#OnthisDay

English Radical History

EnglishRadical

“Wilkes and Liberty! Old English Liberty!”John Wilkes, journalist and politician, was born in London #OnThisDay 1725. A hugely influential figure in the history of English radicalism, Wilkes was seen as

Colchester Civic Society

ColCivicSociety

#OnThisDay - 14 October 1940, during #WW2, "a large body of #Australians" arrived in #Colchester. It is said 10,000 troops marched along the High Street, laughing and shouting, their band

Historic Southampton

HistoricalSoton

THREAD - THE SOUTHAMPTON BLITZ:#OnThisDay eighty years ago - 23 November 1940 - the Luftwaffe targeted Southampton and the town suffered its most destructive raid of the Blitz so far.It

Everton

Everton

| #OnThisDay in 1966, Goodison Park hosted the first of five games during the @FIFAWorldCup. Brazil - Bulgaria @Pele, Garrincha 47,308 attendance@EvertonHeritage | #OnThisDay in 1966, the second

Jacqueline Reiter

latelordchatham

I've been reminded the duel between Ld Castlereagh and George Canning took place #OnThisDay 1809. It's one of my favourite things to bring up when people ask me why I

Marina Amaral

marinamaral2

#OnThisDay in 1943, prisoners at Sobibor covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout."Our day has come. Most of the Germans are dead. Let's

Patrick Connor

PatrickMConnor

From September 1940 to May 1942, Charley Burley posted a win streak that included a victory over highly underrated Holman Williams. He was only 24, still growing. It was during

Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives

ALGArchives

#OnthisDay in 1970 (50 years ago) an article appeared in the Saturday edition of The Australian newspaper. It was an interview with John Ware, Christabel Poll and John’s boyfriend, Michael.

Gardelegen Memorial

gfi_gardelegen

#otd #OnThisDay, am 18.4.1945 und danach: In den USA erscheinen erste Medienberichte über das #Isenschnibbe-Massaker von #Gardelegen, noch als Textmeldungen ohne Bild. Die 168. Signal Photographic Company um Corporal Donald

Bianca Walther

simultorian

Bertha #Pappenheim, Austrian-German Jewish #feminist who translated Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" into German, was born #OnThisDay in 1859#xl8 #xl8history #OnThisDayShe https://twitter.com/Letnap

Stephen Shapiro

shapirostephen

#OnThisDay The Azusa Street Revival began in Los Angeles, starting the growth of Pentecostalism. Azusa was dedicated to overcoming Jim Crow racial segregation. As Philip Barnard and I argue in

Science Museum

sciencemuseum

#OnThisDay in 1796, Edward Jenner performed the first smallpox vaccination. Jenner had observed that milkmaids, who were exposed to cowpox through their work, were often immune to smallpox and its

The Georgian Lords

GeorgianLords

#OnThisDay 1796 Edward Jenner administered the first dose of his #vaccine against #smallpox derived from pus from cowpox blisters.#Immunity #twitterstorians #HistParl #pioneer In July 1807 Spencer Perceval, as chancellor of

Dr Iain MacInnes

IainMacInnesUHI

#OTD in 1338, the sheriff of Cumberland was ordered to arrest all those who took victuals and other goods across the border into Scotland. Their goods, horses, cows, etc, were

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

HMD_UK

#OnThisDay in 1939 the Nazis decreed that Jews in Poland must wear a Star of David on their right arm. This continued until September 1941, when all Jews in occupied

On This Day in Simpsons History

dailysimpsons

#OnThisDay #OTD April 26, 1998, "Trash of the Titans", first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Jim Reardon. Wr: @ianhmg. Guest-starring @SteveMartinToGo as Ray Patterson, @U2 and their manager Paul