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This Day in History Class

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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.

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  1. A laugh track is used in a TV show for the first time - September 9th, 1950

    8 min

  2. Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899

    10 min

  3. AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991

    9 min

  4. Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833

    9 min

  5. Flashback episode - September 3rd

    18 min

  6. Flashback episode - September 2nd

    20 min

  7. The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963

    8 min

  8. British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914

    8 min

  9. The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830

    10 min

  10. "The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955

    9 min

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  1. A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939

    6 min

  2. The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784

    7 min

  3. Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929

    10 min

  4. An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883

    6 min

  5. NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977

    7 min

  6. Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791

    9 min

  7. Flashback episode - August 16th

    16 min

  8. Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843

    10 min

  9. Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911

    10 min

  10. German acrobat Otto Witte is allegedly crowned King of Albania - August 13th, 1913

    7 min

  11. Joseph Lister performs the first antiseptic surgery - August 12th, 1865

    7 min

  12. Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" is published - August 9th, 1854

    8 min

  13. Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” tops the Billboard Hot 100 - August 8th, 1960

    9 min

  14. Alice Ramsey becomes the first woman to drive across the United States - August 7th, 1909

    9 min

  15. William Kemmler is executed by electric chair - August 6th, 1890

    9 min

  16. Ronald Reagan fires more than 11,000 air traffic controllers - August 5th, 1981

    8 min

  17. Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal in the heptathlon - August 2nd, 1992

    7 min

  18. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes president of Iceland - August 1st, 1980

    8 min

  19. MGM’s Leo the Lion roars for the first time - July 31st, 1928

    9 min

  20. The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine - July 30th, 1945

    9 min

  21. Flashback episode - July 29th

    18 min

  22. Grasshoppers devastate Midwestern crops - July 26th, 1931

    6 min

  23. Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival - July 25th, 1965

    8 min

  24. The first all-star baseball team plays the Addie Joss Benefit Game - July 24th, 1911

    11 min

  25. Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered - July 23rd, 1995

    7 min

  26. The Duke of Wellington defeats “40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes” - July 22nd, 1812

    7 min

  27. The Rosetta Stone is found in Egypt - July 19th, 1799

    8 min

  28. Nadia Comăneci scores a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games - July 18th, 1976

    8 min

  29. Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan flies across the Atlantic - July 17th, 1938

    9 min

  30. The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City - July 16th, 1935

    9 min

  31. The platypus makes its U.S. debut - July 15th, 1922

    9 min

  32. "Family Feud" premieres on ABC - July 12th, 1976

    8 min

  33. The Skylab space station crashes over Australia - July 11th, 1979

    9 min

  34. Nils Bohlin patents the three-point seatbelt - July 10th, 1962

    9 min

  35. A statue of King George III is pulled down in New York City - July 9th, 1776

    9 min

  36. Ed Berners allegedly invents the ice cream sundae - July 8th, 1881

    7 min

  37. Flashback episode - July 5th

    19 min

  38. Flashback episode - July 4th

    18 min

  39. The Great Auk goes extinct - July 3rd, 1844

    7 min

  40. "Lawnchair Larry" takes flight in a homemade airship - July 2nd, 1982

    8 min

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