This Day in History Class

On this day in 1866, Native American tribal leader Chief Seattle died at the Suquamish Reservation in Washington.

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On this day in 1892, the first "L" train in Chicago made its inaugural journey through the city.

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On this day in 1887, American anthropologist Ruth Fulton Benedict was born in New York City.

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On this day in 1937, Sylvan Goldman introduced the world’s first shopping cart at his Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma City.

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On this day in 1888, Ernest Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat” was first published in the San Francisco Examiner. 

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On this day in 1859, the world famous Big Ben clock bell rang out over London for the first time. 

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On this day in 1593, English playwright Christoper Marlowe was stabbed to death in a London tavern.

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On this day in 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” made its inauspicious debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. 

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On this day in 1912, 16 women were dismissed from the Curtis Publishing Company for dancing the Turkey Trot on their lunch break. 

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On this day in 1986, American inventor Lonnie Johnson received a patent for the iconic Super Soaker water gun.

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