This Day in History Class

On this day in 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercially produced birth control pill. 

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On this day in 1886, Coca-Cola was sold for the first time at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.

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On this day in 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman in the United States to receive a patent in her own name. 

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On this day in 1873, a toll bridge in Dixon, Illinois, collapsed into the Rock River and took a crowd of more than 200 people with it. 

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On this day in 1966, late-night talk show host Johnny Carson and actress Eva Gabor demonstrated how to play a new party game called Twister.

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On this day in 1935, thousands of Filipino peasants staged a rebellion in the agricultural region of Central Luzon. 

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On this day in 1924, the first iodized salt in the U.S. went on sale at Michigan grocery stores. 

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On this day in 1937, the first animated electric sign was installed on Broadway in New York City. 

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On this day in 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order that banned gay people from working for the federal government. 

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On this day in 1886, legendary blues singer Ma Rainey was born in Columbus, Georgia. 

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