This Day in History Class

On this day in 1940, Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."

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On this day in 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated.

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On this day in 1973, a group of Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

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On this day in 1909, Kinemacolor was first screen to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. 

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On this day in 1986, Corazon Aquino became president of the Philippines, making her the first woman to hold the office. 

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On this day in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler passed her final oral exams at the New England Female Medical College, becoming the first Black woman in the U.S. to earned an M.D.

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On this day in 1944, the Stalinist regime began deporting the Chechens and Ingush into remote areas of the Soviet Union.

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On this day in 1876, Native American writer and activist Zitkála-Šá was born.

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On this day in 1933, singer and musician Nina Simone was born in North Carolina. 

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On this day in 1805, American abolitionist and women's rights advocate Angelina Grimké was born. 

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