Women
Wyoming
This strike was started by the workers of a specific rail car company in response to layoffs, poor wages, high rents in the company town, and unsafe conditions. It later became nation wide in support of these workers.
Pullman Palace Car Company
Towson University was founded in this year and under this name.
Maryland Normal School 1866
This man was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize in 1939, but the nomination was revoked.
Hitler
This revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799
The French Revolution
Aretha Franklin
OSHA
Towson crowned its first BIPOC Homecoming Queen on this day.
October 29, 1971
This American icon was originally supposed to be named Martin, but after a very difficult birth, his family decided to name and nickname him this.
Frank "Scarface" Sinatra
To the rest of the world knows it as WW2, but this country called it the Great Patriotic War.
USSR / Russia
In ancient Greece, women could not participate in the Olympics and instead were allowed this collection of footraces every four years.
The Games of Hera
This New York factory burned down after a failed strike that fought for better conditions, wages, and an end to the layoffs. 146 people died, largely women.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 1911
This organization was founded on January 30, 1961
Phi Alpha Theta
This female ruler was accused of having sexual relations with horses and was even rumored to have died from one falling on top of her, though this is incredibly false.
Catherine the Great.
France
Edith Wharton
1921
These single young women were housed in factory dormitories. The company brought in speakers and educators and required the girls to go to church and behave "respectfully".
Mill Girls
In 1901 this sport was introduced to the campus and was allowed for both men and women.
Basketball
This pope wrote a popular erotic novel
Pope Pius the second
The Tale of Two Lovers
This battle provided the Germans with a momentous breakthrough
The Battle of Sedan 12-15 May
This African-American woman performed as a singer, dancer, and actress while also smuggling messages to French soldiers during WW2
Josephine Baker
In 1947 this committee became prominent in Hollywood and was responsible for finding communist infiltration.
House Committee of Un-American Activities
in 1957 this building on campus opened
Albert S. Cook Library
This Netherlands king has a 41-year age gap between him and his second wife, who he met 2 years after his first wife (also his cousin) died.
William the Third of the Netherlands
His first wife/cousin was Sophia
His second wife was Emma she was 20 when they got married
In this war, an estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, 6,100 wounded, and over 20,000 were taken prisoner.
The American Revolutionary War