2002 Episodes

  1. Introducing: American History Hotline

    Published: 7/16/2025
  2. A laugh track is used in a TV show for the first time - September 9th, 1950

    Published: 9/9/2024
  3. Carnation processes its first cans of evaporated milk - September 6th, 1899

    Published: 9/6/2024
  4. AIDS activists wrap a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ house - September 5th, 1991

    Published: 9/5/2024
  5. Barney Flaherty becomes America's first paperboy - September 4th, 1833

    Published: 9/4/2024
  6. Flashback episode - September 3rd

    Published: 9/3/2024
  7. Flashback episode - September 2nd

    Published: 9/2/2024
  8. The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963

    Published: 8/30/2024
  9. British women join the war effort - August 29th, 1914

    Published: 8/29/2024
  10. The "Tom Thumb" locomotive races a horse-drawn railroad car - August 28th, 1830

    Published: 8/28/2024
  11. "The Guinness Book of Records” is published - August 27th, 1955

    Published: 8/27/2024
  12. A Major League baseball game is televised for the first time - August 26th, 1939

    Published: 8/26/2024
  13. The state of Franklin declares independence - August 23rd, 1784

    Published: 8/23/2024
  14. Walt Disney's "The Skeleton Dance" premieres in theaters - August 22nd, 1929

    Published: 8/22/2024
  15. An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota - August 21st, 1883

    Published: 8/21/2024
  16. NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft - August 20th, 1977

    Published: 8/20/2024
  17. Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson in support of abolition - August 19th, 1791

    Published: 8/19/2024
  18. Flashback episode - August 16th

    Published: 8/16/2024
  19. Tivoli Gardens opens in Copenhagen, Denmark - August 15th, 1843

    Published: 8/15/2024
  20. Ethel Lois Payne is born - August 14th, 1911

    Published: 8/14/2024

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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.