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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #June24, 1973 #UpStairsLoungeArsonAttack occurs, the deadliest known attack on a gay club in US history until the 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting #GayBars #Arson #Terrorism #Homosexuality #Homophobia
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June 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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( #JCKaelin here: I'll never get over this. Never. God bless them for reopening with what was left of the collection! )
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #January23 - #January24, 2020: The #MuseumOfChineseInAmerica (#MOCA) burns down in #ChinatownNewYorkCity.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_...
January 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #April26, 1478 The #PazziConspiracy: #Assassination attempt on #DeMedicis at #HighMass in #FlorenceCathedral before 10K worshippers.
#Coups #PazziFamily #SalviatiFamily #PopeSixtusIV
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazzi_c...
April 26, 2025 at 5:35 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #May31, 1981 The #BurningOfJaffnaPublicLibrary destroys precious #SriLanka #TamilCulture.
#Biblioclasm #BookBurnings #CulturalCatastrophes #CulturalBarbarism #Kulturschade #Racism #Tamils #Sinhalese
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning...
May 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #May21, 1936 #AbeSadaIncident occurs.
#AbeSadaIncident #AbeSada #KichizoIshida #EroticAsphyxiation #Castration
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Abe
May 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory: #OTD #TDIH #February22, 1983: Notorious #Broadway flop #MooseMurders opens & closes the same night at the #EugeneONeillTheatre.
#Flops #Bad #Broadway #BadBroadway #AdventuresInHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq1k...
Moose Murders Opening
YouTube video by Cameron Metrejean
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February 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February14, 1849 In #NYC, #MatthewBrady takes 1st surviving #POTUS photo when he makes a #Daguerreotype of #JamesKnoxPolk.
#JamesKPolk #HistoryOfPhotography #Daguerreotypes #USPresidents #USHistory
www.historybyzim.com/2013/02/firs...
February 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #December7, 1891 #BOTD (Fictional) #Godfather #VitoCorleone. #DonCorleone #TheGodfather #Mafia #CosaNostra #OrganizedCrime
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Co...
December 7, 2024 at 4:42 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #April9, 1860 #Phonautograph records history's 1st #AudioRecording.
#EdouardLeonScottDeMartinville #RecordedSound #ScienceHistory #GreatInventions #RecordingHistory #AdventuresInHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonaut...
April 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February7, 1894: The #CrippleCreekMinersStrike led by the #WesternFederationOfMiners begins in #CrippleCreek #Colorado.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGS...
Up On Cripple Creek (Remastered 2000)
YouTube video by The Band - Topic
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February 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #April20, 1535 #SunDog 1st observed.
#Parhelion #MockSun #Sun #TheSun #AtmosphericOptics #OpticalPhenomena #AtmosphericOpticalPhenomena #Vadersolstavlan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
April 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #January25, AD 41 #Claudius approved #Emperor by #RomanSenate. #EmperorClaudius #RomanEmperors #GoodEmperors #Assassinations #Caligula #RomanHistory #RomanEmpire #Suetonius
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius
January 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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@JCKaelin here: I'll never get over this. Never. God bless them for reopening with what was left of the collection!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #January23 - #January24, 2020: The #MuseumOfChineseInAmerica (#MOCA) burns down in #ChinatownNewYorkCity.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_...
January 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #March27, 1884 The #CincinnatiRiotsOf1884 begin.
#CincinnatiCourthouseRiots #Cincinnati #CincinnatiOhio #Ohio #Riots #MiscarriagesOfJustice #AmericanHistory #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinn...
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #March23, 1993: Demolition of #KowloonWalledCity begins.
#KowloonCity #NewTerritories #HongKongTriad #Triads #OrganizedCrime #ChineseOrganizedCrime #Prostitution #Gambling #IllegalGambling #DrugAbuse
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon...
March 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #June16, 1755 #French surrender #FortBeausejour to the #British, leading to the #ExpulsionOfTheAcadians.
#Acadians #Cajuns #NewOrleans #Jazz #AcadianFrench #CajunFrench #CajunEnglish
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsi...
June 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February10, 1355: The #StScholasticaDayRiot in #Oxford leaves 63 scholars, 30-some locals dead in 2 days.
#SaintScholasticaDayRiot #StScholasticaDay #SaintScholasticaDay #Riots #UniversityOfOxford
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Scho...
February 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
@jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February19-28 #NationalBrotherhoodWeek begins.
#NCCJ #SocialJustice #AlSmith #FranklinDRoosevelt #FDR #RacialTolerance #Brotherhood #Antibigotry #Antiprejudice #UniversalBrotherhood #BrotherhoodOfMan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAS...
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week - with intro
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February28 #NationalBrotherhoodWeek ends.
#NCCJ #SocialJustice #AlSmith #FranklinDRoosevelt #FDR #RacialTolerance #Brotherhood #Antibigotry #Antiprejudice #UniversalBrotherhood #BrotherhoodOfMan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAn-...
Imagine (Remastered 2010)
YouTube video by John Lennon - Topic
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February 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #June8, 1959: The #USSBarbero & #USPostalService attempt #MissileMail, a form of #RocketMail.
#USPS #RegulusCruiseMissile #RegulusI #Aerophilately #Astrophilately
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_...
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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( #JCKaelin here: A 3.8 Megaton #HBomb sunk 20 miles off #Savannah Georgia - still there after over 60 years!)
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #February5: #1958TybeeIslandMidAirCollision occurs. #NuclearIncidents #NuclearAccidents #TybeeBomb
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Ty...
February 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #November28, 1520 #FerdinandMagellan and the #FleetOfTheMoluccas become #1stEuropeans to navigate the #StraitOfMagellan. #Magellan #ArmadaDeMolucas #AgeOfExploration
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_...
November 28, 2024 at 5:19 AM Everybody can reply
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Nick Hewitt
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This needs a hashtag - how about #adventuresinhistory ?
November 13, 2024 at 10:50 PM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1944 #PortChicagoDisaster occurs. #LargestExplosions #PortChicagoMutiny #SanFranciscoBay #PortChicagoCA #HumanRadiationExperiments #PacificWar #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarII #SecondWorldWar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Ch...
July 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM Everybody can reply
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J. C. Kælin
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #May10, 1889: #AstorPlaceRiot occurs at #AstorPlaceOperaHouse in #NYC killing 22 & wounding 26.
#WilliamCharlesMacready #EdwinForrest #Shakespeare #Riots #Stage #Theatre #Theater #NYC #NYCHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_P...
May 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM Everybody can reply
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