This Day in History Class

On this day in 1945, the British retaliated against Indonesian nationaists in the Battle of Surabaya during the Indonesian National Revolution. 

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On this day in 1965, a major electrical power failure sent parts of Ontario and the northeastern United States into darkness for up to 13 hours. 

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On this day in 1892, workers in New Orleans went on a general strike. 

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On this day in 1919, the Palmer Raids - which targeted radicals, communists, and anarchists in the U.S. - began.

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On this day in 1944, weapons-grade plutonium was created in B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the state of Washington.

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On this day in 1857, investigative journalist and biographer Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania.

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On this day in 1956, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Senator Margaret Chase Smith debated each other in the first nationally televised presidential debate in the U.S. 

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On this day in 1793, writer and activist Olympe de Gouges was executed for sedition.

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On this day in 1936, the BBC began broadcasting the first regular, high-definition TV service from Alexandra Palace in London. 

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On this day in 1879, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an off-reservation school for the assimilation of Native Americans, opened in Pennsylvania.

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