#OtD 11 May 1894 the Pullman railroad strike began in Chicago after the firing of 3 workers. The biggest strike in US history to date, it was only eventually broken by federal government troops and the killing of at least 24 strikers https://t.co/JGSt1Qbi7k https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8336/pullman-strike-begins?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
English writer of adventure fiction romances H. Rider Haggard died #OTD in 1925.
Haggard's most famous work is "King Solomon's Mines," published in 1885. Haggard's other works include "Allan Quatermain" (1887), "Jess" (1887), "Nada the Lily" (1892), "The People of the Mist" (1894), and "The Brethren" (1904), among many others.
Books by H. Rider Haggard at PG:
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French playwright and political activist Olympe de Gouges was born #OTD in 1748.
She is best known for writing the "Déclaration des droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne" in 1791, which she wrote as a response to the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen" of 1789. Her advocacy for her revolutionary ideas led to her arrest and she was eventually guillotined in 1793 during the Reign of Terror for her political activities.
Olympe de Gouges at PG:
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English poet and playwright Robert Browning was born #OTD in 1812.
His early long poems Pauline and Paracelsus were acclaimed, but his reputation dwindled for a time – his 1840 poem Sordello was seen as wilfully obscure. By the death of Elizabeth Barrett in 1861 he had published the collection Men and Women. His Dramatis Personae and book-length epic poem The Ring and the Book made him a leading poet.
Books by Robert Browning at PG:
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Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was born #OTD in 1861.
Tagore wrote poetry, short stories, novels, and plays. He is best known for his poetry, and his collection "Gitanjali" is particularly renowned. This work earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. By way of translations, Tagore influenced Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Octavio Paz, José Ortega y Gasset, Zenobia Camprubí, and Juan Ramón Jiménez.
Books by Rabindranath Tagore at PG:
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Thread: #OtD 13 May 1985 Philadelphia police attacked the home of Black liberation and environmental group MOVE, then dropped a bomb on it, killing 5 adults and 6 children, destroying 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighbourhood, and making 250 people homeless. https://t.co/oK3OfSUSWP
Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born #OTD in 1840.
Some of his most famous works include the ballets Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, & Sleeping Beauty; his operas such as Eugene Onegin & The Queen of Spades; & his symphonies, particularly the 4th, 5th, & the 6th, known as the "Pathétique". His "1812 Overture", written to commemorate Russia's defense against Napoleon's Grande Armée in 1812, is also incredibly popular.
Tchaikovsky at PG:
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#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive.
A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen.
After her return, Leigh carried documents and equipment such as guns and explosives around her network's area. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was executed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
#OtD 12 May 1971 21 NYC Black Panthers were acquitted on charges of conspiring to bomb buildings after it was shown that undercover police had infiltrated the group and planned the violence, then framed the Panther 21. Learn more in this book: https://t.co/SFto5OrMg3 https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/look-for-me-in-the-whirlwind-from-the-panther-21-to-21st-century-revolutions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#OtD 14 May 1938 the England football team gave a Nazi salute before a match in Berlin. They had been ordered to do so by the govt which had made a pact with Hitler when much of the ruling class supported fascism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8604/England-football-team-Nazi-salute
Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist James George Frazer died #OTD in 1941.
He is best known for his influential work "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion," which explores the similarities among magical and religious beliefs across diverse cultures. Frazer proposed that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, replaced by religion, and finally replaced by science.
Books by James George Frazer at PG:
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British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic Hall Caine was born #OTD in 1853.
Caine's most famous work is "The Manxman," published in 1894. Caine's other novels include "The Deemster" (1887), "The Scapegoat" (1891), "The Eternal City" (1901), and "The Christian" (1897), among many others. He also wrote several plays, including adaptations of his own novels for the stage.
Books by Hall Caine at PG:
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#OtD 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's institutional racism https://t.co/0NasBjqqw0 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9128/malcolm-x-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in
anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport
exists between them or between them and myself. When one attains this
harmony, one reaches a sort of intellectual non-existence — what I can
only describe as a sense of peace, which makes everything possible and
right. Life then becomes a perpetual revelation. That is true poetry."
