This Day in History Class

American colonists in Boston protested British rule with the Boston Tea Party incident on this day in 1773.

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On this day in 755, Chinese General An Lushan proclaimed himself emperor, marking the beginning of the An Lushan Rebellion against the Tang dynasty.

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Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader and seminal Native American figure, was killed at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on this day in 1890.

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Filipino revolutionary Emilio Jacinto was born on this day in 1875. 

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Roald Amundsen and his expedition became the first people to reach the South Pole, beating Robert Falcon Scott's expedition, on this day in 1911.

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On this day in 1948, two engineers from DuMont Laboratories received a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device. 

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Ibn Battuta, one of the most accomplished travelers of the medieval Islamic world, completed his travelogue known as the Rihla, or Journey, on this day in 1355.

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On this day, Ella Baker - an organizer in the Civil Rights Movement who worked with the NAACP, SNCC, and SCLC - was born. 

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The Oaks Colliery exploded on this day in 1866.

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On this day in 1899, Dr. George F. Grant, a dentist, received the first ever patent for a golf tee. 

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