Telephone Patent Dispute began / Asbestos strike began - February 14
On this day in 1876, inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both filed patent documents for their telephone designs, starting a years-long controversy. / On this day in 1949, miners in Quebec...
14 Feb 202110min
Massacre of Glencoe / Sarojini Naidu born - February 13
On this day in 1692, soldiers brutally killed members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe after staying in the MacDonalds' homes for nearly two weeks. / On this day in 1879, Indian poet and activist Saro...
13 Feb 202110min
NAACP founded / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrested - February 12
On this day in 1909, an interracial group of American leaders met in New York to call for an organization that would fight for African American civil and political rights. This event is considered the...
12 Feb 202112min
Emma Goldman arrested / BBC broadcasts first sci-fi program - February 11
On this day in 1916, anarchist and activist Emma Goldman was arrested for distributing information on birth control. / On this day in 1938, the BBC broadcast the first known science fiction television...
11 Feb 20219min
St. Scholastica Day Riots began / Deep Blue won first chess game against world champion - February 10
On this day in 1355, riots broke out in Oxford, England, when a couple of university students incited a pub brawl over bad wine. / On this day in 1996, the IBM computer Deep Blue won its first game ag...
10 Feb 202111min
The Mud March / Carmen Miranda born - February 9
On this day in 1907, thousands of suffragists marched from Hyde Park to Exeter Hall in London in what became known as the Mud March. / On this day in 1909, singer, actress, and dancer Carmen Miranda w...
9 Feb 202113min
Dawes Act signed into law / Leo Baekeland announced Bakelite - February 8
On this day in 1887, U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes General Allotment Act into law. / On this day in 1909, Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite to the pu...
8 Feb 202111min
Negro History Week launched / Bonfire of the Vanities - February 7
On this day in 1926, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History launched Negro History Week, which was later extended to Black History Month. / On this day in 1497, followers of the Domin...
7 Feb 202112min
