This Day in History Class

On this day in 1911, physicist and Nobel Prize winner Luis W. Alavarez was born. Learn more about Alvarez in an episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class at https://www.missedinhistory.com/tags/luis-w-alvarez.htm

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On this day in 1929, Anne Frank was born in Germany. 

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On this day in 1971, the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes ended when federal marshals removed the Native Americans who remained on the island. 

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On this day in 1838, the Myall Creek Massacre occurred in New South Wales. 

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On this day, writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bertha von Suttner was born. 

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On this day in 1972, photographer Nick Út took the Pulitzer Prize-winning image that became known as the "napalm girl" photo.

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On this day, Paul Blobel -- leader of the Aktion 1005 operation to get rid of evidence of Nazi mass murders -- was executed. 

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On this day in 1984, the video game "Tetris" was released. 

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On this day in 1981, the first report on AIDS was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, before AIDS was identified as a syndrome. 

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On this day in 1932, the goverment junta of Chile began.

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