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#OnThisDay, 1 May 1944, South African Phyllis Latour parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
She's never captured.
She died in 2023, in New Zealand.
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"The mentality in the 1960s was that women weren't smart or strong enough to be jockeys. But I proved that a woman could do the job."
#OnThisDay, 2 May 1970, Diane Crump becomes the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
In 1942, Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to internment camps because of hyped up fears of ‘disloyalty’.
In 1944, thousands of young Japanese American men were drafted out of those camps and sent to fight for democracy.
Despite this, they fought gallantly, earning more than 14,000 medals.
Then veterans faced more prejudice when they returned home
https://theconversation.com/japanese-american-soldiers-in-world-war-ii-fought-the-axis-abroad-and-racial-prejudice-at-home-158512
#News #AAPIHeritageMonth #history @histodons
Standard eBooks is running a campaign to raise money, and get a chance at an award of $1000.
A one time #donation in any amount will give them an extra entry into the Fractured Atlas campaign. So far they only have 97 entries, and three days left to get as many entries as possible.
If you love #ebooks, the #publicdomain, consider donating today.
Don't let them down. #Donate at: https://standardebooks.org/donate
Born in 1894, physicist Marietta Blau’s research led to a way to capture the tracks of speeding subatomic particles.
In 1937, Blau & Hertha Wambacher made a discovery that launched the field of particle physics. But she was forced to pause her work in 1938 bc of the Nazis.
Blau was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize but never won. Cecil F. Powell later built on her work & earned the Nobel Prize in Physics. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-dark-stars-of-marietta-blau/ #history #science #historyremix
“I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”
#OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.
Read a brief history of Truth’s life: https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/sojourner-truth/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
What REALLY Happened At The Scopes Monkey Trial | Encyclopaedia Britannica
In May, we reported on how an "anti-woke" energy tycoon had hijacked the #Texas State Historical Association. Now, hundreds of historians, students and educators are supporting the newly formed Alliance for Texas #History, dedicated to telling untold stories from our state. New from @josephinelee: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-history-alliance-tsha/
New #BookReview on my #blog: "Cigars: a Biography."
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-cigars-biography.html
#books #reading #cigars #history #ItinerantLibrarian #review 💙📚
@bookstodon
@bookstodon@a.gup.pe
“We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.”
#OnThisDay, 1 Oct 1847, American Maria Mitchell spots comet C/1847 T1.
She goes on to be the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts of Sciences and Professor of Astronomy at the newly-founded Vassar College.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons
Very early #OnThisDay, 6 May 1944, Marguerite 'Peggy' Knight parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance.
Knight fought her way out of an attempted capture, and returned to the UK in September 1944.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
Profs Sally Mapstone & Dauvit Broun explore the St Andrews Chronicles – one of Scotland’s most important historical works – tracing the manuscript’s journey to St Andrews & its significance for understanding Scottish identity, legacy & nationhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ck7zxfVxA
#Scottish #literature #history #BookHistory #16thcentury #manuscripts
At the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico stands the Taos Pueblo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, over 1000 years old. Built from adobe, these multi-storied homes reflect centuries of tradition and resilience of the Taos people.
https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/taos-pueblo-rebecca-herranen.html
#history #architecture #photography #newmexico #Indigenous #buyintoart #giftideas #fineartphotography #mastoart #unesco
The famous windmills of Mykonos stand proudly against a glowing Aegean sky. Their whitewashed walls and straw rooftops catch the last golden light of the day, while soft clouds drift overhead. Once used to mill grain, these historic landmarks now overlook the island as timeless symbols of Cycladic charm.
#greece #photography #sunrise #photo #buyintoart #history #giftideas #mastoart #fineartphotography #architecture
How Cigar Factory ‘Readers’ Shaped Cuban Political Movements
"Lectors, or readers, once sparked revolution. Where are they today?"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-cigar-readers-cuba
Ride the historic route of the Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway and hear interesting stories in my latest video: https://youtu.be/ZVvHoDFQsBg
#seattle #everett #seabikes #BikeTooter #history #transit #interurban
Ancient Greece to Turner v Constable: Seven of the greatest rivalries in art history
There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.
By Kelly Grovier
https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20251205-seven-of-the-greatest-rivalries-in-art-history
Art History at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5621
7 Facts About The Founding Fathers That’ll Make You Rethink American History
By Marco Margaritoff
!["Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery.[1] Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited Independence Hall to depict the chamber where the Second Continental Congress met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the United States Capitol rotunda in 1826.
The painting is sometimes incorrectly described as depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The painting shows the five-man drafting committee presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Congress, an event that took place on June 28, 1776, and not the signing of the famous copy, which took place mainly on August 2." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_%28painting%29](/proxy/post_attachment/881547/b28d4a7e65.jpg "\"Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery.[1] Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life, and visited Independence Hall to depict the chamber where the Second Continental Congress met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the United States Capitol rotunda in 1826.
The painting is sometimes incorrectly described as depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The painting shows the five-man drafting committee presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Congress, an event that took place on June 28, 1776, and not the signing of the famous copy, which took place mainly on August 2.\" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_%28painting%29")
Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know
by Mark W. Post
Ancient languages at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ancient+languages
#softwareEngineering #computerScience #programming #commonLisp #history #essay #reading of Whither Original Thought #transcript from @kentpitman
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/show/kmp-whither-original-thought/
with a link to its beginning in the interview.
I chose to hand-transcribe it to remove (and probably introduce) discontinuities.
A central theme is the tyrannies of programming libraries and the question of having exhaustive knowledge of your increasingly numerous dead forebearers.
Read it yourself (and/or listen finally).
Edited 1y ago
The Strange History Of Flagpole Sitting, The 1920s Trend Of Perching Atop Towering Poles For Days Or Weeks On End
By Genevieve Carlton
"Sparked by a publicity stunt performed by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a popular test of endurance in the United States during the 1920s, before falling out of fashion during the Great Depression."
The Little-Known Story Of The ‘Year Without A Summer’ That Saw Worldwide Famine And Widespread Snowfall In June
By Austin Harvey
"The summerless year of 1816 came after the eruption of Mount Tambora, the Indonesian volcano that violently exploded in April 1815 and sent clouds of ash into the atmosphere that blocked sunlight and caused global temperatures to drop."
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On this day in 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the "original soul sister" and "Godmother of rock and roll" was born.
"Rock 'n' roll was bred between the church and the nightclubs in the soul of a queer black woman in the 1940s named Sister Rosetta Tharpe."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe
#music #history #MusicHistory #WomenInMusic #BlackWomen #BlackHistory #RockNRoll #RockMusic #OnThisDay #OTD #SisterRosettaTharpe
We’re celebrating the amazingness of bees with this beautiful golden bee thought to date to the Hellenistic period of Greece. At only 1.5 cm in length, it’s about the size of a bee as well!
🏛 Yale University Art Gallery