~Georges Braque was born #OTD in 1882.
Medical doctor Ronald Ross was born #OTD in 1857.
In 1897, Ross made a significant breakthrough when he discovered that malaria parasites were transmitted by mosquitoes. He found malaria parasites in the stomach tissue of a mosquito and demonstrated their life cycle in the insect. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902, becoming the first British Nobel laureate in Medicine.
Books by Ronald Ross at PG:
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English writer of children's stories Juliana Horatia Ewing died #OTD in 1885.
Ewing's writing career began in the late 1860s, and she quickly gained recognition for her charming and insightful stories that often featured children and their adventures. Some of Ewing's most popular works include "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances" (1869), "Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls" (1875), and "Jackanapes" (1884).
Books by Juliana Horatia Ewing at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1803
English chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born #OTD in 1910.
Among her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin as previously surmised by Edward Abraham and Ernst Boris Chain; and mapping the structure of vitamin B12, for which in 1964 she became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hodgkin also elucidated the structure of insulin in 1969 after 35 years of work.
French chemist Antoine Lavoisier died #OTD in 1794.
He is best known for his development of the law of conservation of mass, which states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. This principle helped to debunk the phlogiston theory, which was a prevailing theory at the time that suggested substances released a material called "phlogiston" when they burned. He also made significant contributions in understanding respiration as a form of combustion.
#OTD in 1794.
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
The day after Lavoisier's execution, the great mathematician Louis de Lagrange commented: "It only took them a moment to knock that head off, and perhaps a hundred years won't be enough to reproduce a similar one".
“She dies from never having experienced a love of her own volition.”
German writer Margarete Böhme was born #OTD in 1867.
She is best known for her controversial and highly successful novel, "Tagebuch einer Verlorenen", first published in 1905. It purportedly tells the true story of Thymian, a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution. A movie was made based on this book (Tabea, stehe auf! 1922).
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French poet, dramatist, and novelist Jean Aicard died #OTD in 1921.
He was associated with the Parnassian movement, which emphasized formalism, craftsmanship, and the use of classical mythology and historical themes in poetry. He was also a prolific playwright and novelist. One of Aicard's most famous works is the novel "Le Roi de Camargue" (The King of Camargue), was published in 1872.
Books by Jean Aicard at PG:
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American educator Catharine Beecher died #OTD in 1878.
One of Beecher's most influential works was "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" (1841), which became a widely used textbook on household management and domestic skills. In this book, Beecher argued that women's education should include practical instruction in areas such as cooking, cleaning, and childcare, in addition to more traditional academic subjects.
Books by Catharine Beecher at PG:
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English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale was born #OTD in 1820.
Nightingale became famous for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War (1853–1856). Beyond her work in the Crimean War, Nightingale was a prolific writer and statistician. She used statistical methods to analyze and present data on healthcare and public health, making significant contributions to the field of medical statistics.
“Feindre d’ignorer ce qu’on sait, de savoir tout ce que l’on ignore... voilà toute la politique.”
Le Mariage de Figaro (1778)
French polymath cha died #OTD in 1799.
He is best known for his classic plays, particularly "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro," which form part of the Figaro trilogy. These works were adapted into famous operas by Gioachino Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart respectively.
Books by Pierre Beaumarchais at PG:
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British mathematician, logician, philosopher, & public intellectual Bertrand Russell was born #OTD in 1872.
One of Russell's most significant achievements is the co-authorship of "Principia Mathematica" (1910-1913) with Alfred North Whitehead. His works, such as "The Problems of Philosophy" (1912) & "Our Knowledge of the External World" (1914), explored issues related to knowledge, perception, & the scientific method.
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![Title: A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
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Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Release date: June 14, 2007 [eBook #21829]
Language: English
Original publication: New-York: Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff Street, 1845")
