#OnThisDay in 2014, 29th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: #PeterGabriel; Hall & Oates; KISS; #Nirvana; #LindaRonstadt; #CatStevens; The E Street Band; #BrianEpstein; and Andrew Loog Oldham.

#OnThisDay in 1974, #PaulMcCartney & Wings release single "Band on the Run" in the US.

#OnThisDay in 2016, 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, #SteveMiller, and N.W.A.

#OnThisDay in 2012, #MikeWallace, American #journalist and media personality (60 Minutes, 1968-2006; Biography), died of #naturalcauses at 93. 🪦
#RIP

Very early #OnThisDay, 6 Apr 1944, Lillian Rolfe and Violette Szabo separately arrive in occupied France to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SEO). Rolfe is a wireless operator, Szabo a courier.

Szabo returns to the UK at the end of April but goes back to France in June 1944 and is captured. Rolfe is captured in July 1944.

They are executed together, by shooting, in Ravensbrück concentration camp in Feb 1945.

#History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons #EuropeanHistory

_The Evening Post_, 6 April 1925:
“CLEAR BREACH OF LAW”
MAGISTRATE’S DECISION REVERSED.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
GREYMOUTH, 4th April.
An interesting reserved judgment was given to-day by Mr. Justice #MacGregor in the case in which the police appealed against the dismissal by the Magistrate (Mr. Meldrum) of a charge against Charlotte Lewis, licensee of a #Kumara hotel, for refusing accommodation to F. King, a #Prohibition lecturer.
Mr. Justice MacGregor stated that no valid reason was given for refusing accommodation, and the real reason seemed to be the fact that King was a Prohibition agent. That was not a valid reason in law, however distasteful the supplying of such accommodation was to the licensee. King was a member of the travelling public, and the licensee was bound to supply lodging for the night. A clear breach of the law was made, and the licensee should have been convicted. The Judge expressed surprise that the Magistrate had not convicted, as it was difficult to imagine a clearer case of refusal.
The case was remitted to the lower Court, and costs of the appeal, £10 [ca. $1200 today], were allowed to the police.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250406.2.110

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #LawCourts #NewZealand

Bernard Noël “Banjo Barney” McKenna died on 5th April 2012. He was a musician and a much-loved founding member of The Dubliners. He played the tenor banjo, mandolin and melodeon. He was most renowned as a banjo player.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishMusic #BarneyMcKenna #TheDubliners #Dublin #OnThisDay

Why is a bridge in Sarajevo named after two women?

#OnThisDay, 5 Apr 1992, Suada Dilberović, a Muslim, and Olga Sučić, a Catholic, were killed whilst on a peace protest in Sarajevo during the outbreak of the Bosnian war. They are the first civilian casualties in what became the Siege of Sarajevo. The siege lasted 1,425 days, and over 5,000 civilians were killed during it.

The bridge they died on has been renamed in their memory.

#WomenInHistory #EuropeanHistory #OTD #History #Histodons

Martin Luther King was assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

#MartinLutherKing #CivilRights #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay in 2008, #MariahCarey overtakes Elvis Presley's record of 17 No. 1 US hits with her 18th ‘Touch My Body’, only The Beatles have more with 20.

#OnThisDay in 2012, Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: #Sting, #EltonJohn, #JamesTaylor, #JenniferHudson, #RosanneCash, Vince Gill, Esperanza Spaulding, #BrunoMars, Bryn Terfel, and #BillClinton.

#OnThisDay in 1912, #HerbertMills, American pop singer, (The Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1989). ✟
#RIP

#OnThisDay in 1987, #BuddyRich, American jazz #drummer and bandleader (Buddy Rich Band - "Away We Go"), died at 69. 🎗
#RIP

Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin) who wrote under the names Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen died on 1st April 1966 in Dublin. He is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. O'Brien's novels have attracted a wide following both for their unconventional humour and as prominent examples of modernist metafiction. As a novelist, O'Brien was influenced by James Joyce.

#Ireland #IrishLiterature #FlannOBrien #MylesNagCopaleen #BrianONolan #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay, 1 Apr 1792, former spy Etta Palm-Aelders speaks to the revolutionary French parliament.

Her demands?

The right for women to be admitted to civilian and military positions.

The education of girls to be based on the same principles as those of boys.

That women could become adults at the age of 21, and could get divorced.

Her demands were refused.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #LibertéÉgalitéFraternité #Histodons

#OnThisDay in 1949, RCA Victor of Camden, New Jersey, introduces the 45 RPM record player and the 7-inch single, a vinyl disc more durable than the 78 RPM shellac; initial releases include: Eddy Arnold's "Texarkana Baby"; Spade Cooley's "Spanish Fandango"; Arthur Crudup's "Crudup's After Hours"; and Saul Meisel's "A Klein Melamedl".

