On this day in 1870, performers Fanny and Stella were arrested for "public mischief" for cross-dressing.

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On this day in 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded, killing an estimate of nearly 2,000 people.

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On this day in 1986, a chemical explosion in a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Soviet Ukraine triggered one of the worst nuclear disasters ever. 

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On this day in 1953, Watson and Crick's article on their discovery of the structure of DNA was published in the journal Nature.

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On this day in 1932, hundreds of ramblers protested being denied access to open country by trespassing at Kinder Scout, a moorland plateau in England. 

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On this day in 1985, Coca-Cola launched New Coke, the reformulated version of its flagship drink. Coke drinkers did not respond well to the new taste, to say the least. 

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On this day in 1954, the Army-McCarthy Senate hearings began which resulted in the end of the McCarthy era.

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On this day in 1966, members of the gay rights organization the Mattachine Society staged a "sip-in" to protest gay people being refused service at bars. 

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On this day in 1968, Conservative MP gave an anti-immigration speech that became known as the "Rivers of Blood" speech. 

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Oliver Haugh, who had been convicted of killing his family, was executed by electric chair on this day in 1907. Listen to the two-part episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class on Oliver Haugh here: https://www.missedinhistory.com/search.php?terms=oliver+haugh.

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