This Day in History Class

2003 Episodes

1. British author and theologian C.S. Lewis is born - November 29th, 1898

   Published: 11/29/2022
2. Commercial skywriting appears in American skies for the first time - November 28th, 1922

   Published: 11/28/2022
3. Band Aid records the controversial charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - November 25th, 1984

   Published: 11/25/2022
4. Joseph Glidden receives a patent for the first commercially successful barbed wire - November 24th, 1874

   Published: 11/24/2022
5. Thespis of Icaria becomes the world's first actor - November 23rd, 534 BC

   Published: 11/23/2022
6. Carl Eliason patents the "motor toboggan," the precursor to the snowmobile - November 22nd, 1927

   Published: 11/22/2022
7. The first manned flight in a hot air balloon takes place over Paris - November 21st, 1783

   Published: 11/21/2022
8. U.S. Catholic bishops relax the rule against eating meat on Fridays - November 18th, 1966

   Published: 11/18/2022
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II bans German soldiers from dancing the tango - November 17th, 1913

   Published: 11/17/2022
10. Earth's first message for extraterrestrials is sent into space - November 16th, 1974

    Published: 11/16/2022
11. Cartoonist Al Capp creates Sadie Hawkins Day - November 15th, 1937

    Published: 11/15/2022
12. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book - November 14th, 1883

    Published: 11/14/2022
13. An adulterous couple is paraded through a Dutch village in a dung cart - November 11th, 1961

    Published: 11/11/2022
14. Sesame Street makes its broadcast debut - November 10th, 1969

    Published: 11/10/2022
15. The Professional Golfers' Association of America repeals its "caucasians only" rule - November 9th, 1961

    Published: 11/9/2022
16. Venetian glassmakers are forced to move to the island of Murano - November 8th, 1291

    Published: 11/8/2022
17. Montana suffragist Jeanette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress - November 7th, 1916

    Published: 11/7/2022
18. James and John Ritty patent the first cash register - November 4th, 1879

    Published: 11/4/2022
19. Black Bart robs his last stagecoach - November 3rd, 1883

    Published: 11/3/2022
20. Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to cheating - November 2nd, 1959

    Published: 11/2/2022