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.
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Teddy bears are sold for the first time - February 15th, 1903
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2023-02-15
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Introducing: The Last Soviet
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2023-02-15
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre erupts in Chicago - February 14th, 1929
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2023-02-14
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The League of Nations recognizes the permanent neutrality of Switzerland - February 13th, 1920
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2023-02-13
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Major League Baseball bans the spitball - February 10th, 1920
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2023-02-10
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The Qianlong Emperor abdicates the Chinese throne - February 9th, 1796
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2023-02-09
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Mysterious cloven hoof-marks appear in Devon, England - February 8th, 1855
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2023-02-08
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Two astronauts complete the first untethered spacewalks - February 7th, 1984
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2023-02-07
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The Sámi people hold their first national congress - February 6th, 1917
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2023-02-06
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Jacques Cousteau’s The Silent World is published - February 3rd, 1953
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2023-02-03
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Sears opens its first retail store - February 2nd, 1925
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2023-02-02
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An atomic bomb blast is shown for the first time on television - February 1st, 1951
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2023-02-01
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McDonald's opens its first restaurant in the Soviet Union - January 31st, 1990
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2023-01-31
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The U.S. Congress buys Thomas Jefferson’s book collection - January 30th, 1815
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2023-01-30
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Germany observes its first Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27th, 1996
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2023-01-27
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Benjamin Franklin laments the choice of the bald eagle as a national symbol - January 26th, 1784
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2023-01-26
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Two traditional wedding songs are played together for the first time - January 25th, 1858
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2023-01-25
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Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie - January 24th, 1922
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2023-01-24
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A West Virginia newlywed is found dead under mysterious circumstances - January 23rd, 1897
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2023-01-23
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King Charles I is brought to trial in Westminster Hall - January 20th, 1649
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2023-01-20
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