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 1982, American actress Jane Fonda released her first exercise video, “Jane Fonda’s Workout.”
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On this day in 1963, white civil rights activist William Moore was shot to death at a highway rest stop in Alabama.
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On this day in 1878, the White House hosted its first official Easter Egg Roll.
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On this day in 1782, the Dutch Republic became the second nation to officially recognize the sovereignty of the United States.
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On this day in 1906, a powerful earthquake devastated San Francisco, California.
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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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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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