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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Glaswegian, Andy McMaster of The Motors is 85 today.Here he is with "Airport".
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Glaswegian, Andy McMaster of The Motors is 85 today.Here he is with "Airport".
🎵📹
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Roberta Lee Streeter AKA Bobbie Gentry, singer/songwriter/guitar, 1944
Andy McMaster, Singer/songwriter/musician, The Motors, 1941
Jack Emblow, (session) accordion, The Beatles and others, 1930
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Roberta Lee Streeter AKA Bobbie Gentry, singer/songwriter/guitar, 1944
Andy McMaster, Singer/songwriter/musician, The Motors, 1941
Jack Emblow, (session) accordion, The Beatles and others, 1930
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Abraham "Abe" Cunningham, drums, Deftones, 1973
Juliana Hatfield, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, The Lemonheads & others, solo, 1967
Rex Brown, bass, Pantera, 1964
Suzi Carr, singer, Will To Power, 1953
Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden, percussion, Chicago & others, 1951
Robert Michael "Mick" Vaughan, guitar/vocals, Paper Lace, 1950
Maureen McGovern, singer 1949
Roderick "Rory" MacDonald, guitar/vocals/songwriter, Runrig, 1949
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Abraham "Abe" Cunningham, drums, Deftones, 1973
Juliana Hatfield, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, The Lemonheads & others, solo, 1967
Rex Brown, bass, Pantera, 1964
Suzi Carr, singer, Will To Power, 1953
Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden, percussion, Chicago & others, 1951
Robert Michael "Mick" Vaughan, guitar/vocals, Paper Lace, 1950
Maureen McGovern, singer 1949
Roderick "Rory" MacDonald, guitar/vocals/songwriter, Runrig, 1949
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On this day in 1890, painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
On this day in 1929, the Geneva Convention on prisoners-of-war is signed by 53 nations.
On this day in 1949, the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner, makes its maiden flight.
On this day in 1955, the Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty after WW2.
On this day in 1990, Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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Today in 1949, the initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner, takes place. #OnThisDay #aviation
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Today in 1949, the initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner, takes place. #OnThisDay #aviation
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Francis Drake discovers a “fair and good” bay on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, Richard Wagner's Parsifal premieres, Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland premieres.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Francis Drake discovers a “fair and good” bay on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, Richard Wagner's Parsifal premieres, Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland premieres.
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John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.
The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.
In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.
In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.
From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.
#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay
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John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.
The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.
In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.
In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.
From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.
#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay
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John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.
The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.
In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.
In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.
From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.
#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay
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John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.
The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.
In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.
In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.
From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.
#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay
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John Tukey the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) inventor, who coined both "bit" and "software" died exactly 26 years ago today.
The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), one of the most important algorithms in signal processing and data analysis, was introduced by Tukey & Cooley in 1965.
In 1805, Gauss - studying the orbits of asteroids Pallas and Juno - came up with a method to interpolate their trajectories from discrete samples. What he came up with was mathematically very close to the modern FFT but Gauss never published that work, and didn’t analyze its computational complexity. It predated even Fourier’s 1822 work on heat diffusion - but without the framing or generalization that Cooley & Tukey would bring 160 years later.
In 1965, Cooley & Tukey published their now-famous algorithm that reduced the cost of computing a Discrete Fourier Transform from 𝑂(𝑛²) to 𝑂(𝑛 log𝑛). This leap made real-time signal processing and digital media compression feasible.
From radio telescopes to JPEGs, from audio codecs to quantum mechanics - the FFT is everywhere. It’s one of the most important (and elegant) algorithms of the 20th century - rooted in the genius of Gauss, but brought to life in the computer age.
