Every day, I am listing a few important dates from world history with scant details–but a list of sources.
- 1277: The Bishop of Paris prohibited the teaching of 219 theses, known as the Condemnation of 1277. (Source: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down Number 2 by James Fell, ISBN 978-1-989351-82-6)
- 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. (Source: This Day in History calendar, ISBN 978-1-7282-8404-0)
- 1936: German military marched into the Rhineland, reoccupying the strip of land on France’s border and breaking agreements of both the Locarno Treaty and the Treaty of Versailles. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)
- 1971: Bangladeshi’s political leader gave a speech rallying the Bangladeshis to prepare for the impending war of independence. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)
- 1965: “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. (Source: Black History for Every Day of the Year by Yinka and Kemi Olusoga, ISBN 979-8-89303-093-8)
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