#onthisday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onthisday, aggregated by home.social.
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Sun in Leo, Jul 22, 2026, 19:13 UTC (☉ in ♌︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/sun-in-leo
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https://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib963#leo -
I note, in passing, on this day, in history … William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register, and Feast of Mary Magdalene in the Catholic Church.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register, and Feast of Mary Magdalene in the Catholic Church.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register, and Feast of Mary Magdalene in the Catholic Church.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register, and Feast of Mary Magdalene in the Catholic Church.
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📅 JULY 22 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
1587 – Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each country's Parliament, leads to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.
2003 – Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
*Events selected are not necessarily positive/happy/to-be-celebrated, but items I thought were historically interesting and/or significant to their time and I'm trying to select items from a broad range of history and not clumped too close together.
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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22 juillet 1804 : Naissance de l’homme politique français Victor Schœlcher.
Sous son impulsion, le gouvernement provisoire de la deuxième République signe le décret qui abolit définitivement l'esclavage en France en 1848.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sch%C5%93lcher -
22 juillet 1804 : Naissance de l’homme politique français Victor Schœlcher.
Sous son impulsion, le gouvernement provisoire de la deuxième République signe le décret qui abolit définitivement l'esclavage en France en 1848.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sch%C5%93lcher -
Around the World in under eight days.
American aviator Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City on this day in 1933 completing the first solo flight around the world in the record time of seven days, eighteen hours and forty nine minutes.
Echoing the unprecedented feat undertaken in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eight Days, a voyage predating Post’s flight by sixty-one years.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Around the World in under eight days.
American aviator Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City on this day in 1933 completing the first solo flight around the world in the record time of seven days, eighteen hours and forty nine minutes.
Echoing the unprecedented feat undertaken in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eight Days, a voyage predating Post’s flight by sixty-one years.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Greater Feast of Ozzy Osbourne, died July 22, 2025, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ozzy-osbourne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Ozzy Osbourne, died July 22, 2025, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ozzy-osbourne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Ozzy Osbourne, died July 22, 2025, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ozzy-osbourne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Ozzy Osbourne, died July 22, 2025, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ozzy-osbourne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Ozzy Osbourne, died July 22, 2025, at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/ozzy-osbourne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of John Dillinger, “Dear Departed Member” of The John Dillinger Died for You Society, died July 22, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/john-dillinger #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of John Dillinger, “Dear Departed Member” of The John Dillinger Died for You Society, died July 22, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/john-dillinger #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of John Dillinger, “Dear Departed Member” of The John Dillinger Died for You Society, died July 22, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/john-dillinger #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of John Dillinger, “Dear Departed Member” of The John Dillinger Died for You Society, died July 22, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/john-dillinger #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of John Dillinger, “Dear Departed Member” of The John Dillinger Died for You Society, died July 22, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/john-dillinger #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Heute vor einem Jahr starb der "Prince of Darkness".
Ein paar Erinnerungen (Archiv) aus der heute: https://www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-nachrichten/fans-trauern-um-ozzy-osbourne-video-100.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=ZDF -
Heute vor einem Jahr starb der "Prince of Darkness".
Ein paar Erinnerungen (Archiv) aus der heute: https://www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-nachrichten/fans-trauern-um-ozzy-osbourne-video-100.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=ZDF -
On this day in 1298, King Edward I of England defeats William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland, at the Battle of Falkirk during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
On this day in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act passes in the UK’s House of Commons.
On this day in 1942, 300 000 Jews from Warsaw Ghetto are sent to Treblinka extermination camp.
On this day in 2011, Anders Breivik kills 77 people in terrorist attacks in Oslo and the island of Utøya.
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22.7.2011: Palojoki. Kohti kotia läkähdyttävän kultaisen auringon kiertoessa.
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22.7.2011: Palojoki. Kohti kotia läkähdyttävän kultaisen auringon kiertoessa.
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#OnThisDay The 2011 #Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22/7, took place in which 77 people were killed.
Birth Anniversary of #Microbiologist Selman Waksman (1888) whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of #Streptomycin and several other #Antibiotics.
