Birth of Bernard Revel
Rabbi and scholar Bernard Revel was born on September 17, 1885, in Prienai, Russia (present-day Lithuania).
Rabbi and scholar Bernard Revel was born on September 17, 1885, in Prienai, Russia (present-day Lithuania).
On February 17, 1897, the National Congress of Mothers was formed, which would later become the Parent Teacher Association.
Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863, in Memphis, Tennessee.
On November 16, 1945, the UN created the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Clergyman John Harvard died on September 14, 1638, in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
On July 1, 1957, the Teachers of America stamp was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Education Association (NEA). The stamp was issued in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the site where the NEA was founded 100 years earlier.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church on April 24, 2005.