This Day in History Class

On this day in 1924, the Virginia Sterilization Act, allowing the sterilization of people in state institutions, was approved.

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On this day in 1882, the cornerstone of the Sagrada Família was laid.

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On this day in 1965, cosmonaut Alexey Leonov completed the first spacewalk.

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On this day in 1968, the chief of the ecology and epidemiology branch of Dugway Proving Ground got a call saying thousands of sheep were found dead in the Skull Valley area of Utah.

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On this day in 1792, Gustav III of Sweden was shot by a conspirator.

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On this day in 1978, the last of significant unit of Somali troops withdrew from Ogaden.

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On this day in 1900, the Gold Standard Act went into effect, making gold the sole standard for redeeming paper money.

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On this day in 1697, the Mayan city of Nojpetén fell to Spanish troops.

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On this day in 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

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On this day in 1918, the first case of the Spanish flu was reported in the U.S.

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