BERRY PATCH HOMESCHOOL

Every day, I am listing a few important dates from world history with scant details–but a list of sources.

• 1489: Catherine Cornaro, the Venetian widow of James II, abdicated her throne as monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, giving the Mediterranean island to the Republic of Venice. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)
• 1889: Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Indigenous American doctor in the United States, graduated from medical school. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)
• 1900: The Gold Standard Act was implemented in the United States. (Source: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down Number 2 by James Fell, ISBN 978-1-989351-82-6)
• 1991: The Birmingham Six are released from prison. (Source: This Day in History calendar, ISBN 978-1-7282-8404-0)
• 1964: Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald. (Source: On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell, ISBN 978-0-593-72408-8)
• 1972: The album They Call Me Muddy Waters was awarded six Grammys. (Source: Black History for Every Day of the Year by Yinka and Kemi Olusoga, ISBN 979-8-89303-093-8)
• 1988: Pi Day was first held at a science museum in San Francisco, California. (Source: DK’s On This Day: A History of the World in 366 Days, ISBN 978-0-7440-2917-8)

I’m including a video of the release of the Birmingham Six.

I’m also including the footage recorded when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. (Note: History is ugly, and you should take care when watching the videos I share because they are frequently violent.)