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HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 18

Born On This Day
(18th Dec):
Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress.
#BornOnThisDay #RachelGriffiths

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 18

This Day In History
(18th Dec 1999):
NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
#ThisDayInHistory #NASA #Space #EarthObservation

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 17

This Day In History
(17th Dec 1967CE):
HAROLD HOLT GOES FOR A SWIM.
Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. He has had a swimming pool named after him since 1967. 🤣🤭
#ThisDayInHistory #AUSHistory #HOLT

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(17th Dec):
Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos .
#BornOnThisDay #MaryCartwright

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(17th Dec 497BCE):
The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
#ThisDayInHistory #AncientRome #Saturnalia #Festivals #ReligiousPractices

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(16th Dec):
Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, later queen consort of England.
#BornOnThisDay
#CatherineOfAragon

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(16th Dec 1811CE):
The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
#ThisDayInHistory #USHistory #Earthquakes #Geoscience

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(15th Dec):
Lee Jung-jae,
South Korean actor.
#BornOnThisDay
#LeeJungjae

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(15th Dec 2014CE):
The Sydney Lindt Cafe Siege: Gunman takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. The following day Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson are killed.
#ThisDayInHistory #LindtCafeSiege #AUSHistory #Terrorism

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(14th Dec):
Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
#BornOnThisDay #BethOrton

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HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(14th Dec 1940CE):
Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
#ThisDayInHistory #ScientificHistory #Plutonium #USHistory

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(13th Dec):
Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic.
#BornOnThisDay #LucyBrocadelli

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(13th Dec 1577CE):
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
#ThisDayInHistory #Exploration #SirFrancisDrake #EnglishHistory

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(12th Dec):
Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer.
#BornOnThisDay #GroverWashingtonJr

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(12th Dec 1866CE):
Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.
#ThisDayInHistory #EnglishHistory #OaksExplosion #MiningDisasters

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(11th Dec):
Kamehameha V of Hawaii.
#BornOnThisDay #KamehamehaV

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(11th Dec 1964CE):
Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
#ThisDayInHistory #UnitedNationsGeneralAssembly #CheGuevara #Speeches

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

Born On This Day
(10th Dec):
María Bibiana Benítez,
Puerto Rican poet and playwright.
#BornOnThisDay #MaríaBibianaBenítez

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 16

This Day In History
(10th Dec 1861CE):
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
#ThisDayInHistory
#AntiColonialism #Vietnam #NguyễnTrungTrực

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 9

Born On This Day
(9th December):
McKayla Maroney, American retired olympic gymnast, actress and meme queen.
#HappyBirthday #BornOnThisDay #McKaylaMaroney

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 9

This Day In History
(2017CE):
The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
#MarriageEquality #ThisDayInHistory #Australia #SameSexMarriage #HumanRights

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 8

Born On This Day
(8th December):
Sinéad O'Connor,
Irish singer-songwriter.
Much loved, much missed.
#SinéadOConnor #BornOnThisDay

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 8

This Day In History
(2004CE):
Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer.
#ThisDayInHistory #AlrosaVilla #DimebagDarrell #crime

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HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 6

Born On This Day
(7th December):
Tom Waits,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor.
#BornOnThisDay
#TomWaits

HistoryFre@k@zoid @historyfreako.bsky.social · Dec 6

This Day In History
(1732CE):
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
#ThisDayInHistory #EnglishHistory #RoyalOperaHouse #CoventGarden #Architecture