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 1942, French General Henri Giraud made a daring escape from a Nazi stronghold in Saxony, Germany.
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On this day in 1972, giant pandas Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing moved into their new home at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
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On this day in 1817, America’s first permanent school for deaf children opened in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Every family has an origin story – for author Jo Piazza (Under the Influence, Wilder) her family's is a murder mystery. For as long as she can remember the Piazzas have told the story of their Sicilian roots going back over a hundred years ago: one by one the sons and then their father sailed off to America to carve out a better life. Their mother, Lorenza Marsala was supposed to join them – but she never made it. She was murdered ...
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Please enjoy these April 11th flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you soon for a brand new episode!
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On this day in 1633, the banana made its British debut in the window of a London apothecary.
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On this day in 1939, world-renowned Black opera singer Marian Anderson performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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On this day in 1986, actor and director Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California.
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On this day in 1945, Private First Class Sadao Munemori was killed in action near Seravezza, Italy.
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On this day in 1928, Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri.
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On this day in 1996, FBI agents raided the remote Montana cabin of Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski.
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On this day in 1902, Thomas Lincoln Tally opened the first dedicated movie theater in Los Angeles.
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On this day in 1974, the residents of Sitka, Alaska, were fooled into thinking that a nearby volcano was erupting.
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On this day in 1848, an ice jam in Lake Erie caused Niagara Falls to slow to a trickle.
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On this day in 1910, French amateur pilot Henri Fabre made the first successful seaplane flight.
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On this day in 1973, Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather declined an Academy Award on behalf of Marlon Brando.
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On this day in 1885, Jeanette Pickersgill became the first person to be legally cremated in Britain.
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On this day in 1983, Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk for the first time at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.
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On this day in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification.
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