<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 11 June 1936 Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists attempted to hold an impromptu rally in Tonypandy, Wales. 6,000 locals forced the fascists to flee in what would become known as the 'Battle of De Winton Field' <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8322/battle-of-de-winton-field" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8322/battle-of-de-winton-field"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/8322/battle-of-de-winton-field</span></a></p>
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<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 & became America’s first full-time writer of science fiction </p><p>1/5</p><p><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><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</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>Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 22 May, at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh – a 🎂 🧵</p><p>On BBC Sounds: Bridget Kendall explores Conan Doyle’s life & work – the doctor & literary superstar who changed Crime fiction forever</p><p>1/</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054419v" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054419v"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0544</span><span class="invisible">19v</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/crimewriting/" rel="tag">#Crimewriting</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#CrimeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/sherlock/" rel="tag">#Sherlock</a> <a href="/tags/sherlockholmes/" rel="tag">#SherlockHolmes</a> <a href="/tags/sherlockholmesday/" rel="tag">#SherlockHolmesDay</a> <a href="/tags/arthurconandoyle/" rel="tag">#ArthurConanDoyle</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 7 Jun 1968, 187 women working at the Ford car factory in Dagenham, UK, go on strike demanding recognition as skilled workers.</p><p>They are led by Rosie Boland and Lil O'Callaghan. After three weeks they win concessions as production had to be shut down. The strike was one of the triggers for the Equal Pay Act 1970 that made it illegal to pay women and men differently if they are doing the same job.</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/britishhistory/" rel="tag">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/madeindagenham/" rel="tag">#MadeInDagenham</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 7 Jun 1968 women workers at Ford's Dagenham plant in England walked out on strike for equal pay with men. The strike led to the Equal Pay Act of 1970, although pay equality at Ford was only achieved after a later strike in 1984 <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10719/ford-dagenham-womens'-strike" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10719/ford-dagenham-womens'-strike"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/10719/ford-dagenham-womens'-strike</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 4 Jun 1972, civil rights activist Angela Davis is acquitted in a trial over her alleged involvement in the 1970 Marin County Civic Centre attack.</p><p>Davis had been prosecuted for three capital felonies, including conspiracy to murder, after guns she owned were used in the attack. The all-white jury cleared her of all charges.</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/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 23 May 1430, Jeanne d'Arc, fighting in the rearguard, is pulled from her horse and captured by the Burgundians at the siege of Compiègne. She is then sold as a prisoner to the British, who put her on trial for heresy. </p><p>Learn more about Jeanne’s rise and fall here: <a href="https://carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-arc-7-may-1429/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-arc-7-may-1429/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-ar</span><span class="invisible">c-7-may-1429/</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/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/joanofarc/" rel="tag">#JoanOfArc</a> <a href="/tags/europeanhistory/" rel="tag">#EuropeanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 23 May 1988, four women storm the BBC news studio whilst the news is live on air, protesting the introduction of Section 28. Section 28 banned the “promotion of homosexuality” by local government in the UK, and was intended to stop LGBT+ campaigns for equal rights.</p><p>It was not repealed until 2003.</p><p>Watch footage from the time: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNjJakiI&ab_channel=BBCStories" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNjJakiI&ab_channel=BBCStories"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNj</span><span class="invisible">JakiI&ab_channel=BBCStories</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/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/lgbthistory/" rel="tag">#LGBTHistory</a> <a href="/tags/britishhistory/" rel="tag">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/section28/" rel="tag">#Section28</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 23 May 1944, Madeleine Lavigne parachutes back into occupied France as a wireless operator for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd previously worked for the resistance as a forger and courier.</p><p>Radio operators ran the greatest risk of detection, as their position could be triangulated when they were on air.</p><p>She died in Paris of an embolism.</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/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/europeanhistory/" rel="tag">#EuropeanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 5 Jun 1988, Aussie Kay Cottee sails back into Sydney, Australia. She is the first woman to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe without any assistance.</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/australianhistory/" rel="tag">#AustralianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.</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/votesforwomen/" rel="tag">#VotesForWomen</a> <a href="/tags/europeanhistory/" rel="tag">#EuropeanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 23 May 1941 Giliana Balmaceda (Gillian Gerson) lands in occupied France. She is the first woman to be a Special Operations Executive agent in France, and scouts out escape lines and collects documents to be forged.</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/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/europeanhistory/" rel="tag">#EuropeanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 5 Jun 1833, Ada Lovelace meets Charles Babbage, triggering their collaboration on the Analytical Engine and writing the first published program.