#JohnTukey #FastFourierTransform #FFT #SignalProcessing #ComputerScience #Mathematics #Algorithm #DataScience #DigitalSignalProcessing #FourierTransform #ComputationalScience #ScientificComputing #HistoryOfScience #Innovation #CarlFriedrichGauss #JosephFourier #JamesCooley #STEM #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #ImageProcessing #AudioProcessing #Statistics #TechHistory #Computing #Science #InnovationLegacy #OnThisDay
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Moon in Capricorn, Jul 26, 2026, 13:44 UTC (☉ in ♌︎, ☽ in ♑︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-capricorn
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Moon in Capricorn, Jul 26, 2026, 13:44 UTC (☉ in ♌︎, ☽ in ♑︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-capricorn
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26 juillet 1908 : Création du Bureau of Investigation (B0I), ancêtre du Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), par Charles Joseph Bonaparte, petit-neveu de Napoléon Ier et procureur général des États-Unis. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
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26 juillet 1908 : Création du Bureau of Investigation (B0I), ancêtre du Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), par Charles Joseph Bonaparte, petit-neveu de Napoléon Ier et procureur général des États-Unis. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
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Paul Gallico was born on this day back in 1897.
An American novelist and short story and sports writer, he’s probably best remembered for The Snow Goose, The Poseidon Adventure, and for four novels featuring the beloved character of Mrs. Harris.
Many of his works were adapted into movies.
I was surprised to learn he wrote The Adventures of Hiram Holliday 1956–1957, the basis for a TV series I fondly remember watching when it was aired on British TV in 1966.
In those day series weren’t repeated endlessly so I count myself lucky to have been able to see it.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Paul Gallico was born on this day back in 1897.
An American novelist and short story and sports writer, he’s probably best remembered for The Snow Goose, The Poseidon Adventure, and for four novels featuring the beloved character of Mrs. Harris.
Many of his works were adapted into movies.
I was surprised to learn he wrote The Adventures of Hiram Holliday 1956–1957, the basis for a TV series I fondly remember watching when it was aired on British TV in 1966.
In those day series weren’t repeated endlessly so I count myself lucky to have been able to see it.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Greater Feast of Shuhada' Sadaqat, Sinéad O'Connor, Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, died July 26, 2023 at Herne Hill, London, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/sinead-o-connor #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Shuhada' Sadaqat, Sinéad O'Connor, Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, died July 26, 2023 at Herne Hill, London, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/sinead-o-connor #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Feast of Parzival, Richard Wagner's Parsifal premieres July 26, 1882 at Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
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Feast of Parzival, Richard Wagner's Parsifal premieres July 26, 1882 at Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
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Photo Of The Day 26th July 2026.
On This Day 26th July 2026. Schiphol Sunday 26th July 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/26/photo-of-the-day-26th-july-2026/
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Photo Of The Day 26th July 2026.
On This Day 26th July 2026. Schiphol Sunday 26th July 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/26/photo-of-the-day-26th-july-2026/
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Photo Of The Day 26th July 2026.
On This Day 26th July 2026. Schiphol Sunday 26th July 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/26/photo-of-the-day-26th-july-2026/
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Photo Of The Day 26th July 2026.
On This Day 26th July 2026. Schiphol Sunday 26th July 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/26/photo-of-the-day-26th-july-2026/
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Photo Of The Day 26th July 2026.
On This Day 26th July 2026. Schiphol Sunday 26th July 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/26/photo-of-the-day-26th-july-2026/
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On this day in 1581, seven Dutch provinces declare independence from Spanish King Philip II.
On this day in 1755, adventurer and writer Giacomo Casanova is arrested in Venice for affront to religion and common decency.
On this day in 1936, Germany and Italy intervene in the Spanish Civil War by supporting Francisco Franco.
On this day in 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis forms Greece’s first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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On this day in 1581, seven Dutch provinces declare independence from Spanish King Philip II.
On this day in 1755, adventurer and writer Giacomo Casanova is arrested in Venice for affront to religion and common decency.
On this day in 1936, Germany and Italy intervene in the Spanish Civil War by supporting Francisco Franco.
