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.
On this day in 1950, the laugh track made its TV debut on “The Hank McCune Show.”
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On this day in 1899, Carnation evaporated milk was produced for the first time in Kent, Washington.
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On this day in 1991, a group of AIDS activists draped a giant, inflatable condom over the home of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms.
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On this day in 1833, a 10-year-old boy named Barney Flaherty took a job as America’s first newsboy.
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On this day in 1963, the first message was sent on the Moscow-to-Washington hotline.
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On this day in 1914, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was established in Britain.
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On this day in 1830, American engineer Peter Cooper raced his "Tom Thumb” locomotive against a horse-drawn railroad car.
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On this day in 1955, the first copies of “The Guinness Book of Records” were printed and distributed for free in pubs across England and Ireland.
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On this day in 1939, the first televised professional baseball game was broadcast from an experimental TV station in New York City.
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On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declared their independence as the State of Franklin.
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On this day in 1929, the animated short “The Skeleton Dance” held its official premiere at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.
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On this day in 1883, three powerful tornadoes wreaked havoc in southeast Minnesota.
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On this day in 1977, a NASA rocket launched the Voyager 2 space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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On this day in 1791, American author and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a 1,400-word letter to Thomas Jefferson, challenging his views on slavery.
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On this day in 1843, the Tivoli Gardens amusement park opened its gates for the first time.
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On this day in 1911, pioneering Black journalist Ethel Lois Payne was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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On this day in 1913, according to German legend, a circus performer named Otto Witte conned his way onto the Albanian throne.
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