This Day in History Class

The comet that Edmond Halley had calculated to return appeared as in the night sky as predicted on this day in 1758.

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Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber performed "Stille Nacht" for the first time at a Christmas Eve mass in Austria on Dec. 24, 1818. There's more detail in the December 24, 2018 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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Richard Herrick received a kidney from his twin brother on this day in 1954. 

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Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of selling military secrets to Germany on this day in 1894.

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A bomb exploded aboard Pan Am Flight 103 on this day in 1988.

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South Carolina seceded from the Union on this day in 1860.

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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published for the first time on this day in 1843.

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The "discovery" of the Piltdown Man was announced on this day in 1912. There's more to the story in the December 26, 2016 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class. 

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The observance of Saturnalia begins on December 17, although we don't know precisely which year the first Saturnalia was observed. There's more detail in the December 23, 2009 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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American colonists in Boston protested British rule with the Boston Tea Party incident on this day in 1773.

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