This Day in History Class

On this day in 1975, Rembrandt van Rijn's “The Night Watch” was vandalized while on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1969, the cartoon series “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” aired for the first time on CBS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1977, anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died on the floor of a prison hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1947, a team of engineers at Harvard University reported the earliest known computer bug.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic suspense thriller Psycho opened in theaters across the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1813, the Troy Post newspaper in New York made the first published reference to the nickname Uncle Sam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1916, entrepreneur Clarence Saunders opened the Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store in the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1698, Tsar Peter I imposed an annual tax on Russians who wished to keep their facial hair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1798, over $160,000 was stolen from the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters’ Hall, marking the first recorded bank heist in American history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1941, the Nazi regime ordered all Jews in Germany over the age of six to publicly identify themselves by wearing a yellow star. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.