This Day in History Class
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks
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Band Aid records the controversial charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - November 25th, 1984
Published: 25/11/2022 -
Joseph Glidden receives a patent for the first commercially successful barbed wire - November 24th, 1874
Published: 24/11/2022 -
Thespis of Icaria becomes the world's first actor - November 23rd, 534 BC
Published: 23/11/2022 -
Carl Eliason patents the "motor toboggan," the precursor to the snowmobile - November 22nd, 1927
Published: 22/11/2022 -
The first manned flight in a hot air balloon takes place over Paris - November 21st, 1783
Published: 21/11/2022 -
U.S. Catholic bishops relax the rule against eating meat on Fridays - November 18th, 1966
Published: 18/11/2022 -
Kaiser Wilhelm II bans German soldiers from dancing the tango - November 17th, 1913
Published: 17/11/2022 -
Earth's first message for extraterrestrials is sent into space - November 16th, 1974
Published: 16/11/2022 -
Cartoonist Al Capp creates Sadie Hawkins Day - November 15th, 1937
Published: 15/11/2022 -
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book - November 14th, 1883
Published: 14/11/2022 -
An adulterous couple is paraded through a Dutch village in a dung cart - November 11th, 1961
Published: 11/11/2022 -
Sesame Street makes its broadcast debut - November 10th, 1969
Published: 10/11/2022 -
The Professional Golfers' Association of America repeals its "caucasians only" rule - November 9th, 1961
Published: 09/11/2022 -
Venetian glassmakers are forced to move to the island of Murano - November 8th, 1291
Published: 08/11/2022 -
Montana suffragist Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress - November 7th, 1916
Published: 07/11/2022 -
James and John Ritty patent the first cash register - November 4th, 1879
Published: 04/11/2022 -
Black Bart robs his last stagecoach - November 3rd, 1883
Published: 03/11/2022 -
Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to cheating - November 2nd, 1959
Published: 02/11/2022 -
The Motion Picture Association of America introduces the film-rating system - November 1st, 1968
Published: 01/11/2022 -
The "Candyman" killer hands out poisoned treats on Halloween - October 31st, 1974
Published: 31/10/2022
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.