William T Anderson, one of the deadliest pro-slavery Confederate guerilla leaders in the US #CivilWar, was killed in battle OTD in 1864 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/washington-lee-mansion/?s=mb #travel #history #BlackLivesMatter
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Don't make the root password strong. Make it irrelevant. https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/root-password.html?s=mb #cybersecurity
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Gilles de Rais, knight from #Brittany and companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc, was convicted as a confessed serial killer of children and executed OTD in 1440 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/mont-saint-michel-saint-malo/?s=mb #travel #France #history
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Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy piloted Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission OTD in 1968 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/3.html?s=mb #spaceflight #history
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Charlotte de Sauve, born OTD in 1551, was a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of #France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-marais/?s=mb #travel #history
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French explorer Paul Pelliot, who died OTD in 1945, is best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts https://toilet-guru.com/blog/8.html?s=mb #travel #history
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Friedrich of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, was born OTD in 1473 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/35.html?s=mb #history
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Zhengde Emperor, the 11th Emperor of #China's Ming Dynasty, was born OTD in 1491 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-2.html?s=mb #travel #history
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Li Qi, who died OTD in 930, was an official of #China's Tang Dynasy; he was renowned for his writing ability https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/guangzhou-1.html?s=mb #travel #history
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OTD the Miskatonic University expedition first sighted the Antarctic mountains. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/providence/?s=mb #HPLovecraft #HPL
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Horio Tadaharu, who died OTD in 1633, was a tozama daimyō during #Japan's Edo period, the third leader of the Matsue clan https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/nikko/iemitsu-taiyuin.html?s=mb #travel #Japan #history
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The Cuban Missile Crisis entered its eleventh day OTD in 1962, intensifying the "fallout shelter craze" of 1961-1963 https://toilet-guru.com/fallout-shelter.html?s=mb #Coldwar #history
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OTD in 1912, during the First Balkan War, Ottoman-occupied Thessaloniki was liberated and united with #Greece https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/thessaloniki.html?s=mb #travel #history
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The First Continental Congress adjourned in #Philadelphia OTD in 1774 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/philadelphia/?s=mb #travel #history
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The Uprising of Asen and Peter began OTD in 1185. It led to the establishment of the Second Bulgarian Empire https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/veliko-tarnovo/?s=mb #travel #Bulgaria #history
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Today is the feast day of Saint Rusticus of Narbonne, who was present at the Third Oecumenical Council in #Ephesus in 431 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/ephesus/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history
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OTD in 1970 Muhammad Ali boxed for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion https://cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromwell/crom-fu-fighting.html?s=mb #boxing #history
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Military engineer, spy, and explorer Amédée-François Frézier, who died OTD in 1773, is best remembered for bringing back Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, from an assignment in South America https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/coulee-verte/?s=mb #travel #France
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Today is the feast day of Quodvultdeus, a fifth-century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to #Naples https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/italy/napoli/?s=mb #travel #Italy #history
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Alfred the great was King of Wessex from 871 about 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from then until his death OTD in 899 https://toilet-guru.com/arthurian.html?s=mb #travel #Britain #history
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Today is the feast day of Saints Alanus and Alorus, two 5th century Bishops of Quimper in #Brittany https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/mont-saint-michel-saint-malo/mont-saint-michel.html?s=mb #travel #France #history
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Greek philosopher and author Nikos Kazantzakis, who died OTD in 1957, was nominated for the Nobel Prize in #Literature in nine different years https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/greek/?s=mb #travel #Greece #history
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Horio Tadaharu, who died OTD in 1633, was a tozama daimyō during #Japan's Edo period, the third leader of the Matsue clan https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/nikko/futarasan-jinja.html?s=mb #travel #Japan #history
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The #samurai Matsudaira Tadayori became a daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate; at a tea ceremony in Edo other samurai got into an argument, one of them stabbing and killing him OTD in 1609 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/path-yagura.html?s=mb #travel #Japan
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Anglo-Saxon monk Cedd, who died OTD in 664, was born in the kingdom of #Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne by Aidan of the Irish Church https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history
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Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy piloted Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission OTD in 1968 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/2.html?s=mb #spaceflight #history
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OTD in 1640 the Treaty of Ripon restored the peace between #Scotland and England https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/the-road-to-the-isles/?s=mb #travel #history
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A strong earthquake OTD in 740 caused severe damage to #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #history
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The Uprising of Asen and Peter began OTD in 1185, leading to the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/sofia/?s=mb #travel #Bulgaria #history
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OTD the Miskatonic University expedition first sighted the Antarctic mountains. https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-hp-lovecraft/?s=mb #HPLovecraft #HPL