This Day in History Class

2003 Episodes

1. The first self-service grocery store opens in Memphis, Tennessee - September 6th, 1916

   Published: 9/6/2022
2. Russian monarch Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards - September 5th, 1698

   Published: 9/5/2022
3. The first American bank heist takes place at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia - September 2nd, 1798

   Published: 9/2/2022
4. Nazi Germany decrees that all Jews over the age of six must wear a yellow star - September 1st, 1941

   Published: 9/1/2022
5. John Lloyd Wright is granted the patent for Lincoln Logs - August 31st, 1920

   Published: 8/31/2022
6. Guion "Guy" Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space - August 30th, 1983

   Published: 8/30/2022
7. The last known member of the Yahi people emerges from the California wilderness - August 29th, 1911

   Published: 8/29/2022
8. The French government denies responsibility for the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior - August 26th, 1985

   Published: 8/26/2022
9. The U.S. National Park Service is established - August 25th, 1916

   Published: 8/25/2022
10. Chef George Crum allegedly invents the potato chip - August 24th, 1853

    Published: 8/24/2022
11. First Lady Dolley Madison saves a portrait of George Washington from British looters - August 23rd, 1814

    Published: 8/23/2022
12. Ann Smith Franklin becomes the first female newspaper editor in the United States - August 22nd, 1762

    Published: 8/22/2022
13. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds its first automobile race - August 19th, 1909

    Published: 8/19/2022
14. Mongol leader Genghis Khan dies - August 18th, 1227

    Published: 8/18/2022
15. East German border guards shoot a man trying to cross the Berlin Wall - August 17th, 1962

    Published: 8/17/2022
16. Edwin Prescott receives the first patent for a vertical loop roller coaster - August 16th, 1898

    Published: 8/16/2022
17. King Macbeth of Scotland is defeated at the Battle of Lumphanan - August 15th, 1057

    Published: 8/15/2022
18. The nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is unearthed in South Dakota - August 12th, 1990

    Published: 8/12/2022
19. America's first roller skating rink opens in Newport, Rhode Island - August 11th, 1866

    Published: 8/11/2022
20. The Smithsonian Institution is established - August 10th, 1846

    Published: 8/10/2022