This Day in History Class

On this day in 1927, stage actress Mae West was found guilty of crimes of obscenity and sentenced to 10 days in a women’s prison in New York City.

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On this day in 1915, French pilot Lieutenant Roland Garros was captured by German forces during an attack on occupied Belgium.

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On this day in 1924, publisher Rand McNally released the first of its famous guide books, the Rand McNally Auto Chum. 

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On this day in 1881, a gunfight at a saloon in downtown El Paso, Texas, left four men dead in five seconds. 

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On this day in 1360, a sudden storm killed a thousand English soldiers while they were camped outside the gates of Chartres, France.

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On this day in 1985, the chief veterinarian of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a famous circus animal alleged to be a unicorn was, in fact, a goat.

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On this day in 1870, Lord Muncaster of Britain and four other tourists were captured in Marathon, Greece, by a gang of outlaws. 

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On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth for the top spot on baseball’s all-time list.

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On this day in 1795, the basis for the metric system was officially defined and adopted by the revolutionary government of France.

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On this day in 1980, Post-it Notes were sold in U.S. stores for the first time.

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