TWiH October 30 to November 3, 2023

This week in History

Monday: on October 30, 1922

Mussolini was named Prime Minister by Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. BItH Unit 28, Section 84: Totalitarianism & Fascism

Tuesday: on October 31, 1837

During the forced migration of the Muscogee people, 311 died in a riverboat accident.BItH Unit 25, Peoples XXV: Muscogee Creek Confederacy

Wednesday: on November 1, 1512

Michealangelo’s painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is exhibited for the first time. BItH Unit 16, Section 47: The Renaissance

Thursday: on November 2, 1949

The Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with an agreement for the Netherlands to grant sovereignty to Indonesia.  BItH Unit 18, Peoples XVIII: Indonesians

Friday: on November 3, 1493

Christopher Columbus’s crew first sighted land and briefly stopped on the island of Dominica during his second voyage to the Americas. BItH Unit 17, Section 50: Crossing the Atlantic

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