This Day in History Class

On this day in 1910, French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman in the world to earn an official pilot’s license.

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On this day in 1923, Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was published in New Republic magazine.

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On this day in 1899, the German pharmaceutical company Bayer was granted a patent for its Aspirin pain reliever.

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On this day in 1922, at age 62, famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley set a new record for women’s trap shooting.

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On this day in 1966, in a personality profile about John Lennon, the musician was quoted as saying The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”

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On this day in 1855, the U.S. Army received funding for what later became known as the Camel Corps, a program that tested the utility of camels in the country’s southwestern territories.

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On this day in 1903, The Women’s Hotel opened its doors as the only hotel in New York City to provide lodging exclusively for professional women.

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On this day in 1978, shortly before midnight, two men dug up the grave of silent film legend Charlie Chaplin and stole his body.

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On this day in 1883, one of the earliest vaudeville theaters in the United States opened on the second floor of the Gaiety Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.

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On this day in 1872, Charlotte E. Ray became the first black woman in the United States to receive a law degree.

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