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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Last Year's Lesson: Archaeologists Entered King Tut's Tomb - Nov. 26, 1922
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2019-11-26
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Southern Television broadcast interruption - November 26, 1977
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2019-11-26
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Last Year's Lesson: Mirabal Sisters Assassinated - Nov. 25, 1960
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2019-11-25
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First U.S. patent for whole-body X-ray scanner - November 25, 1975
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2019-11-25
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Last Year's Lesson: D.B. Cooper Disappeared with Ransom Money - Nov. 24, 1971
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2019-11-24
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Bessie Blount born - November 24, 1914
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2019-11-24
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Last Year's Lesson: St. John Slave Insurrection - Nov. 23, 1733
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2019-11-23
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José Clemente Orozco born - November 23, 1883
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2019-11-23
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Blackbeard Killed - Nov. 22, 1718
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2019-11-22
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Cutty Sark launched - November 22, 1869
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2019-11-22
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Last Year's Lesson: Mayflower Compact - Nov. 21, 1620
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2019-11-21
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Piltdown Man hoax exposed in press - November 21, 1953
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2019-11-21
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Last Year's Lesson: A Whale Sank the Essex - Nov. 20, 1820
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2019-11-20
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Zumbi executed - November 20, 1695
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2019-11-20
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Indira Gandhi Born - Nov. 19, 1917
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2019-11-19
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Pelé scored 1000th goal - November 19, 1969
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2019-11-19
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Last Year's Lesson: "Steamboat Willie" Released - Nov. 18, 1928
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2019-11-18
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Standard Railway Time launched in U.S. and Canada - November 18, 1883
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2019-11-18
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Last Year's Lesson: H.H. Holmes Arrested - Nov. 17, 1894
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2019-11-17
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Molly Spotted Elk born - November 17, 1903
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2019-11-17
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