This Day in History Class

Athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in protest at the Olympic Games on this day in 1968.

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Mata Hari was executed for espionage on this day in 1917. There's more to her story in the June 30, 2010 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, "Mati Hari, Sinister Salome?"

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The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots began on this day in 1586.

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The revival of modern Hebrew began on this day in 1881, when Eliezer Ben-Yehuda began speaking it exclusively among friends and family.

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An iron lung was used for the first time on this day in 1928. There's more about iron lungs and their uses in polio cases in the January 30, 2017 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, "Ed Roberts and the Independent Living Movement," and the November 11, 2011 episode, "Polio: The Dread Disease."

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The Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II, opened on this day in 1962.

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Assassin Lyudmila Pavlichenko died on this day in 1974. There's more about her in the May 15, 2017 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, "Six Impossible Episodes: Soldiers, Snipers and Spies"

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Che Guevara was executed on this day in 1967.

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Alvin York led a group of soldiers to capture a German machine gun nest on this day in 1918. There's more in the October 3, 2018 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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Desmond Tutu was born on this day in 1931.

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