This Day in History Class

On this day in 1931, massive swarms of grasshoppers created chaos for Midwestern farmers.

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On this day in 1965, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan created controversy by using an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.

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On this day in 1911, an all-star baseball team played a benefit game for the family of fallen pitcher Addie Joss.

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On this day in 1995, amateur astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp independently and simultaneously discovered a comet.

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On this day in 1812, the Duke of Wellington’s British forces defeated the French at the Battle of Salamanca in Spain.

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On this day in 1799, French soldiers discovered a stone slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, Egypt.

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On this day in 1976, Romanian athlete Nadia Comăneci became the first female gymnast in Olympic history to score a 10 for her performance.

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On this day in 1938, American aviator Douglas Corrigan began his “wrong way” flight from New York to Ireland.

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On this day in 1935, the first mechanical parking meters were installed in downtown Oklahoma City.

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On this day in 1922, the duck-billed platypus was exhibited for the first time in the U.S. at the Bronx Zoo.

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