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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On this day in 1931, massive swarms of grasshoppers created chaos for Midwestern farmers.
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On this day in 1965, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan created controversy by using an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.
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On this day in 1911, an all-star baseball team played a benefit game for the family of fallen pitcher Addie Joss.
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On this day in 1995, amateur astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp independently and simultaneously discovered a comet.
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On this day in 1812, the Duke of Wellington’s British forces defeated the French at the Battle of Salamanca in Spain.
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On this day in 1799, French soldiers discovered a stone slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, Egypt.
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On this day in 1976, Romanian athlete Nadia Comăneci became the first female gymnast in Olympic history to score a 10 for her performance.
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On this day in 1938, American aviator Douglas Corrigan began his “wrong way” flight from New York to Ireland.
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On this day in 1935, the first mechanical parking meters were installed in downtown Oklahoma City.
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On this day in 1922, the duck-billed platypus was exhibited for the first time in the U.S. at the Bronx Zoo.
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On this day in 1976, the long-running TV game show “Family Feud” aired for the first time on ABC.
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On this day in 1979, the burning wreckage of America’s first space station crashed into the Indian Ocean and across Western Australia.
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On this day in 1962, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin patented the V-shaped three-point safety belt.
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On this day in 1776, the New York Sons of Liberty tore down a statue of British monarch George III.
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On this day in 1881, according to culinary legend, the first ice cream sundae was made at Ed Berners’ soda fountain in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
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On this day in 1844, Icelandic fishermen killed the last remaining pair of great auk seabirds.
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On this day in 1982, amateur pilot Larry Walters launched himself skyward using a lawn chair and several dozen weather balloons.
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On this day in 1979, the original Sony Walkman portable cassette player was released in Japan.
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