From the desk of “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” “This Day in History Class” quickly recounts a tidbit from today’s events in history.
A laugh track is used in a TV show for the first time - September 9th, 1950
Sept. 9, 2024
8:03
Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899
Sept. 6, 2024
10:13
AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991
Sept. 5, 2024
9:45
Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833
Sept. 4, 2024
9:29
Flashback episode - September 3rd
Sept. 3, 2024
18:30
Flashback episode - September 2nd
Sept. 2, 2024
20:17
The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963
Aug. 30, 2024
8:55
British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914
Aug. 29, 2024
8:14
The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830
Aug. 28, 2024
10:35
"The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955
Aug. 27, 2024
9:25
A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939
Aug. 26, 2024
6:07
The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784
Aug. 23, 2024
7:39
Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929
Aug. 22, 2024
10:29
An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883
Aug. 21, 2024
6:46
NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977
Aug. 20, 2024
7:52
Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791
Aug. 19, 2024
9:06
Flashback episode - August 16th
Aug. 16, 2024
16:32
Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843
Aug. 15, 2024
10:56
Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911
Aug. 14, 2024
10:10
German acrobat Otto Witte is allegedly crowned King of Albania - August 13th, 1913
Aug. 13, 2024
7:26
Joseph Lister performs the first antiseptic surgery - August 12th, 1865
Aug. 12, 2024
7:49
Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is published - August 9th, 1854
Aug. 9, 2024
8:40
Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” tops the Billboard Hot 100 - August 8th, 1960
Aug. 8, 2024
9:35
Alice Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the United States - August 7th, 1909
Aug. 7, 2024
9:02
William Kemmler is executed by electric chair - August 6th, 1890
Aug. 6, 2024
9:44
Ronald Reagan fires more than 11,000 air traffic controllers - August 5th, 1981
Aug. 5, 2024
8:08
Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal in the heptathlon - August 2nd, 1992
Aug. 2, 2024
7:40
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes president of Iceland - August 1st, 1980
Aug. 1, 2024
8:20
MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time - July 31st, 1928
July 31, 2024
9:17
The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine - July 30th, 1945
July 30, 2024
Flashback episode - July 29th
July 29, 2024
18:47
Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops - July 26th, 1931
July 26, 2024
6:45
Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival - July 25th, 1965
July 25, 2024
8:00
The first all-star baseball team plays the Addie Joss Benefit Game - July 24th, 1911
July 24, 2024
11:10
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered - July 23rd, 1995
July 23, 2024
7:37
The Duke of Wellington defeats “40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes” - July 22nd, 1812
July 22, 2024
7:45
The Rosetta Stone is found in Egypt - July 19th, 1799
July 19, 2024
8:23
Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games - July 18th, 1976
July 18, 2024
8:32
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan flies across the Atlantic - July 17th, 1938
July 17, 2024
The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City - July 16th, 1935
July 16, 2024
9:01
The platypus makes its U.S. debut - July 15th, 1922
July 15, 2024
9:55
"Family Feud" premieres on ABC - July 12th, 1976
July 12, 2024
8:28
The Skylab space station crashes over Australia - July 11th, 1979
July 11, 2024
9:04
Nils Bohlin patents the three-point seatbelt - July 10th, 1962
July 10, 2024
A statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City - July 9th, 1776
July 9, 2024
Ed Berners allegedly invents the ice cream sundae - July 8th, 1881
July 8, 2024
7:44
Flashback episode - July 5th
July 5, 2024
19:46
Flashback episode - July 4th
July 4, 2024
18:06
The Great Auk goes extinct - July 3rd, 1844
July 3, 2024
7:32
"Lawnchair Larry" takes flight in a homemade airship - July 2nd, 1982
July 2, 2024
8:27
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