This Day in History Class

On this day in 1791, the French National Assembly accepted a proposal by the French Academy of Sciences to define the meter. 

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On this day in 1947, Malagasy nationalists launched an uprising against the French colonial government in Madagascar.

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On this day in 1979, a failure in a reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station led to a partial meltdown.

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On this day in 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit Alaska.

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On this day in 1888, Swedish nurse Elsa Brändström was born in St. Petersburg.

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On this day in 1655, Christiaan Huygens first observed Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

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On this day in 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound.

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On this day in 1942, historian and activist Walter Rodney was born.

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Anney and Samantha from the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You stop by the show to talk about religious rebel Anne Hutchinson, who was excommunicated on this day in 1638. Find them on Twitter @MomStuffPodcast, and Facebook and Instagram @StuffMomNeverToldYou.

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On this day in 1983, students in Arrabah in West Bank began getting symptoms of an unidentified illness.

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