This Day in History Class
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks
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2001 Episodes
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Hymen Lipman patents the first pencil with a built-in eraser - March 30th, 1858
Published: 30/03/2023 -
The first Oval Office telephone is installed - March 29th, 1929
Published: 29/03/2023 -
The Cheapside Street Whisky Fire - March 28th, 1960
Published: 28/03/2023 -
The first cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C. are planted - March 27th, 1912
Published: 27/03/2023 -
Flashback episode: Civil rights leader Dorothy Height is born - March 24th, 1912 / Exxon Valdez oil spill - March 24, 1989
Published: 24/03/2023 -
Elisha Otis installs the first commercial elevator - March 23rd, 1857
Published: 23/03/2023 -
Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest - March 22nd, 1621
Published: 22/03/2023 -
The U.S. Air Force ejects a black bear from a bomber plane - March 21st, 1962
Published: 21/03/2023 -
A planetary alignment allegedly creates the Black Death - March 20th, 1345
Published: 20/03/2023 -
Production begins on Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People - March 17th, 1958
Published: 17/03/2023 -
Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment - March 16th, 1995
Published: 16/03/2023 -
The first internet domain name is registered - March 15th, 1985
Published: 15/03/2023 -
Lucy Hobbs Taylor is born - March 14th, 1833
Published: 14/03/2023 -
Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus - March 13th, 1781
Published: 13/03/2023 -
The first Book of the Month Club selection is published - March 10th, 1926
Published: 10/03/2023 -
The Parthenon is consecrated in Athens - March 9th, 432 BC
Published: 09/03/2023 -
The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed - March 8th, 1951
Published: 08/03/2023 -
The Writers Guild of America goes on strike - March 7th, 1988
Published: 07/03/2023 -
The Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster - March 6th, 1987
Published: 06/03/2023 -
Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller - March 3rd, 1887
Published: 03/03/2023
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.