This Day in History Class

Please enjoy these May 24th flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you soon for a brand new episode!

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On this day in 1900, William H. Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravely defending the American flag during the Civil War. 

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On this day in 1570, Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius published the world’s first modern atlas.

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On this day in 1924, two wealthy college students abducted and killed a 14-year-old boy in an effort to commit a “perfect crime.”

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On this day in 1862, the Homestead Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.

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On this day in 1964, the first Tim Horton Donuts shop opened in Hamilton, Ontario.

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On this day in 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

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On this day in 1942, seventeen U.S. states instituted mandatory gasoline rationing.

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On this day in 1961, a small group of Freedom Riders was attacked by a white mob at the Greyhound depot in Anniston, Alabama.

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On this day in 1920, the Socialist Party of America nominated Eugene V. Debs as its presidential candidate.     

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