This Day in History Class

On this day in 1671, Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

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On this day in 1963, South Vietnamese soldiers and security forces fired into a crowd of unarmed Buddhist protesters, marking the start of the Buddhist crisis.

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On this day in 1794, the Cult of the Supreme Being -- a cult established by Maximilien Robespierre -- was authorized by a decree of the National Convention.

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On this day in 1882, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years, though Congress later extended it. Listen to the episode on the Rock Springs Massacre here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-this-day-in-history-class-29520957/episode/rock-springs-massacre-september-2-48682206/

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On this day in 1905, the Stratton brothers' trial began in England. It was the first recorded murder trial in England to use fingerprints as evidence.

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On this day in 1886, a bomb set off at a peaceful labor protest in Chicago triggered a riot.

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On this day in 1868, the Edo period in Japan ended, and the Meiji Restoration began.

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On this day in 1964, a group of Chinese climbers summited Shishapangma, the 14th highest mountain in the world.

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Though it was officially published weeks later in two volumes, Carl Linnaeus's "Species Plantarum" was given the day of issue of May 1, 1753.

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On this day in 1961, the Soviet Union commissioned the K-19, a ballistic missile equipped nuclear submarine.

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