This Week in History Part 1 Oct. 8-14

This Week in History
Week of Oct. 8-14

Reorder

Put the following in chronological order from oldest to newest

• George Bancroft—historian, educator, and secretary of the navy—founds the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD

• The Great Chicago Fire begins in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary

• The Washington Monument, built between 1848 and 1884, opens to the public in Washington, D.C.

• Harold W. Arlin announces the first live radio broadcast of a football game: University of Pittsburg defeats WVU 21-13

• A Taliban gunman shoots 15-year-old Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai

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​Add these to the This Week in History section of your composition book

• Oct. 8, 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire begins in the barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary

• Oct. 8, 1921 – Harold W. Arlin announces the first live radio broadcast of a football game: University of Pittsburg defeats WVU 21-13

• Oct. 9, 1888 – The Washington Monument, built between 1848 and 1884, opens to the public in Washington, D.C.

• Oct. 9, 2012 – A Taliban gunman shoots 15-year-old Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai

• Oct. 10, 1845 – George Bancroft—historian, educator, and secretary of the navy—founds the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD