This Day in History Class

On this day in 1917, the first four teams of the newly-formed National Hockey League took to the ice for the first time.

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On this day in 1966, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! aired for the very first time on CBS.

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On this day in 1892, Vogue magazine, a journal of high society and fashion, released its inaugural issue.

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On this day in 1920, at 7:06pm, a massive earthquake wreaked havoc on the isolated Gansu province in north-central China.

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On this day in 1944, American bandleader Glenn Miller went missing while flying over the English Channel aboard a military aircraft bound for France.

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On this day in 1985, Wilma Mankiller took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

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On this day in 1776, Continental Army General Charles Lee surrendered to British forces after being caught off guard at a tavern in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

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On this day in 1913, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa portrait was recovered from a hotel room in Florence, two years after being stolen from the Louvre in Paris.

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On this day in 1844, a 29-year-old dentist named Horace Wells pioneered the use of nitrous oxide in dental procedures by testing the gas on himself.

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On this day in 1830, American poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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