Every day, I am listing a few important dates from world history with scant details–but a list of sources.
- 1859: Nearly 500 African-American men, women, and children were auctioned like farm animals by Pierce Butler, a wealthy nepo baby, in the “Great Slave Auction,” proof that the word great frequently means the exact opposite. (Source: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell, ISBN 978-0-593-72408-8)
- 1955: Teenager Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus. (Sources: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8 and Black History for Every Day of the Year by Yinka and Kemi Olusoga, ISBN 979-8-89303-093-8)
- 1972: Pioneer 10 probe launched its Jupiter mission. (Source: This Day in History calendar, ISBN 978-1-7282-8404-0)
- 2014: The movie 12 Years a Slave became the first movie with an African-American director to win the Oscar for Best Picture. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)
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