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.
| Title
|
Date published
|
|
|
|
Flashback episode - July 5th
|
2023-07-05
|
|
|
|
Flashback episode - July 4th
|
2023-07-04
|
|
|
|
President Reagan relights the newly restored Statue of Liberty - July 3rd, 1986
|
2023-07-03
|
|
|
|
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is published - June 30th, 1936
|
2023-06-30
|
|
|
|
The San Diego Chicken is re-hatched at Jack Murphy Stadium - June 29th, 1979
|
2023-06-29
|
|
|
|
The Freedmen’s Bank fails - June 28th, 1874
|
2023-06-28
|
|
|
|
The yen is adopted as the official currency of Japan - June 27th, 1871
|
2023-06-27
|
|
|
|
The first barcode is scanned at an Ohio supermarket - June 26th, 1974
|
2023-06-26
|
|
|
|
Tim Burton’s Batman is released in theaters - June 23rd, 1989
|
2023-06-23
|
|
|
|
Hanson Gregory allegedly invents the modern doughnut - June 22nd, 1847
|
2023-06-22
|
|
|
|
Tiny Broadwick becomes the first woman to parachute from an airplane - June 21st, 1913
|
2023-06-21
|
|
|
|
Flashback episode - June 20th
|
2023-06-20
|
|
|
|
The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington - June 19th, 1910
|
2023-06-20
|
|
|
|
Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union - June 16th, 1961
|
2023-06-16
|
|
|
|
U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle misspells "potato" - June 15th, 1992
|
2023-06-15
|
|
|
|
Americans take part in the first nationwide civil defense drill - June 14th, 1954
|
2023-06-14
|
|
|
|
King Ludwig II of Bavaria dies under mysterious circumstances - June 13th, 1886
|
2023-06-13
|
|
|
|
Bryan Allen makes the first human-powered flight across the English Channel - June 12th, 1979
|
2023-06-12
|
|
|
|
The first Automat restaurant opens in Philadelphia - June 9th, 1902
|
2023-06-09
|
|
|
|
Pope Leo X's pet elephant dies - June 8th, 1516
|
2023-06-08
|
|
|
