This Day in History Class

A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

2003 Episoade

Opha May Johnson Became The First Woman to Enlist in the Marine Corps / Margaret Tafoya born - August 13
Publicat: 13.08.2020
Isaac Singer Patented a Sewing Machine / Last quagga died - August 12
Publicat: 12.08.2020
Anne Lister Wrote Her First Diary Entry / Watts Riots began - August 11
Publicat: 11.08.2020
The Pueblo Revolt Began / Louvre opened as museum - August 10
Publicat: 10.08.2020
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Born / Construction began on Leaning Tower of Pisa - August 9
Publicat: 09.08.2020
The Battle of Amiens / 8888 Uprising - August 8
Publicat: 08.08.2020
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Was Passed / Kon-Tiki arrived at Raroia atoll - August 7
Publicat: 07.08.2020
The U.S. Bombed Hiroshima / First website went live to public - August 6
Publicat: 06.08.2020
The Women Airforce Service Pilots Was Formed / Gowrie Conpsiracy - August 5
Publicat: 05.08.2020
Lizzie Borden's Parents Were Murdered / Germany Schaefer stole first base - August 4
Publicat: 04.08.2020
Jesse Owens Won His First Olympic Gold Medal / La Scala opera house inaugurated - August 3
Publicat: 03.08.2020
Hitler Became Führer / Berta Lutz born - August 2
Publicat: 02.08.2020
Caroline Herschel Discovered a Comet / Jackie Ormes born - August 1
Publicat: 01.08.2020
Alhambra Decree Issued / Germany deployed fighters against Night Witches - July 31
Publicat: 31.07.2020
Digger's Republic of Klipdrift Founded / Giorgio Vasari born - July 30
Publicat: 30.07.2020
Confederate Spy Belle Boyd Arrested / Arc de Triomphe inaugurated - July 29
Publicat: 29.07.2020
Peru Declared Independence / Beatrix Potter born - July 28
Publicat: 28.07.2020
Korean Armistice Signed / Thermidorian Reaction - July 27
Publicat: 27.07.2020
Liberia Declared Independence / "Unua Libro" first published - July 26
Publicat: 26.07.2020
U.S. Invaded Puerto Rico / First person born via IVF - July 25
Publicat: 25.07.2020

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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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2003 Episoade

Opha May Johnson Became The First Woman to Enlist in the Marine Corps / Margaret Tafoya born - August 13

Isaac Singer Patented a Sewing Machine / Last quagga died - August 12

Anne Lister Wrote Her First Diary Entry / Watts Riots began - August 11

The Pueblo Revolt Began / Louvre opened as museum - August 10

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Born / Construction began on Leaning Tower of Pisa - August 9

The Battle of Amiens / 8888 Uprising - August 8

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Was Passed / Kon-Tiki arrived at Raroia atoll - August 7

The U.S. Bombed Hiroshima / First website went live to public - August 6

The Women Airforce Service Pilots Was Formed / Gowrie Conpsiracy - August 5

Lizzie Borden's Parents Were Murdered / Germany Schaefer stole first base - August 4

Jesse Owens Won His First Olympic Gold Medal / La Scala opera house inaugurated - August 3

Hitler Became Führer / Berta Lutz born - August 2

Caroline Herschel Discovered a Comet / Jackie Ormes born - August 1

Alhambra Decree Issued / Germany deployed fighters against Night Witches - July 31

Digger's Republic of Klipdrift Founded / Giorgio Vasari born - July 30

Confederate Spy Belle Boyd Arrested / Arc de Triomphe inaugurated - July 29

Peru Declared Independence / Beatrix Potter born - July 28

Korean Armistice Signed / Thermidorian Reaction - July 27

Liberia Declared Independence / "Unua Libro" first published - July 26

U.S. Invaded Puerto Rico / First person born via IVF - July 25