#ChristianeVulpius was born in Weimar #OnThisDay in 1765, becoming the lover & then the wife of #JohannWolfgangVonGoethe; she had to endure disdain from the local elite because of her unconventional relationship with the great poet...
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Happy 97th Birthday to the LCBO! 🥳 🎂
#OnThisDay in 1927 (June 1) the Liquor Control Act officially replaced the Ontario Temperance Act of 1916 that led to the prohibition of alcohol in Ontario, Canada.
#lcbo #1920s #liquorstore #torontohistory #toronto #ontario #canada #hopkindesign
Norma Jean Mortenson was born #OnThisDay in 1926, to achieve iconic fame as #MarilynMonroe before dying at 36 in 1962 after struggling with substance abuse; here's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes":
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#HerbertHoover & his wife Lou got caught up in the Boxer Rebellion in China #OnThisDay in 1900, showing considerable sangfroid in surviving the upheaval but proving himself a disaster as president of the United States after his election in 1928...
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The feast day of #sixthcentury Irish St Ronan, the patron of Locronan, Britanny, is celebrated #OnThisDay
The feast of Pyrrhus, 7th century patriarch of Constantinople who flip-flopped on his support for Monothelitism, is celebrated #OnThisDay
The feast day of Fortunatus of Spoleto, known for his charity and helping the poor in the 4th century, is celebrated #OnThisDay
The feast of Crescentinus, patron of Urbino, 4th century martyr and dragon-slayer, is celebrated #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 326, Constantine decreed that the exemption from compulsory public service for clergy was not to be distributed to the wealthy and should not be taken advantage of (CTh XVI.2.6)
But what evil have I done? Whom have I killed?" - reputed last words of Didius Julianus, killed #OnThisDay in 193
Justin Martyr, tried and executed by the urban prefect Junius Rusticus in c.165, is commemorated #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 357/356BC, the consul Gaius Marcius Rutilus celebrated a triumph for his victory over the Volscian Privernates of Latium
#OnThisDay in 486/485BC, Spurius Cassius Viscellinus celebrated a second triumph for his victory over the Volsci and Hernici during his third consulship
"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."
#OnThisDay in 1916, Louis Brandeis was confirmed to #SCOTUS.
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1st of June - 🏴's 1st close call in ending its union with 🏴 - the union was a mere 6 years old.
🏴 was failed by 4 votes.
Information regarding this event is not a fact widely shared in 🏴 schools...
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St Justin, the philosopher, 167. St Pamphilius, priest and martyr, 309. St Caprias, abbot, 430. St Peter of Pisa, founder of the Hermits of St Jerome, 1435. - Born. - Nicolas Poussin, painter, 1594, A...
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1676 Battle of Öland:allied DanishDutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea,during the Scanian War
1964 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as the 1st President
1998 European Central Bank is founded in Brussels 2 define & execute European Union's monetary policy #OnThisDay
1.6.1946: Ion Victor Antonescu hingerichtet. 1940-1944: rumänischer Diktator. u.a. verantwortlich für Tod von hunderttausenden Juden (Massaker, Arbeits- u. Vernichtungslager), Deportation von rund 25.000 Roma. Nationalisten und Faschisten relativieren seine Rolle.
#OTD #OnThisDay #Geschichte #WWII
#OnThisDay in London's radical history: a fascist British League rally in Ridley Road market, Dalston, is smashed by anti-fascist Jewish 43 Group, 1947
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After the second world war, pre-war fascist leader Oswald Mosley, freed from his wartime prison, tried to rebuild the fascist movement he had led in he 1930s. A core of former British Union of Fascist...
wp.me#OnThisDay in London's penal history: a planned mass escape in Newgate Prison is foiled, 1758
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1035 – Simeon von Trier stirbt. Der byzantinische Mönch, der gerne als Einsiedler lebte, weil einem die Leute offenbar damals schon auf den Sack gehen konnten, hatte sich zuvor in der Porta Nigra von Trier einmauern lassen und lebte dort von Brot,
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Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived in Tangiers #OnThisDay in 1905, precipitating the First #Morocco Crisis & intensifying the tensions between Germany & Britain & France that helped pave the way to #WorldWarI; this is a contemporary #cartoon:
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#ApartheidIsrael murdered human rights activists aboard the #MaviMarmara #OnThisDay in 2010; #BarackObama & #HillaryClinton shielded the fascist apartheid state from accountability for the act of piracy & terrorism:
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Sadi Carnot (1796) - French engineer and often described as the "father of #Thermodynamics".
Happy Birthday Morgan Freeman (1937). One of the most popular Hollywood actors, he won an #AcademyAward in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor.
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Brigham Young (1801), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Carl Bechstein (1826), John Marshall Harlan (1833), Frank Morgan (1890), #MarilynMonroe (1926), Morgan Freeman (1937), Edo de Waart (1941), Carol Neblett (1946) & Tom Holland (1996) were born #OnThisDay...
#BenjaminNetanyahu narrowly defeated Shimon Peres #OnThisDay in 1996 to become #ApartheidIsrael's longest-serving prime minister & engineer the #GazaGenocide with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes from #GenocideJoeBiden + $15 billion in new funding...
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Margaret Beaufort was born #OnThisDay in 1443; one of the most remarkable women in medieval history, she gave birth to the #Tudor dynasty as mother of Henry VII, grandmother of Henry VIII & great-grandmother of Elizabeth I of #England...
