What happened on this day in history?

1924 – Petrograd is renamed Leningrad: Following the death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, the Russian city of Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor. It reverted to its original name, St. Petersburg, in 1991.1984 – The launch of the Apple Macintosh: Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh computer during a groundbreaking presentation. The Macintosh revolutionized personal computing with its graphical user interface and mouse-driven functionality.

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History of Every Day is a daily exploration into what happened in history.

Dr. Cooper has been an Adjunct Professor of History since 2015.&nbsp;He was nominated in 2019 and 2020 for the Instructional Excellence Award and holds some of the highest teacher ratings for two universities. Since 2009, and has also worked as a History, Psychology, and Government high school teacher.&nbsp;In addition, he has worked as a school leader as an Assistant Principal.Before choosing an educational career, Dr. Cooper owned and operated a successful computer business for 10 years that received high ratings for sales and customer service.&nbsp;He was a corporate trainer and district manager for a Fortune 500 company in the Midwest.&nbsp;Dr. Cooper's research interests include social media's history on society and technological history's impact.&nbsp;In addition, he writes extensively on U.S. History, focusing on the unusual and often mundane.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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