 1578, the Roman catacombs were rediscovered by accident.

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On this day in 1967, the Republic of Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria.

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