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

#onthisday #singer #happybirthday #NorahJones #pianist

#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.
Official photo of Zuzana Caputova taken in 2021. She is a white woman with fair hair.
#onthisday

#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

#history #histodons #canadianhistory #womenshistory #OTD #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth

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

#rip #onthisday #annunziomantovani

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

#onthisday #billieeilish

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
#protest #history #protests #OTD #nyc #onthisday #the60s #counterculture #centralpark #bein

#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

Gaura Devi and other women fighting deforestation - Carve Her Name

In March 1974, women fighting deforestation took action to protect the trees above their village. We learn more about them and others.
Mags (Carve Her Name)
#history #histodons #womenshistory #OTD #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth

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

#onthisday #Genesis

#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
Photo of racks of bombes (early computers) with WRNS standing at the end of some of them.
#history #histodons #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #bletchleypark #WorldWar2

#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 #elvispresley

#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.

#onthisday #michaeljackson #DianaRoss #thesupremes

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
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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
#music #onthisday #mileycyrus

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

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

Also BOTD Stephen Sondheim
#music #onthisday #botd #tdim

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
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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
#music #onthisday #botd #tdim

#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

#rip #onthisday #scottwalker

#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
black and white studio photo of Hannie Schaft. She is a white woman with fair hair.
#history #histodons #womenshistory #OTD #WW2 #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #dutchhistory

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

#onthisday #hankwilliamsjr #randytravis #rebamcentire

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

#rip #onthisday #LeoFender

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/

MP of the month: George Henry Seymour, Captain of the Royal Yacht

As today marks the 208th anniversary of Lord Horatio Nelson’s naval victory at Trafalgar, we have chosen a parliamentarian with a notable naval career as our MP of the Month. George …
The Victorian Commons
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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/

Three facts about Ludwig I of Bavaria

The great art lover Ludwig I of Bavaria died in Nice on 29 February 1868. His body was subsequently taken to Munich, where he was buried next to his wife Therese in the church of St. Boniface. This…
Empress of History and Books
#history #histodons #onthisday #bavaria #austria

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
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“Once, with hand-grenades in my shopping bag, I travelled in a train so full that I had to stand against a German NCO.”

#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1943, Francine Agazarian arrives in Nazi-occupied France to be a courier in the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French Resistance.

#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #History #WorldWar2 #Histodons
photo of Francine Agazarian in civilian clothes. She is a white woman with light hair.
#history #histodons #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #WorldWar2

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
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Melvin Gentry, singer/songwriter/guitar, Midnight Star, 1957
Jamie West-Oram, guitar/vocals, The Fixx, 1953
Bobby Whitlock, musician/songwriter/vocals, Derek and the Dominos, solo & others, 1948
Robert Lee Smith, singer, The Tams, 1936

Also BOTD Irene Cara, Wilson Pickett, Charley Pride
#music #onthisday #botd #tdim

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
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Marvin Humes, singer/songwriter/DJ, JLS, 1985
Adam Levine, singer/songwriter/musician, Maroon 5, 1979
Stuart Zender, bass, Jamiroquai, 1974
Dana Owens AKA Queen Latifah, rapper/singer/songwriter/producer/actress, 1970
Jerry Cantrell, singer/songwriter/guitar, Alice in Chains, solo & others, 1966
Courtney Pine, musician, solo, Jazz Warriors and others, 1964
Rozalla Miller, singer, 1964
Vanessa Williams, actress/singer/model, 1963
#music #onthisday #botd #tdim

#OnThisDay in 2001, #JohnPhillips, American singer and guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming), died at 65. 🪦
#RIP

#rip #onthisday #johnphillips

#OnThisDay in 1992, Farm Aid V held in Irving, Texas; performers include #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp, #NeilYoung, #ArloGuthrie, Asleep At The Wheel, Kentucky Headhunters, Texas Tornadoes, Bonnie Raitt, #TracyChapman, #PaulSimon, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

#neilyoung #onthisday #tracychapman #willienelson #johnmellencamp #ArloGuthrie #paulsimon

#OnThisDay, 14 Mar 2018, Angela Merkel is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany for the fourth time. #WomenInPolitics
Angela Merkel being sworn in as Chancellor in 2018. She is a white woman standing in front of a white man who is seated in a wheelchair.
#onthisday #Womeninpolitics

#OnThisDay in 1851, #GiuseppeVerdi's opera "Rigoletto" premieres in Venice.

#onthisday #giuseppeverdi

#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.

Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk

#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
studio photo of Lorraine Hansberry. She is a Black woman with short hair.

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#history #histodons #womenshistory #OTD #onthisday #womeninhistory #womenshistorymonth #AmericanHistory #literarywomen

#OnThisDay in 259/258BC, the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio celebrated a triumph for his victory over Carthaginians, Sardinians and Corsicans during the First Punic War
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#OnThisDay in 2003, 18th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: #ACDC; The Clash; #ElvisCostello and the Attractions; The Police; The Righteous Brothers; Benny Benjamin; Floyd Cramer; Steve Douglas; and Mo Ostin.

#acdc #onthisday #elviscostello

Happy Super Mario Tag! Der ist am 10. März, weil die englische Schreibweise des Datums (Mar 10) aussieht wie das Wort Mario.

#Popkultur #OnThisDay
Grafik. Zu sehen ist in einer Montage links ein Hund mit weit aufgerissenen Augen, nach rechts blickend. Rechts auf dem Bild eine Straße voller Bananenschalen. Schlagzeile auf dem Bild: POV: Ich beim "Mario Kart"-Spielen.
#onthisday #popkultur

#OnThisDay in 2007, 21st Soul Train Music Awards: Jermaine Dupri, #JenniferHudson win.

#onthisday #JenniferHudson

Today in 2006, 19 years ago: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

#OnThisDay
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Mary Elmes (Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes) died on 9th March 2002. She was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children at various times during the Holocaust. In 2015, she became the first Irish person honoured as Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel, in recognition of her work in the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

#Ireland #IrishHistory #MaryElmes #Holocaust #RighteousAmongTheNations #OnThisDay
Head and shoulder portrait of Mary Elmes in a stripped dress.
#ireland #Holocaust #onthisday #irishhistory #maryelmes #RighteousAmongtheNations

Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2

#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay
Bobby Sands' grave in Milltown Cemetery. A simple granite block with "volunteers Terence O'Neill Booby Sands Joe McDonnell" inscribed on the block.
#ireland #onthisday #irishhistory #gaeilge #BobbySands #longkesh #Antrim #1981hungerstrike #hmprisonmaze #gaeilinn

#OnThisDay in 1947, #CaroleBayerSager, American #singer-#songwriter ("On My Own"; "That's What Friends Are For"), and wife of Burt Bacharach, born in Manhattan, New York. 🎂🥳🥂❤️‍🔥
#HappyBirthday #78

#songwriter #onthisday #singer #happybirthday #carolebayersager

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