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#ShirleyVerrett was born #OnThisDay in 1931, an African American who rose to prominence in #opera in the face of racism; here she is singing "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" from "Samson et Dalilah" by Camille Saint-Säens (1.26.64):
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#MarinMarais was born in Paris #OnThisDay in 1656, becoming a master viol player & composer of #music; his celebrated "Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris" was played in Alain Corneau's film, "Tous les Matins du Monde":
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#OnThisDay in 1977 #NegativeWoman debuted in #Showcase #comics #94 #ValentinaVostok #SovietAirForce #LieutenantColonel #stoleAFighterPlaneToDefectToTheUS & crashed #dueToMalfunction on theExactSiteOf #TheOriginalDoomPatrol’s demise where #NegativeMan #LarryTrainor’s #negativeEnergyBeing #bondedToHer
#OnThisDay in 1977 #Tempest debuted in #Showcase #comics #94 #combatMedic #JoshuaClay’s #mutant #abilityToEmitEnergyBlasts 1st manifested after witnessing his sergeant massacre a #Vietnamese village & #disservicedOnTheCover #hisSkinTone #overColored #ComicBookColorProcessOfBlackLivesMatterMoreToday
#OnThisDay in 1977 #Celcius debuted in #Showcase #comics #94 #AraniDesai revealed #NilesCaulder’s #widow he #RescuedFromTheStreetsOfCalcutta gifted w #anImmortalitySerum &Secured@ #HimalayanMonastery during #TheChiefsFatalBattle w #Generallmmortus sheLeads #TheNewDoomPatrol w #PowerToEmitHeatAndCold
#OnThisDay in 1977 #2yearsAfterThatOtherWheelchairGenius’s #AllNewMulticulturalXMen debutedAt #MarvelComics @DCOfficial.bsky.social #1stSuperTeamDiversityEffort intro’ed #TheNewDoomPatrol in #Showcase #comics #94 #Celcius #NegativeWoman #Tempest join #Robotman II’s Mach2 #DrWillMagnus-rebuiltChassis
British & German naval forces collided in the #BattleOfJutland #OnThisDay in 1916; the largest naval battle of #WorldWarI involved 100,000 men aboard 250 ships over the course of 72 hours & left British dominance of the North Sea intact despite significant losses...
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#OnThisDay in 455, emperor Petronius Maximus was killed by a stone-throwing mob as he fled the Vandal attack on Rome
#OnThisDay in 382, Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I decreed that Manichaeans must will their property to Christian family members. Their secret assemblies were forbidden. Anyone not worshiping in an orthodox church on Easter will be suspected of heresy (CTh XVI.5.9)
The feast of St Hermias is celebrated #OnThisDay; he suffered torture before being beheaded by the proconsul Sebastian in Comana in 160
St Petronilla is celebrated #OnThisDay. Some claim she was the daughter of St Peter and died on hunger strike
Perhaps #OnThisDay in 1279BC, Ramesses II became Pharaoh. He reigned for 66 years and earned the title of "Great"
Toronto Union Station construction progress photos taken #OnThisDay in 1916 (May 31)
Image credits: City of Toronto Archives
#OTD #1910s #TorontoUnionStation #unionstation #construction #transit #railways #railroad #history #torontohistory #tdot #the6ix #toronto #canada #hopkindesign
Today's Friday Digital Archive Dive went deep and came up with BABIES, one adorable and one maybe not so much.
Taken #OnThisDay May 31, 2010 and 2012
#photography #fawn #deer #birds #critters
#Nixon #History #OnThisDay #OTD #Media
W. Mark Felt’s family ended 30 years of speculation on this day in 2005, identifying Felt, the former FBI Assistant Director, as “Deep Throat”, the secret source who helped Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein unravel the Watergate scandal.
#History #OnThisDay #OTD #Racism
Tulsa Race Massacre began on this day in 1921. Whites attacked the prosperous black area of Tulsa, shooting unarmed Blacks and burning 35 city blocks, including 1,200 houses, churches, businesses, a school, and a hospital. Historians estimate 300 Blacks were killed.
On this day in 2019, Godzilla: King of the Monsters earned $19.48m on its opening day.
Birthdays:
Colin Farrell turns 48
Brooke Shields turns 59
Lea Thompson turns 63
Tom Berenger turns 75
Clint Eastwood turns 94
#BoxOffice #OnThisDay #ColinFarrell #BrookeShields #LeaThompson #TomBerenger
Notable events such as movie releases on May 31
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1279 BC Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
1910 Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom
1970 7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche #OnThisDay
31.5.1945 Kriegsverbrecher Curt von Gottberg begeht in britischer Kriegsgefangenschaft Suizid. Juli 1944 Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer für Russland-Mitte u. Weißruthenien. U.a. verantwortlich für Kriegsverbrechen im Rahmen der sogenannten "Bandenbekämpfung".
#OTD #OnThisDay #Geschichte #WWII
#OnThisDay 1859 the Great Clock in the Elizabeth Tower (often referred to as Big Ben) began keeping time. www.parliament.uk/bigben On the same day the House of Commons re-appointed John Evelyn Denison as Speaker: api.parliament.uk/historic-han... #19thC
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1410 – Martin I. von Aragón, so etwas wie ein Vorläufer der spanischen Könige, stirbt in Barcelona. Sehr wahrscheinlich rafft ihn die Pest dahin, aber gerüchteweise war es eher so, dass er eine ganze Gans gegessen hatte und dann sein Lieblingshofnarr Borra
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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 #𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀! HEUTE vor 130 Jahren, am 31. Mai 1894, ließ John Harvey #Kellogg sie patentieren. Sein Ziel war, mit ihnen zu einer gesünderen #Ernährung beizutragen #OnThisDay #otd #Kelloggs #Nahrungsmittel #Lebensmittel #EssenTrinken
Vor 130 Jahren wurde durch etwas Glück aus einer Idee ein Welterfolg. Zwischen John Harvey und William Keith kam es dadurch jedoch zum Bruch.
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