This Day in History Class 

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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Title	Date published
Marian Anderson at the Metropolitan Opera / Khmer Rouge overthrown - January 7	2021-01-07
Night of the Big Wind / Alfred Wegener presented hypothesis of continental drift - January 6	2021-01-06
King C. Gillette born / Elizabeth Cotten born - January 5	2021-01-05
Topsy the Elephant electrocuted / Louis Braille born - January 4	2021-01-04
Lucretia Mott born / Joseph Jenkins Roberts became first president of Liberia - January 3	2021-01-03
New Planet Vulcan announced / Duquesne Spy Ring sentenced - January 2	2021-01-02
Lorenzo de' Medici born / Frankenstein published - January 1	2021-01-01
Theodosia Burr Alston disappeared / Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan borough president - December 31	2020-12-31
Iroquois Theater Fire / Edwin Hubble announced existence of other galaxies - December 30	2020-12-30
Wounded Knee Massacre / Guatemalan Civil War ended - December 29	2020-12-29
First Paid Public Screening of Lumière Brothers Films / Earl Hines born - December 28	2020-12-28
Carry Nation smashed the bar at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS / Laws of Burgos instituted - December 27	2020-12-27
First Kwanzaa Celebrated / Mary Somerville born - December 26	2020-12-26
Halley's Comet Returned as Predicted / Baptist War began - December 25	2020-12-25
Silent Night' performed for the first time / Eggnog Riot - December 24	2020-12-24
First successful living-donor kidney transplantation / Andes Flight Disaster survivors rescued - December 23	2020-12-23
Alfred Dreyfus Convicted / Itō Hirobumi became first prime minister of Japan - December 22	2020-12-22
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombed / Fredonian Rebellion - December 21	2020-12-21
South Carolina Seceded / Doña Paz ferry disaster - December 20	2020-12-20
"A Christmas Carol" Published / First Indochina War began - December 19	2020-12-19

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