This Day in History Class
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks
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Jacques Cousteau’s The Silent World is published - February 3rd, 1953
Published: 03/02/2023 -
Sears opens its first retail store - February 2nd, 1925
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An atomic bomb blast is shown for the first time on television - February 1st, 1951
Published: 01/02/2023 -
McDonald's opens its first restaurant in the Soviet Union - January 31st, 1990
Published: 31/01/2023 -
The U.S. Congress buys Thomas Jefferson’s book collection - January 30th, 1815
Published: 30/01/2023 -
Germany observes its first Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27th, 1996
Published: 27/01/2023 -
Benjamin Franklin laments the choice of the bald eagle as a national symbol - January 26th, 1784
Published: 26/01/2023 -
Two traditional wedding songs are played together for the first time - January 25th, 1858
Published: 25/01/2023 -
Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie - January 24th, 1922
Published: 24/01/2023 -
A West Virginia newlywed is found dead under mysterious circumstances - January 23rd, 1897
Published: 23/01/2023 -
King Charles I is brought to trial in Westminster Hall - January 20th, 1649
Published: 20/01/2023 -
American country music singer Dolly Parton is born - January 19th, 1946
Published: 19/01/2023 -
British lexicographer Peter Mark Roget is born - January 18th, 1779
Published: 18/01/2023 -
Ireland grants the first divorce in the nation's history - January 17th, 1997
Published: 17/01/2023 -
The Bottle Conjuror causes a riot at London’s Haymarket Theatre - January 16th, 1749
Published: 16/01/2023 -
Henry Ford patents a soybean car - January 13th, 1942
Published: 13/01/2023 -
Human cloning is banned in 19 European countries - January 12th, 1998
Published: 12/01/2023 -
Milk is delivered in glass bottles for the first time - January 11th, 1878
Published: 11/01/2023 -
Bacteriologist Waldemar Haffkine tests a bubonic plague vaccine on himself - January 10th, 1897
Published: 10/01/2023 -
Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger imposes the first income tax on British citizens - January 9th, 1799
Published: 09/01/2023
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.