This Day in History Class

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus on this day in 1955.

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On this day in 1952, the New York Daily News announced Christine Jorgensen's gender confirmation surgery. 

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Elizabeth I delivered her "Golden Speech" on this day in 1601.

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On this day in 1954, a meteorite hit and bruised a woman in Alabama.

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The Zong Massacre began on this day in 1781.

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On this day in 1847, a group of Cayuse tribespeople killed 13 people at the Whitman Mission, as they believed that physician and religious leader Marcus Whitman was deliberately spreading measles. 

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Anne Bonny and Mary Read were convicted of piracy on this day in 1720.

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On this day in 1967, astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell became the first person to detect a radio pulsar.

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George Moscone and Harvey Milk were assassinated on this day in 1978.

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On this day in 1810, Theodore Hook the sent a multitude of goods and service providers to the home of Mrs. Tottenham at 54 Berners Street in London as a prank. 

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