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23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

  • 23rd January 2021
  • Tagged as: College, Doctor, Education, Equality, Medicine, New York, New York City, Science, Women

Blackwell graduated first in her class and became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States.

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10th November 1969: Sesame Street first broadcast

  • 10th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Children, Culture, Education, Puppet, Television

On the 10th November 1969, the American children’s television show Sesame Street was broadcast for the first time.

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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

  • 25th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Education, Feminism, Italy, Padua, Philosophy, Renaissance, Venice

Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.

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4th September 1957: Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School

  • 4th September 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Education, Racism, School, Segregation, USA

On the 4th September 1957 a group of nine black schoolchildren were prevented from entering the previously segregated Little Rock Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard acting on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus.

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10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)

  • 10th December 2017
  • Tagged as: Culture, Education, encylopaedia, Knowledge, Literature, Scotland, United Kingdom

 

Officially titled Encyclopædia Britannica, or, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, compiled upon a New Plan, the Britannica was published in three volumes over a three year period.

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Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

U-2 photos of Cuba

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

14th October 2020

Act of Supremacy

3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy

3rd November 2018

Great Smog of London

5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

5th December 2018

Fight of the Century

8th March 1971: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier faced each other in the ‘Fight of the Century’

8th March 2021

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

7th March 1900: First ship-to-shore wireless message sent by SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

7th March 2021

Mendeleev's Periodic Table

6th March 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table

6th March 2021

Nasir Khusraw and the Safarnama

5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama

5th March 2021

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

28th June 2020

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

German invasion of Poland

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

1st September 2018

Berlin Wall opened

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th November 2019

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