“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay in 1979, #NorahJones, American pop and jazz #singer and #pianist ("Come Away With Me"), born in Brooklyn, New York. .⋅˚₊‧ 🜲 ‧₊˚ ⋅
#HappyBirthday #46

#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 2019, Zuzana Čaputová was elected as President of Slovakia. She was the first - and so far only - woman to hold the role.

She had gained national prominence as a lawyer when she led a 14-year case against an illegal landfill.

#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson was sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is the first woman appointed to sit on it.

When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.

Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #CanadianHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay in 1980, #AnnunzioMantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), died at 74. 🥀🪦⚰️
#RIP

#OnThisDay in 2019, American singer-songwriter #BillieEilish (17) releases her debut studio album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?".

On this day in 1967, more than 10,000 people showed up for a "be-in" in NYC's Central Park.

"It represents a cultural moment in our history. Central Park became an epicenter of the counterculture in New York, where different people from all walks of life could gather."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/style/central-park-be-in-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.604.DaX7.KwkB0cMasHr4&smid=url-share

#OnThisDay #OTD #history #protests #protest #BeIn #counterculture #NYC #CentralPark #The60s

#OnThisDay, 26 Mar 1974, Gaura Devi and 27 village women prevent the logging of trees in the village of Rini in the Himalayas. They confront armed men from the lumber company and hug the trees to stop them being felled.

https://carvehername.org.uk/women-fighting-deforestation-gaura-devi/

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory#Histodons

#OnThisDay in 2022, British rock band #Genesis performs final concert of farewell tour at O2 Arena in London, England.

#OnThisDay, 25 Mar 1941, the first WRNS arrive at Bletchley Park in the UK. They operate the Bombe machines used for decoding German Enigma machine messages. Their work helps shorten World War 2.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #History #BletchleyPark #Histodons

#OnThisDay in 1961, #ElvisPresley performs live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial; his return to the concert stage after a stint in the US Army raises $60K and worldwide awareness of the project.

#OnThisDay in 1983, Motown 25, a concert celebrating the anniversary of Motown records is taped for broadcast at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California; performers include: The Miracles; The Temptations; The Four Tops; #DianaRoss and #theSupremes; The Jackson 5; and #MichaelJackson, who unveils his "moonwalk" dance move.

Today in 1990, 35 years ago: Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with last ship of Indian Peace Keeping Force leaving Sri Lanka.

#OnThisDay

Interesting: Hannah Montana premiered #OnThisDay in 2006. That may seem like a long time ago to you, but I'm surprised it was so recent. I could've sworn she was in the 90s. I mean, #MileyCyrus as we now know her is nothing like Hannah Montana, and I know that was a deliberate move on her part because she wanted to escape the typecasting, but sho', it happened QUICKLY, then. :/ #music

The feast of Gwinear, converted by Patrick and missionary to Brittany and Cornwall martyred by being thrown to reptiles, is held #OnThisDay

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
3/3
Chris Stainton, musician/songwriter, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton & others, 1944
George Benson, singer/songwriter, guitar, 1943

Also BOTD Stephen Sondheim

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
1/3
Matt Nicholls, drums, Bring Me the Horizon, 1986
Amy Studt, singer/songwriter/piano, 1986
Shawn Mims, rapper/songwriter, 1981
Aaron North, guitar/vocals, Nine Inch Nails, 1979
Beverley Knight, singer/songwriter, 1973
Jon Erik Andreas Johnson, singer/songwriter, 1970
Mickey Dale, musician/producer, Embrace, 1968
Susan Ann "Susanne" Sulley, singer, The Human League, 1963
Pete Wylie, singer/songwriter/guitar, Wah! & others, solo, 1958

#OnThisDay in 2019, #ScottWalker [Noel Scott Engel], American-born British singer-songwriter and composer (The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)), died of cancer at 76. 🎗️
#RIP

#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.

She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay in 1988, 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: #HankWilliamsJr, #RandyTravis, and #RebaMcEntire win.

#OnThisDay in 1991, #LeoFender, American inventor, and electric guitar designer (Telecaster; Stratocaster; Precision Bass), died from Parkinson's disease complications at 81. ✞
#RIP

George Henry Seymour, who was born #OnThisDay 1818, had a lengthy naval career, including a stint as captain of the royal yacht, before he became an MP in 1865. Find out more about him here: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/mp-of-the-month-henry-george-seymour-captain-of-the-royal-yacht/

Ludwig I of #Bavaria abdicated #OnThisDay 20.3. in 1848.
He wasn't able to choose an appropriate mistress - Lola Montez was one cause of the revolution. nEmpress Sisi of #Austria was his niece.

#histodons #history

https://empressofhab.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/three-facts-about-ludwig-i-of-bavaria/

Maud Menten, born March 20, 1879 in Port Lambton, ON, Canada, was one of the first women in Canada to graduate from medical school. Together with the German biochemist Leonor Michaelis, and based on earlier work by Victor Henri, Maud Menten developed a theory of enzyme kinetics that is still known today as Henri-Michaelis-Menten kinetics
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202300011
#onthisday