This Day in History Class

On this day in 1938, the first meeting of the Barbershop Harmony Society was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic departed from Southampton on its doomed maiden voyage to New York. 

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On this day in 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced his decision to delay production of the neutron bomb. 

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On this day in 1896, the opening ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece.

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On this day in 1985, more than 8,000 radio stations played the charity single “We Are the World” simultaneously.

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On this day in 1958, the world famous peace symbol was displayed for the first time at an anti-nuclear war rally in London. 

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On this day in 1969, CBS Television canceled The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a popular yet controversial variety show. 

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On this day in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband, John Adams, imploring him and his political colleagues to keep the interests of women in mind.

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On this day in 1858, Jamaican-born inventor Hymen Lipman registered the first patent for a pencil with a built-in eraser.

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On this day in 1929, President Herbert Hoover had the first telephone installed in the Oval Office. 

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