#on-thisday — Public Fediverse posts
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Leo Tolstoy (1828) - Russian #Writer who is regarded as one of the greatest #Authors of all time.
Birth Anniversary of Dennis Ritchie (1941). He created the C #Programming language and #Unix operating system.
US Congress officially renamed the country as the United States of America (1776).
First case of computer bug reported by Grace Hopper (1947).
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September 9
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`The squadron left Spithead on September 9, having on board Mr Thornton, H.B.M.'s minister to Brazil.`
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“The Surrender of Napoleon” by Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland
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Movies of the day (4/8)
🎬 Barbarian(2022)
🎬 Welcome to the Club(2022)
🎬 Pandorum(2009)
🎬 Oculus(2013)
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#Barbarian #WelcometotheClub #Pandorum #Oculus #Action #Animation #Comedy #Horror #Mystery #ScienceFiction #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB -
Reading great suggestions and digging into reported issues is fun, but sometimes there are kind messages that just brighten my day 😊
"Your app is one of the most valuable apps for me on my iPhone! Keep up the great work!"
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Recorded #OnThisDay 46 years ago:
Martian Dance - The Situation (Peel Session)
The Situation by Martian Dance, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 8 September 1980.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … the funeral of Augustus is held, Michelangelo's David is unveiled, the body of Annie Chapman is found, …
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8 septembre 1157 : Naissance du roi d'Angleterre Richard Cœur de Lion 👑.
Également duc de Normandie et d'Aquitaine, il est surnommé « Cœur de Lion » en référence à son courage et à sa vaillance. Il est souvent décrit comme un héros dans la littérature.
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The #SiegeofLeningrad began #OnThisDay 85 years ago.
The siege imposed horrific conditions on its residents, severe food shortages among them. Remarkably, many of the animals in the city’s zoo survived.
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SEPT. 8, 1965: DELANO GRAPE STRIKE BEGAN
The Delano grape strike began in California.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/delano-grape-strike/
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SEPT. 8, 1900: GALVESTON HURRICANE
An unexpected hurricane crashed into the Gulf Coast and devastated Galveston, Texas, leaving thousands of people dead and even more left houseless. The storm’s turmoil and destruction allowed white terror and fraud to flourish.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/galveston-hurricane/
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🎮 On This Day in Gaming — September 8
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) leads the pack — this psychological horror classic redefined the genre by stripping away combat and leaving players with nothing but a lantern, their sanity, and the dark.
Also released today:
📅 2009: Mini Ninjas
📅 2015: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
📅 2015: Tearaway Unfolded -
📅 #OnThisDay 50 years ago in 1976, Ireland drew 1-1 with England with a goal from Gerry Daly
📋 Starting XI Stats
🎂 Average Age: 26.20
🧢 Total Caps: 203
🧢 Average Caps: 18.45
⚽ Total Goals: 27
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Black square (“and so on to infinity…” inscribed in Latin around its edges) representing the nothingness that was prior to the universe, as pictured by the great occult philosopher Robert Fludd, who himself passed into infinity #onthisday in 1637. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/black-on-black?utm_content=bufferc5929&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer #OTD
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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8 septembre 1940 : Alors qu’il se promène avec son chien aux alentours de Montignac en Dordogne, Marcel Ravidat découvre l’entrée d’une cavité.
4 jours plus tard, il revient avec d’autres adolescents et découvre les premières peintures de la grotte de Lascaux.
Surnommé la « chapelle Sixtine de l'art pariétal », elle est aujourd’hui l’un des sites emblématiques de l'art préhistorique 🏞️🎨.
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Movies of the day (4/8)
🎬 A Million Miles Away(2023)
🎬 El Conde(2023)
🎬 Rotting in the Sun(2023)
🎬 Medieval(2022)
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Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist, Jerry Eugene Pournelle, died on this day in 2017.He was an American scientist, science fiction writer, journalist, and one of the first bloggers.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry but eventually focused on his writing career.
His obituary described him as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards.His journalism focused on the computer industry and space exploration. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, he contributed to the computer magazine Byte, writing from the viewpoint of an intelligent user, with the oft-cited credo, "We do this stuff so you won't have to." He created one of the first blogs, entitled "Chaos Manor", which discussed politics, computer technology, space technology, and science fiction.
In the late 1950s Pournelle envisioned a weapon consisting of massive tungsten rods dropped from high above the Earth. These super-dense, super-fast kinetic energy projectiles delivered enormous destructive force to the target without the contamination that would occur with a nuclear bomb.
Pournelle named his superweapon “Project Thor,” others termed it "Rods from God."Pournelle claimed to have been the first author to have written a published book using a word processor on a personal computer in 1977.
#WritersOfMastodon #TalesFrom… #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Greater Feast of Ann Lee, died September 8, 1784 at Watervliet, New York, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ann-lee #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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On this day in 2022, 4 years ago: Millions watch and listen in shock and sadness as news of Queen Elizabeth II's death is broadcast across the UK and around the world. #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Robert Fludd, Robertus de Fluctibus, died September 8, 1637 at London, United Kingdom https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/robert-fludd #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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The #SiegeofLeningrad began 85 years ago #OnThisDay
The siege imposed horrific conditions on its residents, severe food shortages among them. Remarkably, many of the animals in the city’s zoo survived.
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https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/creatures-devoured-leningrad
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On this day in 1504, Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the statue of David, is unveiled in Florence.
On this day in 1888, the first six matches are played in the English Football League, the world's oldest football league.
On this day in 1888, Peral, the world's first successful electric-powered submarine, is launched by the Spanish navy.
On this day in 1991, the republic of Macedonia declares independence from Yugoslavia.
