This Day in History Class

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History #179

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
Sep 9, 2024 – 08:03
Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899
Sep 6, 2024 – 10:13
AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991
Sep 5, 2024 – 09:45
Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833
Sep 4, 2024 – 09:29
Flashback episode - September 3rd
Sep 3, 2024 – 18:30
Flashback episode - September 2nd
Sep 2, 2024 – 20:17
The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963
Aug 30, 2024 – 08:55
British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914
Aug 29, 2024 – 08:14
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 – 09:25
A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939
Aug 26, 2024 – 06:07
The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784
Aug 23, 2024 – 07:39
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 – 06:46
NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977
Aug 20, 2024 – 07:52
Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791
Aug 19, 2024 – 09:06
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 – 07:26
Joseph Lister performs the first antiseptic surgery - August 12th, 1865
Aug 12, 2024 – 07:49
Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is published - August 9th, 1854
Aug 9, 2024 – 08:40
Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” tops the Billboard Hot 100 - August 8th, 1960
Aug 8, 2024 – 09:35
Alice Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the United States - August 7th, 1909
Aug 7, 2024 – 09:02
William Kemmler is executed by electric chair - August 6th, 1890
Aug 6, 2024 – 09:44
Ronald Reagan fires more than 11,000 air traffic controllers - August 5th, 1981
Aug 5, 2024 – 08:08
Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal in the heptathlon - August 2nd, 1992
Aug 2, 2024 – 07:40
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes president of Iceland - August 1st, 1980
Aug 1, 2024 – 08:20
MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time - July 31st, 1928
Jul 31, 2024 – 09:17
The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine - July 30th, 1945
Jul 30, 2024 – 09:29
Flashback episode - July 29th
Jul 29, 2024 – 18:47
Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops - July 26th, 1931
Jul 26, 2024 – 06:45
Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival - July 25th, 1965
Jul 25, 2024 – 08:00
The first all-star baseball team plays the Addie Joss Benefit Game - July 24th, 1911
Jul 24, 2024 – 11:10
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered - July 23rd, 1995
Jul 23, 2024 – 07:37
The Duke of Wellington defeats “40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes” - July 22nd, 1812
Jul 22, 2024 – 07:45
The Rosetta Stone is found in Egypt - July 19th, 1799
Jul 19, 2024 – 08:23
Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games - July 18th, 1976
Jul 18, 2024 – 08:32
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan flies across the Atlantic - July 17th, 1938
Jul 17, 2024 – 09:35
The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City - July 16th, 1935
Jul 16, 2024 – 09:01
The platypus makes its U.S. debut - July 15th, 1922
Jul 15, 2024 – 09:55
"Family Feud" premieres on ABC - July 12th, 1976
Jul 12, 2024 – 08:28
The Skylab space station crashes over Australia - July 11th, 1979
Jul 11, 2024 – 09:04
Nils Bohlin patents the three-point seatbelt - July 10th, 1962
Jul 10, 2024 – 09:17
A statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City - July 9th, 1776
Jul 9, 2024 – 09:45
Ed Berners allegedly invents the ice cream sundae - July 8th, 1881
Jul 8, 2024 – 07:44
Flashback episode - July 5th
Jul 5, 2024 – 19:46
Flashback episode - July 4th
Jul 4, 2024 – 18:06
The Great Auk goes extinct - July 3rd, 1844
Jul 3, 2024 – 07:32
"Lawnchair Larry" takes flight in a homemade airship - July 2nd, 1982
Jul 2, 2024 – 08:27