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<p>French film director, producer, and screenwriter Louis Jean Lumière died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1948.</p><p>Alongside his brother Auguste, Louis is best known for inventing the Cinématographe, a motion picture camera, projector, and printer all in one. The Lumière brothers&#x27; work laid the foundation for the film industry and revolutionized visual storytelling.</p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#cinema</a> <a href="/tags/cinematography/" rel="tag">#cinematography</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 1944 </p><p>Violent <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#Antifa</a> Thugs vandalizing the beaches of Normandy</p><p><a href="/tags/dday/" rel="tag">#DDay</a> <a href="/tags/dday80/" rel="tag">#DDay80</a></p>

<p>German astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1723.</p><p>On December 25, 1758, Palitzsch became the first person to observe the return of Halley&#x27;s Comet, confirming Halley&#x27;s prediction, which was based on his calculations of the comet&#x27;s orbit and its previous appearances. This was a significant milestone in the field of astronomy, providing strong evidence for the accuracy of Newtonian mechanics and the predictability of cometary orbits.</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p>American zoologist Mary Jane Rathbun was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>Rathbun&#x27;s primary work involved the classification and description of crustaceans, particularly crabs. Over her career, she described over 1,000 new species and genera of crustaceans. She developed new methods and techniques for identifying and classifying crustaceans, including detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations that facilitated the work of other researchers.</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/zoology/" rel="tag">#zoology</a> <a href="/tags/carcinology/" rel="tag">#carcinology</a> <a href="/tags/womeninscience/" rel="tag">#womeninscience</a></p>

<p>&quot;Each time the discovery of new facts, the overthrow or extension of accepted theories, reminded us that science is never finished.&quot;</p><p>French physicist Charles Fabry was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>Together with Henri Buisson, they made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying the presence of ozone in the Earth&#x27;s atmosphere (1913). They used spectroscopic techniques to measure the absorption of ultraviolet light by atmospheric ozone, providing the first definitive evidence of the ozone layer.</p><p><a href="/tags/ozone/" rel="tag">#ozone</a></p>

<p>American illustrator, author, youth leader Daniel Carter Beard died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1941.</p><p>In 1905, Beard founded an organization called &quot;The Sons of Daniel Boone,&quot; which aimed to teach boys outdoor skills, woodcraft, and self-reliance. This organization was one of the first to emphasize the importance of outdoor education and adventure for youth. The Sons of Daniel Boone was later merged with the Boy Scouts of America.</p><p>Books by Daniel Carter Beard at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8612" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8612"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8612</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Mind the gap!</p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 6 June 1915, Maida Vale Tube station opens in London. It is staffed by women until the end of World War 1. </p><p><a href="/tags/londonhistory/" rel="tag">#LondonHistory</a> <a href="/tags/tubehistory/" rel="tag">#TubeHistory</a> <a href="/tags/goingunderground/" rel="tag">#GoingUnderground</a> <a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>

<p>Love is like an itchin&#x27; in my heart... </p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 22 Oct 1966, The Supremes become the first all-woman group to get to no 1 in the US Billboard album charts with The Supremes A&#x27; Go-Go.</p><p>Listen to their version of Get Ready: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_MhgHhc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_MhgHhc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD_7_M</span><span class="invisible">hgHhc</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/pophistory/" rel="tag">#PopHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>

<p>Michel Byrne on poet &amp; translator George Campbell Hay | Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa (1915–1984) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 8 Dec</p><p>Gaelic &amp; Scots: Cultural Connections &amp; Inspirations in the 20th Century (Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland &amp; Ulster webinar, 6 May 2025)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmENZ0Iw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmENZ0Iw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIesmE</span><span class="invisible">NZ0Iw</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 15 Jun 1911 shipping workers in the UK launched a national strike across the industry for better pay and conditions. The employers caved in within two weeks <a href="https://t.co/0Stj6xrflu" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>t.co/0Stj6xrflu</a> <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8689/uk-shipping-strike?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8689/uk-shipping-strike?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/8689/uk-shipping-strike?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.</p><p>The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.</p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a></p>

<p>26 years ago, on October 24, 1999 the iconic Peanuts football gag concluded with the twist of having Rerun, Lucy&#x27;s younger brother, holding the ball for Charlie Brown to kick as Lucy is called inside. Whether or not he actually *did* kick it, we&#x27;ll never know.</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/peanuts/" rel="tag">#Peanuts</a> <a href="/tags/charliebrown/" rel="tag">#CharlieBrown</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/comic/" rel="tag">#Comic</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#Comics</a> <a href="/tags/comicstrip/" rel="tag">#ComicStrip</a> <a href="/tags/snoopy/" rel="tag">#Snoopy</a></p>

<p>&quot;Colour! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.... Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.&quot;<br>The writings of a savage </p><p>French painter and sculptor Paul Gauguin was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1848.</p><p>Paul Gauguin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=gauguin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=gauguin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=gauguin</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/sculpture/" rel="tag">#sculpture</a></p>

