This Day in History Class

On this day in 1951, the KTLA TV station in Los Angeles made the first live broadcast of an atomic explosion. 

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On this day in 1990, the first McDonald’s in Russia opened for business in Moscow’s Pushkin Square.

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On this day in 1815, President James Madison authorized Congress to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s personal library.

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On this day in 1996, German president Roman Herzog declared a national day of remembrance for the victims of Nazism.

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On this day in 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed his disapproval of the eagle as America’s symbol.

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On this day in 1858, the “Wedding March” and “Here Comes the Bride” were performed together for the first time at a royal wedding in London. 

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On this day in 1922, Danish immigrant Christian K. Nelson received a patent for a frozen treat known as the Eskimo Pie.

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On this day in 1897, the lifeless body of Elva Zona Heaster Shue was found inside her home in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

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Hi, This Day in History Class fans! The podcast, Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, follows the stories behind the little-known history of the Industrial School for Negro Children at Mt. Meig’s, a horrific penal institution for children who were accused of infractions as minor as truancy.

About Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children: In 1968, five Black girls ran away from a reform school in Mount Meigs, Alabama and revealed that it was a modern-day slave camp.

We relive the narrative of five brave women who dared to cross the Color Line in the Jim Crow South to help ignite a federal investigation. We explore the personal histories of former Mt. Meig’s students and whistle blowers. Through interviews with historians, civil rights advocates and as many living survivors as possible, we address the circumstances at Mt. Meigs as a means to reveal and acknowledge this piece of US History.

Listen to Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!

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On this day in 1649, following his defeat by Parliament in the English Civil Wars, King Charles I was put on trial for tyranny and treason.

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