This Day in History Class

On this day in 1839, the Battle of Yungay, the decisive battle of the War of the Confederation between Chile and the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, took place.

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On this day in 1977, U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, also known as Tokyo Rose. 

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On this day in 1983, Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals were returned to his children, 70 years after they were stripped from him. 

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On this day in 1794, Elizabeth Bennett underwent the first recorded successful C section in the U.S. 

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On this day in 1362, Saint Marcellus’ flood, also known as Grote Mandrenke, hit the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark

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On this day in 1850, Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya was born. 

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On this day in 1963, "The Bell Jar," the only novel poet Sylvia Plath wrote, was first published.  

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On this day in 1874, a riot started in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan after police overran a demonstration of thousands of unemployed people. 

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On this day in 1964, a group of insurgents overthrew the government of the sultan of Zanzibar. 

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On this day in 1879, the Anglo-War began when the British invaded Zululand. 

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