</p><p>Image by Sydney Padua </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/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p>“I don’t write about people that are nice people. They’ve got to be sinners, with a wee touch of goodness here and there, you know.”</p><p>Giving “people like that” a voice: a conversation with Agnes Owens (1926–2014) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 24 May<br>A 🎂 🧵</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises/89?lang=en" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="journals.openedition.org/etudesecossaises/89?lang=en"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.openedition.org/etude</span><span class="invisible">secossaises/89?lang=en</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/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/workingclass/" rel="tag">#WorkingClass</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 24 May 1976, at least 400 women walk out on strike at the Trica factory in London, demanding equal pay with their male colleagues. Around 100 men come out on strike in support of the women.</p><p>The strike lasts 21 weeks before the American owners of the factory agree to all demands.</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/britishhistory/" rel="tag">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/tradeunionhistory/" rel="tag">#TradeUnionHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OtD</a> 24 May 1988 the homophobic 'Section 28' passed into law in the UK. It stated that local authorities must not "promote homosexuality" or "the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship." The law sparked a wave of resistance. <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9679/section-28-comes-into-law" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9679/section-28-comes-into-law"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/9679/section-28-comes-into-law</span></a></p>
<p>The International Council on Archives / Conseil international des archives was founded <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 9 June, 1948, under the auspices of UNESCO.</p><p>To celebrate, here’s Edwin Morgan’s poem “Archives”, published in Centenary Selected Poems (Carcanet, 2020)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784109967" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784109967"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/ind</span><span class="invisible">exer?product=9781784109967</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/archives/" rel="tag">#archives</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/internationalarchivesday/" rel="tag">#InternationalArchivesDay</a> <a href="/tags/unesco/" rel="tag">#UNESCO</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a></p>
<p>A Restless Intellect</p><p>“Widely respected – & regularly attacked (once physically) – in her lifetime, she is now largely neglected; an intriguing aside to feminism or to agnosticism. Dixie deserves better.”</p><p>Florence Dixie (1855–1905) – novelist, poet, dramatist, war correspondent, campaigning journalist, suffragist, & more – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 25 May. Valentina Bold explores Dixie’s roving life</p><p>@litstudies </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2021/12/a-restless-intellect-florence-dixie-1855-1905/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2021/12/a-restless-intellect-florence-dixie-1855-1905/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2021/1</span><span class="invisible">2/a-restless-intellect-florence-dixie-1855-1905/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>
<p>Ye think thon wes the end?<br>Yon meetin in the wuids<br>When Thracian Orpheus heard the drum, the cries,<br>The whud o the bacchantes’ thrangan feet…</p><p>—“Orpheus”, by Tom Scott (1918–1995), born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 6 June<br>Published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#Mythology</a> <a href="/tags/greekmythology/" rel="tag">#GreekMythology</a></p>
<p>“The simple act of walking through a schoolhouse door that had been barred to me, and all people of my color, by the governor of this state - that simple act represented an end to legal segregation in the American South.”</p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 11 June 1963, Vivian Malone defies the Governor of Alabama to become the first Black female student at the University of Alabama.</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/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> The Irish writer and poet Thomas Moore was born in 1779. He was "widely regarded in the late Georgian era as Ireland's "national bard."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moore" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moore"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M</span><span class="invisible">oore</span></a></p><p>Thomas Moore at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2185" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2185"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2185</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Pink sand and sandpipers pink in the setting<br>sun and pink granite and the pink swirl<br>of green waves…</p><p>—“Camas Tuath”, by poet, playwright & novelist Tom Buchan (1931–1995) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 19 June</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/camas-tuath/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/camas-tuath/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/camas-tuath/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a></p>
<p>Into perplexity: as an itch chased round<br>an oxter or early man in the cave mouth<br>watching rain-drifts pour from beyond</p><p>his understanding…</p><p>—“The Beautiful”, by Roddy Lumsden (1966–2020) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 28 May. A 🎂 🧵<br>Published in POETRY magazine, Dec 2008</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/51938/the-beautiful" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/51938/the-beautiful"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.poetryfoundation.org/poetr</span><span class="invisible">ymagazine/poems/51938/the-beautiful</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/roddylumsden/" rel="tag">#RoddyLumsden</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd turned 20 two weeks earlier.</p><p>She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.</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/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a><br>1/2</p>
<p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 28 May 1990, Maiden, captained by Tracy Edwards, crosses the finishing line to become the first all-woman crew to complete the Round the World yacht race. </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></p>
