This Day in History Class

On this day in 1956, Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi was captured, signaling the effective end of the Mau Mau Uprising. 

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On this day in 1951, a white football player for Oklahoma A&M assaulted a Black player for Drake University named Johnny Bright in an incident that was suspected to be racially motivated.

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On this day in 1909, French nuclear chemist and discoverer of francium Marguerite Perey was born. 

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On this day in 1954, Texas Instruments announced the invention of the first commercial transistor radio, the Regency TR-1. 

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On this day in 1814, a flood of beer burst out of a London brewery, killing eight people and injuring others. 

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On this day in 1834, the Palace of Westminster was destroyed in a fire. 

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On this day in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, which was created as a way to reform the Julian calendar. 

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On this day in 1947, American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. 

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On this day in 1917, a crowd of thousands of people gathered in Fátima, Portugal, to witness a miracle, and many reported seeing unusual solar activity that became known as the Miracle of the Sun.

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On this day in 1810, the first Oktoberfest began after the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. 

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