This Day in History Class

On this day in 1950, the laugh track made its TV debut on “The Hank McCune Show.” See [omn... more

On this day in 1899, Carnation evaporated milk was produced for the first time in Kent, Wa... more

On this day in 1991, a group of AIDS activists draped a giant, inflatable condom over the ... more

On this day in 1833, a 10-year-old boy named Barney Flaherty took a job as America’s first... more

Please enjoy these September 3rd flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you soon... more

Please enjoy these September 2nd flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you soon... more

On this day in 1963, the first message was sent on the Moscow-to-Washington hotline. See [... more

On this day in 1914, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was established in Britain. See [omn... more

On this day in 1830, American engineer Peter Cooper raced his "Tom Thumb” locomotive again... more

On this day in 1955, the first copies of “The Guinness Book of Records” were printed and d... more

On this day in 1939, the first televised professional baseball game was broadcast from an ... more

On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declared their independence a... more

On this day in 1929, the animated short “The Skeleton Dance” held its official premiere at... more

On this day in 1883, three powerful tornadoes wreaked havoc in southeast Minnesota. See [o... more

On this day in 1977, a NASA rocket launched the Voyager 2 space probe from Cape Canaveral,... more

On this day in 1791, American author and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a 1,400-word l... more

Please enjoy these August 16th flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you soon f... more

On this day in 1843, the Tivoli Gardens amusement park opened its gates for the first time... more

On this day in 1911, pioneering Black journalist Ethel Lois Payne was born in Chicago, Ill... more