This Day in History Class
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks
2003 Episodes
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William Tell allegedly shoots an apple off his son's head - November 18th, 1307
Published: 11/18/2021 -
TV viewers are outraged when a tense football game is cut off to air Heidi - November 17th, 1968
Published: 11/17/2021 -
Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmastime" - November 16th, 1979
Published: 11/16/2021 -
A member of the Indiana Textbook Commission calls Robin Hood a communist - November 15th, 1953
Published: 11/15/2021 -
Samuel Pepys records the first description of a blood transfusion - November 14th, 1666
Published: 11/14/2021 -
Chemical technician Karen Silkwood dies in a mysterious car wreck - November 13th, 1974
Published: 11/13/2021 -
"Walt Disney's Song of South premieres in Atlanta, Georgia - November 12th, 1946 "
Published: 11/12/2021 -
Billie Holiday's first hit song, "Riffin' the Scotch", is released - November 11th, 1933
Published: 11/11/2021 -
Mary Anderson patents the windshield wiper - November 10th, 1903
Published: 11/10/2021 -
Beer brewer Alfred Heineken is kidnapped and held for ransom - November 9th, 1983
Published: 11/9/2021 -
HBO is launched as the first pay-TV network - November 8th, 1972
Published: 11/8/2021 -
Paris makes it illegal for women to wear trousers - November 7th, 1800
Published: 11/7/2021 -
Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca washes ashore in Texas - November 6th, 1528
Published: 11/6/2021 -
Parker Brothers launches the Monopoly board game - November 5th, 1935
Published: 11/5/2021 -
British poet Wilfred Owen is killed in action - November 4th, 1918
Published: 11/4/2021 -
"SOS is approved as the worldwide distress signal - November 3rd, 1906 "
Published: 11/3/2021 -
Howard Hughes’s “Spruce Goose” takes its maiden flight - November 2nd, 1947
Published: 11/2/2021 -
The first issue of Ebony magazine is published - November 1st, 1945
Published: 11/1/2021 -
Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini dies - October 31st, 1926
Published: 10/31/2021 -
The "Halloween Storm" racks the Atlantic seaboard - October 30th, 1991
Published: 10/30/2021
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.