Nika Riots / Tompkins Square Park riot - January 13
The Nika Riots began in Constantinople on this day in 532. / On this day in 1874, a riot started in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan after police overran a demonstration of thousands of unemployed pe...
13 Jan 202110min
Schoolhouse Blizzard / Zanzibar Revolution - January 12
The Schoolhouse Blizzard took place on this day in 1888. / On this day in 1964, a group of insurgents overthrew the government of the sultan of Zanzibar. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w...
12 Jan 202110min
Oral arguments in Hernandez v. Texas / British invade Zululand - January 11
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hernandez v. Texas on this day in 1954. / On this day in 1879, the Anglo-War began when the British invaded Zululand. Learn more about your ad-choices a...
11 Jan 202110min
Caesar crossed the Rubicon / "Metropolis" released - January 10
Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon on this day in 49 BCE. / On this day in 1927, the silent science-fiction film "Metropolis" premiered in Berlin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihear...
10 Jan 202110min
First modern circus / Discovery of first confirmed exoplanets announced - January 9
The first modern circus performance took place on this day in 1768. / On this day in 1992, the discovery of two exoplanets was announced in the journal Nature. Learn more about your ad-choices at htt...
9 Jan 20219min
Karl M. Baer legally recognized as male / German Coast Uprising began - January 8
Karl M. Baer was legally recognized as male on this day in 1907. He had been assigned female at birth. / On this day in 1811, the German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt in modern-day Louisiana, began. ...
8 Jan 202110min
Marian Anderson at the Metropolitan Opera / Khmer Rouge overthrown - January 7
Marian Anderson became the first Black performer to take the stage at the Metropolitan Opera on this day in 1955. / On this day in 1979, Vietnamese troops occupied Phnom Penh and overthrew Pol Pot's r...
7 Jan 202111min
Night of the Big Wind / Alfred Wegener presented hypothesis of continental drift - January 6
The Night of the Big Wind began on this day in 1839. / On this day in 1912, German geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener first presented his hypothesis on continental drift in a public lecture...
6 Jan 20219min
