This Day in History Class

2003 Avsnitt

1. The first self-service grocery store opens in Memphis, Tennessee - September 6th, 1916

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2. Russian monarch Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards - September 5th, 1698

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3. The first American bank heist takes place at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia - September 2nd, 1798

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4. Nazi Germany decrees that all Jews over the age of six must wear a yellow star - September 1st, 1941

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5. John Lloyd Wright is granted the patent for Lincoln Logs - August 31st, 1920

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6. Guion "Guy" Bluford becomes the first African American to travel into space - August 30th, 1983

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7. The last known member of the Yahi people emerges from the California wilderness - August 29th, 1911

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8. The French government denies responsibility for the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior - August 26th, 1985

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9. The U.S. National Park Service is established - August 25th, 1916

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10. Chef George Crum allegedly invents the potato chip - August 24th, 1853

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11. First Lady Dolley Madison saves a portrait of George Washington from British looters - August 23rd, 1814

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12. Ann Smith Franklin becomes the first female newspaper editor in the United States - August 22nd, 1762

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13. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds its first automobile race - August 19th, 1909

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14. Mongol leader Genghis Khan dies - August 18th, 1227

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15. East German border guards shoot a man trying to cross the Berlin Wall - August 17th, 1962

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16. Edwin Prescott receives the first patent for a vertical loop roller coaster - August 16th, 1898

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17. King Macbeth of Scotland is defeated at the Battle of Lumphanan - August 15th, 1057

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18. The nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is unearthed in South Dakota - August 12th, 1990

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19. America's first roller skating rink opens in Newport, Rhode Island - August 11th, 1866

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20. The Smithsonian Institution is established - August 10th, 1846

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