Birth Anniversary of Legendary #Singer Mukesh (1923), #Bengali #Writer Peary Chand Mitra (1814).
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#OnThisDay The 2011 #Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22/7, took place in which 77 people were killed.
Birth Anniversary of #Microbiologist Selman Waksman (1888) whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of #Streptomycin and several other #Antibiotics.
Birth Anniversary of Legendary #Singer Mukesh (1923), #Bengali #Writer Peary Chand Mitra (1814).
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July 22
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`July 22nd.—The voting in the town of Yarmouth had been, with regard to this contest, as follows:—`
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“Yarmouth Notes, 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury” by Frederick Danby Palmer
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21 juillet 1798 : Victoire de l’armée française commandée par Napoléon Bonaparte contre les mamelouks lors de la Bataille des Pyramides.
En réalité, la bataille n'a pas eu lieu au pied des monuments mais à proximité d'Embabeh.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_des_Pyramides -
21 juillet 1798 : Victoire de l’armée française commandée par Napoléon Bonaparte contre les mamelouks lors de la Bataille des Pyramides.
En réalité, la bataille n'a pas eu lieu au pied des monuments mais à proximité d'Embabeh.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_des_Pyramides -
Recorded #OnThisDay 41 years ago:
The Housemartins - Flag Day (Peel Session)
Flag Day by The Housemartins, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 21 July 1985.
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Recorded #OnThisDay 41 years ago:
The Housemartins - Flag Day (Peel Session)
Flag Day by The Housemartins, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 21 July 1985.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Temple of Artemis destroyed by arsonist Herostratus (eponym, in spite of a damnatio memoriae, for committing crime to become famous), …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Temple of Artemis destroyed by arsonist Herostratus (eponym, in spite of a damnatio memoriae, for committing crime to become famous), …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Temple of Artemis destroyed by arsonist Herostratus (eponym, in spite of a damnatio memoriae, for committing crime to become famous), …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Temple of Artemis destroyed by arsonist Herostratus (eponym, in spite of a damnatio memoriae, for committing crime to become famous), …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The Temple of Artemis destroyed by arsonist Herostratus (eponym, in spite of a damnatio memoriae, for committing crime to become famous), …
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JULY 21, 1925: SCOPES TRIAL RULING
In the case of John T. Scopes v. the State of Tennessee, the defendant, Scopes, was found guilty and fined $100 for teaching about evolution - which was illegal in the state at the time.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/scopes-trial-ruling/
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JULY 21, 1925: SCOPES TRIAL RULING
In the case of John T. Scopes v. the State of Tennessee, the defendant, Scopes, was found guilty and fined $100 for teaching about evolution - which was illegal in the state at the time.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/scopes-trial-ruling/
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JULY 21, 1656: ELIZABETH KEY WINS HER FREEDOM
In early Colonial Virginia, Elizabeth Key became the first woman of African descent in the North American colonies to sue for her freedom and win.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elizabeth-key-wins-freedom/
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JULY 21, 1656: ELIZABETH KEY WINS HER FREEDOM
In early Colonial Virginia, Elizabeth Key became the first woman of African descent in the North American colonies to sue for her freedom and win.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elizabeth-key-wins-freedom/
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Moon in Scorpio, Jul 21, 2026, 13:35 UTC (☉ in ♋︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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Moon in Scorpio, Jul 21, 2026, 13:35 UTC (☉ in ♋︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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Moon in Scorpio, Jul 21, 2026, 13:35 UTC (☉ in ♋︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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Moon in Scorpio, Jul 21, 2026, 13:35 UTC (☉ in ♋︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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Moon in Scorpio, Jul 21, 2026, 13:35 UTC (☉ in ♋︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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21 juillet 1899 : Naissance de l’écrivain et journaliste américain Ernest Hemingway, prix Nobel de littérature en 1954.
Plusieurs de ses œuvres furent élevées au rang de classiques de la littérature américaine.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway -
21 juillet 1899 : Naissance de l’écrivain et journaliste américain Ernest Hemingway, prix Nobel de littérature en 1954.
Plusieurs de ses œuvres furent élevées au rang de classiques de la littérature américaine.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway