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@thomas@mastodon.trueten.de · 9h ago
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Massaker von My Lai #Vietnam #CapitalismIsADeathCult #OtD
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@bethroots@mindly.social · 2d ago
#OTD 14 March 1955, Esstella Margaret Crispen Pitcher, age 55, died in Benton Harbor, Michigan. I have always wished that I had known this sweet sister of my grandmother. All I know of her is through the family photos and stories. Esstella had scarlet fever as a child and was fragile throughout her life. She married Henry Pitcher and they had one daughter. Henry died two years before Esstella. Both were gone too soon. https://scrappinmyhistory.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-favorite-photo-52-ancestors.html #genealogy
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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 2d ago
Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born #OTD 147 years ago! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60 "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630 #books #mathematicsDay
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@kcm@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 01, 2026
New today on my blog: a quick look at some things which happened in March 1926. https://zenmischief.com/2026/03/march-1926/ #1926 #otd #March #blog #zenmischief
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@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social · Mar 01, 2026
#OtD 1 Mar 1954 a group of students at Indiana University started the Green Feather Movement to protest against a McCarthyist attempt to ban Robin Hood from school books for promoting communism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8111/green-feather-movement
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@alexskunz@mas.to · Feb 26, 2026
The Grand Canyon was established as a National Park on this day in 1919. Happy Birthday! Photo made from Yavapai Point along the South Rim. Way too easy! :) https://photos.alex-kunz.com/media/019b5dcd-110c-775e-bdae-4479a6f1df44 #LandscapePhotography #GrandCanyon #NationalParks #OTD #Twilight #Arizona #OnThisDay #ColoradoRiver
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@wrkclasshistory@bird.makeup · Feb 23, 2026
#OtD 23 Feb 1932 a riot broke out on Old Market Street in Bristol during a protest against the government's 10% cut to unemployment benefits in the middle of the Great Depression. 3-15,000 people were attacked by police but they fought back https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9557/old-market-riot
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@wrkclasshistory@bird.makeup · Feb 24, 2026
#OtD 24 Feb 1915 Amelio Robles Avila, a trans officer in Emiliano Zapata's Mexican revolutionary army, intervened in close combat in Salto de Valadez and Mazatlan, Guerrero. His unit battled a government column from noon and defeated them by evening https://www.tiktok.com/@workingclasshistory/video/7121709454348881158?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7461956505605391894
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@wrkclasshistory@bird.makeup · Feb 23, 2026
#OtD 23 Feb 2004 in Trebišov, Slovakia, police attacked unemployed workers, mostly Roma, protesting welfare cuts. Police beat & tear gassed, then tortured people with batons and electric prods but unemployed kept up struggle & won improvements https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9558/slovakian-police-attack-roma
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@wrkclasshistory@bird.makeup · Feb 23, 2026
#OtD 23 Feb 1864 300 female collar laundry workers at 14 firms went on strike in Troy, NY demanding pay increases of 20-25%, and better health and safety. After less than a week, they won https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9555/troy-collar-laundry-workers-strike
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@Armadillosoft@mastodon.social · Feb 23, 2026
A trio of striking, non-native geese. https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/16015636814/in/album-72157648687426934 #OTD 2/23/2015 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more)
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@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social · Feb 23, 2026
#OtD 23 Feb 2005 France introduced a law directing schools to teach "positive" aspects of French colonialism. France invaded places including Morocco, Algeria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Tunisia, Senegal, the Caribbean, US, Canada and others and enslaved 1.3m https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9559/french-colonialism-teaching-law
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@BibPortRoyal@mastodon.world · Feb 23, 2026
#Éphéméride : il y a 105 ans (1921) naissait Jean Mesnard #OTD
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@BibPortRoyal@mastodon.world · Feb 23, 2026
#Éphéméride : il y a 353 ans (1673) disparaissait Noël de Lalane #OTD
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@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026
#OtD 21 Feb 1973 law students in Athens went on strike and barricaded themselves inside the University in protest at the military dictatorship. Police violently repressed the students, but it was a key event leading to the student uprising of November https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9372/athens-law-students-strike
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@mobhistory@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026
#OTD (Feb. 21) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. Long list today. This is Part 1. #Brooklyn #ProvidenceRI #Chicago #NiagaraFallsNY #Buffalo #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory@fedigroups.social
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@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · Feb 21, 2026
49 years ago today (I'm) Stranded is the debut album by Australian punk rock group The Saints released on this day in 1977 included the singles '(I'm) Stranded' and 'Erotic Neurotic'. #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #thesaints #imstranded #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · Feb 13, 2026
Happy 70th Birthday to Peter Hook, bassist and co-founder of English rock bands Joy Division and New Order, born on this day in 1956, Salford, England 📸 Tim Moffat @ Peter Hook & The Light LIVE at Miami Beach Bandshell 6/14/25 #postpunk #punkrock #peterhook #punkrockhistory #otd
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@workingclasshistory@mastodon.social · Feb 12, 2026
#OtD 12 Feb 1970 hundreds of women textile workers at the John Collier factory in Leeds walked out on wildcat strike for pay equality with men. The union denounced the strike, but it spread until the employers agreed pay rises for women and men. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8388/leeds-clothing-wildcat-strike
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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · Feb 11, 2026
#OnThisDay, 11 Feb 1989, the Rev Barbara Harris is consecrated, the first woman to become a Bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Due to death threats, she was advised to wear a bulletproof vest at the ceremony: she declined. "I certainly don't want to be one of the boys. I want to offer my peculiar gifts as a black woman... a sensitivity and an awareness that comes out of more than a passing acquaintance with oppression." #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BlackHistoryMonth #Histodons
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