On this day in 1907, Maria Montessori opened her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
On this day in 1929, Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
On this day in 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
On this day in 2000, Celia, the last Pyrenean Ibex, was found dead after a tree had landed on her.