On this day in 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis forms Greece’s first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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July 26
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`"_July 26._--I reached Chevening about 6 P.M. It is a dull square white house with wings, but was once red, and was designed by Inigo Jones, from whom it retains the old plan, not only of the building, but of the straight avenue, the lake, and the fountain with water-lilies before the door.`
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“The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6” by Augustus J. C. Hare
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July 26
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`"_July 26._--I reached Chevening about 6 P.M. It is a dull square white house with wings, but was once red, and was designed by Inigo Jones, from whom it retains the old plan, not only of the building, but of the straight avenue, the lake, and the fountain with water-lilies before the door.`
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“The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6” by Augustus J. C. Hare
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July 26
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`"_July 26._--I reached Chevening about 6 P.M. It is a dull square white house with wings, but was once red, and was designed by Inigo Jones, from whom it retains the old plan, not only of the building, but of the straight avenue, the lake, and the fountain with water-lilies before the door.`
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“The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6” by Augustus J. C. Hare
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Thanks to changing tastes and greater competition, 25 July 1859 was "Positively The Last Night Forever" at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London; demolition began the next day. It was the end of an institution. https://victorianweb.org/history/london/vauxhall.html
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Thanks to changing tastes and greater competition, 25 July 1859 was "Positively The Last Night Forever" at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London; demolition began the next day. It was the end of an institution. https://victorianweb.org/history/london/vauxhall.html
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Thanks to changing tastes and greater competition, 25 July 1859 was "Positively The Last Night Forever" at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London; demolition began the next day. It was the end of an institution. https://victorianweb.org/history/london/vauxhall.html
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Thanks to changing tastes and greater competition, 25 July 1859 was "Positively The Last Night Forever" at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London; demolition began the next day. It was the end of an institution. https://victorianweb.org/history/london/vauxhall.html
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Thanks to changing tastes and greater competition, 25 July 1859 was "Positively The Last Night Forever" at the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London; demolition began the next day. It was the end of an institution. https://victorianweb.org/history/london/vauxhall.html
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Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
Malaria - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Malaria on 25 July 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 August 1981.
Tracklist:
1. Geh Duschen (0:45)
2. How Do You Like My New Dog? (4:26)
3. Nimm Mich Schnell In Deine Arme (9:05)
4. I Will Be Your Only One (13:17) -
Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
Malaria - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Malaria on 25 July 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 August 1981.
Tracklist:
1. Geh Duschen (0:45)
2. How Do You Like My New Dog? (4:26)
3. Nimm Mich Schnell In Deine Arme (9:05)
4. I Will Be Your Only One (13:17) -
Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
Malaria - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Malaria on 25 July 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 August 1981.
Tracklist:
1. Geh Duschen (0:45)
2. How Do You Like My New Dog? (4:26)
3. Nimm Mich Schnell In Deine Arme (9:05)
4. I Will Be Your Only One (13:17) -
Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
Malaria - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Malaria on 25 July 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 August 1981.
Tracklist:
1. Geh Duschen (0:45)
2. How Do You Like My New Dog? (4:26)
3. Nimm Mich Schnell In Deine Arme (9:05)
4. I Will Be Your Only One (13:17) -
Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
Malaria - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Malaria on 25 July 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 August 1981.
Tracklist:
1. Geh Duschen (0:45)
2. How Do You Like My New Dog? (4:26)
3. Nimm Mich Schnell In Deine Arme (9:05)
4. I Will Be Your Only One (13:17) -
#OnThisDay in 1984, Columbia Winery's release of Washington's first vineyard-designated wines was documented by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. historylink.org/File/21252
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#OnThisDay in 1971, the Monorail crashed into a steel girder at Seattle Center, injuring 26. historylink.org/File/7561
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#OnThisDay in 1969, the Seattle Pop Festival was held in Woodinville. historylink.org/File/1259
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#OnThisDay in 1963, the first sit-in arrests of Seattle's civil rights movement occurred. historylink.org/File/3162