<p>James Macpherson (1736–1796), of “Ossian” fame, was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 27 Oct. The “Ossian” poems were the literary sensation of the 18th century; they inspired the Brothers Grimm to collect German folktales, &amp; Elias Lönnrot to compile Finnish poems into the Kalevala. They are the founding texts of European Romanticism &amp; of modern fantasy literature </p><p>A 🎂🧵 </p><p>@litstudies <br>1/9<br>🖼️: Ingres, Le Songe d’Ossian</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/ossian/" rel="tag">#Ossian</a> <a href="/tags/jamesmacpherson/" rel="tag">#JamesMacpherson</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>

<p>English mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1954.</p><p>During World War II, he played a crucial role in deciphering the Enigma code used by the German military, significantly contributing to the Allied war effort. In his paper &quot;Computing Machinery and Intelligence,&quot; he proposed the famous Turing Test as a criterion for determining whether a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Tur</span><span class="invisible">ing</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#computerscience</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

<p>“[Milne’s] cryogenics story, ‘Ten Thousand Years in Ice’, in which a survivor from an ancient advanced civilisation is revived in the present, unintentionally became one of science fiction’s great literary hoaxes”</p><p>Robert Duncan Milne (1844–1899) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 7 June, in Cupar, Fife. He emigrated to the USA &amp; became America’s first full-time writer of <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> </p><p>1/5<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/remembering-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/remembering-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/rememberin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-lost-father-of-american-science-fiction-and-his-scottish-roots-78968</span></a></p>

<p>Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist Giacomo Leopardi died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1837.</p><p>Around 1816, Leopardi experienced what he called his &quot;literary conversion,&quot; shifting his focus from philological studies to poetry and philosophical reflection. His early lyrical poems, or &quot;canti,&quot; began to reflect his developing philosophical ideas. In 1816 the idylls Le rimembranze and Inno a Nettuno were published.</p><p>Books by Giacomo Leopardi at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8593" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8593"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/8593</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1822.</p><p>Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.</p><p>The difference engine is based on the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial co-efficients. Some of the most common mathematical functions are built from logarithmic &amp; trigonometric functions, which can be approximated by polynomials, so a difference engine can compute many useful tables.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71292</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>British biochemist Ida Maclean was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1877.</p><p>She was the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society. She conducted significant research on fatty acids and sterols, contributing to the understanding of biochemistry&#x27;s foundational elements. She came to be regarded as an authority on biochemistry, and her 1943 monograph The Metabolism of Fat was the first published of Methuen&#x27;s series Monographs on Biochemical Subjects.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Maclean" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Maclean"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Macl</span><span class="invisible">ean</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/biochemistry/" rel="tag">#biochemistry</a> <a href="/tags/womeninscience/" rel="tag">#womeninscience</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1893.</p><p>The Shelley Memorial is inaugurated at University College, Oxford, from which the poet was expelled in 1811. It is designed by Basil Champneys, with a reclining nude marble statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Edward Onslow Ford. Although Shelley was expelled from the college, he remains one of its most famous alumni and is now held in high honour there.</p><p>Shelley Memorial all washed up?<br>By Josh Pull via @Cherwell </p><p><a href="https://www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/shelley-memorial-all-washed-up/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cherwell.org/2005/04/22/sh</span><span class="invisible">elley-memorial-all-washed-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 19 May 1925 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He became one of the most influential advocates of self-defence for Black people as well as one of the foremost critics of America&#x27;s institutional racism <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9128/malcolm-x-born" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9128/malcolm-x-born"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/9128/malcolm-x-born</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;Our national epic has yet to be written.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1904.</p><p>Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called &quot;Bloomsday&quot; in honour of the novel&#x27;s main character Leopold Bloom.</p><p>Happy Bloomsday Day!</p><p>Ulysses is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Italian mathematician, astronomer and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1625.</p><p>His observations &amp; calculations helped to confirm &amp; refine Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. He formulated Cassini’s Law, describing the rotational behavior of the Moon, which was crucial for understanding the Moon&#x27;s synchronous rotation with the Earth. He was involved in measuring the meridian arc of Paris, contributing to the accurate determination of the shape of the Earth.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 25 Oct 1996, the last “Magdalene laundry” in Ireland closes. </p><p>In 2013, the Irish government issued a formal state apology to the women forced to work in the homes.</p><p>Here&#x27;s archive film: <a href="https://ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-collection-magdalene-laundry/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-collection-magdalene-laundry/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-co</span><span class="invisible">llection-magdalene-laundry/</span></a></p><p>And here&#x27;s more about how the laundries operated: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/last-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.irishtimes.com/culture/last-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.irishtimes.com/culture/las</span><span class="invisible">t-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/irishhistory/" rel="tag">#IrishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>

<p>Irish mathematician Alicia Boole Stott was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>She discovered &amp; described many four-dimensional polytopes &amp; coined the term “polytope” to generalize polygons &amp; polyhedra to higher dimensions. She extensively used Schläfli symbols to categorize and describe polytopes. Later in life, Alicia worked with Harold Coxeter and their collaboration furthered the understanding of regular polytopes and three-dimensional projections of four-dimensional figures.</p><p><a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/womeninscience/" rel="tag">#womeninscience</a></p>