This Day in History Class

On this day in 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercially produced birth control pill.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1886, Coca-Cola was sold for the first time at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman in the United States to receive a patent in her own name.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1873, a toll bridge in Dixon, Illinois, collapsed into the Rock River and took a crowd of more than 200 people with it.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1966, late-night talk show host Johnny Carson and actress Eva Gabor demonstrated how to play a new party game called Twister. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1935, thousands of Filipino peasants staged a rebellion in the agricultural region of Central Luzon.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1924, the first iodized salt in the U.S. went on sale at Michigan grocery stores.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1937, the first animated electric sign was installed on Broadway in New York City.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order that banned gay people from working for the federal government.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1886, legendary blues singer Ma Rainey was born in Columbus, Georgia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1792, a French bandit became the first person to be killed by guillotine.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1960, during a peaceful demonstration at Biloxi Beach, a group of Black activists were attacked by white segregationists.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1989, Nintendo released the original Game Boy in Japan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please enjoy these April 20th flashbacks from the TDIHC vault, and we will see you tomorrow for a brand new episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered the psychic effects of LSD while bike riding home from his lab.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1930, BBC Radio announced there was no news to report and played 15 minutes of piano music instead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1937, cartoon icon Daffy Duck appeared for the first time in the Warner Bros. animated short “Porky’s Duck Hunt.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1945, the crew of a Nazi submarine had to abandon ship after a plumbing issue forced them to surface in the line of enemy fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1976, to mark the bicentennial of American independence, a new $2 bill was released to the public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1877, Harvard student James Tyng became the first-known baseball player to wear a catcher’s mask. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1938, the first meeting of the Barbershop Harmony Society was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic departed from Southampton on its doomed maiden voyage to New York.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced his decision to delay production of the neutron bomb.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1896, the opening ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1985, more than 8,000 radio stations played the charity single “We Are the World” simultaneously. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.