This Day in History Class

On this day in 1589, alleged werewolf Peter Stumpp was put to death in Bedburg, Germany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1985, “Garfield’s Halloween Adventure” aired for the first time on CBS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1954, the King of the Monsters made his big screen debut when the original “Godzilla” premiered in Nagoya, Japan.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1973, the infamous island prison of Alcatraz was opened to the public. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1944, the first kamikaze bombers sank an American warship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1593, a Spanish soldier fell asleep in the Philippines and supposedly woke up in Mexico just a few seconds later.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1935, American gangster Dutch Schultz was ambushed at the Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1968, Dick Fosbury used a revolutionary high jump technique to win a gold medal at the Mexico City Olympic Games.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1985, the first Blockbuster video rental store opened in Dallas, Texas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1898, American troops raised the U.S. flag over Puerto Rico.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1943, after a year of grueling labor, the two sides of the Burma Railway were joined at the Konkoita POW camp in Thailand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1869, a 10-foot-tall stone giant was unearthed on a farm in Cardiff, New York. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1860, James Wallace Black took a photo of Boston from a hot air balloon 1,200 feet in the air. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1979, Douglas Adams published his comedic sci-fi masterpiece "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1865, Paul Bogle led hundreds of Black Jamaican protestors in the Morant Bay Rebellion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1865, American inventor John Wesley Hyatt received a patent for an imitation ivory pool ball.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1992, a meteorite the size of a bowling ball crashed into a parked Chevy Malibu in a suburb of Peekskill, New York. Che Guevara was executed on this day in 1967. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1945, William Sianis allegedly put a curse on the Chicago Cubs after he and his pet goat were ejected from Wrigley Field. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1974, American Dave Kunst became the first known person to circumnavigate the globe on foot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1915, President Woodrow Wilson established the Dinosaur National Monument to protect one of the world’s richest known fossil beds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1942, Nazi Germany successfully fired the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1950, Charles Schulz’s beloved “Peanuts” comic strip began its record-setting, 50-year run. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1829, Scotland Yard was founded as the headquarters of Greater London’s Metropolitan Police. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1850, an act of Congress outlawed the practice of flogging within the U.S. Navy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1937, the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School opened in Albion, New York. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.