This Day in History Class

2001 Episodes

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

   Published: 9/9/2024
2. Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899

   Published: 9/6/2024
3. AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991

   Published: 9/5/2024
4. Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833

   Published: 9/4/2024
5. Flashback episode - September 3rd

   Published: 9/3/2024
6. Flashback episode - September 2nd

   Published: 9/2/2024
7. The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963

   Published: 8/30/2024
8. British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914

   Published: 8/29/2024
9. The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830

   Published: 8/28/2024
10. "The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955

    Published: 8/27/2024
11. A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939

    Published: 8/26/2024
12. The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784

    Published: 8/23/2024
13. Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929

    Published: 8/22/2024
14. An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883

    Published: 8/21/2024
15. NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977

    Published: 8/20/2024
16. Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791

    Published: 8/19/2024
17. Flashback episode - August 16th

    Published: 8/16/2024
18. Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843

    Published: 8/15/2024
19. Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911

    Published: 8/14/2024
20. German acrobat Otto Witte is allegedly crowned King of Albania - August 13th, 1913

    Published: 8/13/2024