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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Pierre Curie (1859) - French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie.
Today is International Day of #Families and International Conscientious Objectors Day.
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May 15
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`The John Hus Methodist Episcopal church was organized May 15, 1892, and its first pastor was the Rev. John Tauchen.`
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“History of Linn County Iowa” by Luther Albertus Brewer
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May 15
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`The John Hus Methodist Episcopal church was organized May 15, 1892, and its first pastor was the Rev. John Tauchen.`
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“History of Linn County Iowa” by Luther Albertus Brewer
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Today is the feast day of Saint Dymphna: Patron Saint of Those Who Suffer From Anxiety. Depression. Nervous Disorders. Mental Illness.
Born in Ireland in the 7th century, and by 14 consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. When her mother died, her father's mental health declined & she fled to Geel, Belgium where she built a hospital. Her father followed her & killed her.
A church was built in honour of her & so many pilgrims arrived in need of treatment for mental ills, that it was expanded. The expanded sanctuary was eventually overflowing again, leaving the townspeople to accept them into their homes, which began a tradition of care for the mentally ill that continues to this day.
Numista lists one coin, a 100 Ghela, from Belgium, picturing the interior of the church of Saint Dymphna, Geel: https://en.numista.com/438684
#Numismatics #Coins #CoinCollecting #SaintOfTheDay #OnThisDay #History #Histodons #CatholicChurch #Church #Religion #Saints @numismatics @histodons
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Today is the feast day of Saint Dymphna: Patron Saint of Those Who Suffer From Anxiety. Depression. Nervous Disorders. Mental Illness.
Born in Ireland in the 7th century, and by 14 consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. When her mother died, her father's mental health declined & she fled to Geel, Belgium where she built a hospital. Her father followed her & killed her.
A church was built in honour of her & so many pilgrims arrived in need of treatment for mental ills, that it was expanded. The expanded sanctuary was eventually overflowing again, leaving the townspeople to accept them into their homes, which began a tradition of care for the mentally ill that continues to this day.
Hear us, O God, Our Saviour, as we honour St. Dymphna, patron of those afflicted with mental and emotional illness. Help us to be inspired by her example and comforted by her merciful help. Amen.
Painting of Saint Dymphna from https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=222
#SaintOfTheDay #OnThisDay #CatholicChurch #Church #Religion #Saints
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Castaway on the Moon(2009) 🎬 So Close(2002) 🎬 Wife for Rent(2020) 🎬 A Midsummer Night's Dream(1999) © TMDB #CastawayontheMoon #SoClose #WifeforRent #AMidsummerNightsDream #Action #Comedy #Drama #Fantasy #Romance #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Castaway on the Moon(2009) 🎬 So Close(2002) 🎬 Wife for Rent(2020) 🎬 A Midsummer Night's Dream(1999) © TMDB #CastawayontheMoon #SoClose #WifeforRent #AMidsummerNightsDream #Action #Comedy #Drama #Fantasy #Romance #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay
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Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:
Soundgarden - Peel Session 1989
The complete session recorded by Soundgarden on 14 May 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 June 1989.
Tracklist:
1. Flower (0:07)
2. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (3:29)
3. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (8:34)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2017/05/soundgarden-peel-session-1989.html
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Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:
Soundgarden - Peel Session 1989
The complete session recorded by Soundgarden on 14 May 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 June 1989.
Tracklist:
1. Flower (0:07)
2. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (3:29)
3. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (8:34)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2017/05/soundgarden-peel-session-1989.html
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Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:
Soundgarden - Peel Session 1989
The complete session recorded by Soundgarden on 14 May 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 June 1989.
Tracklist:
1. Flower (0:07)
2. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (3:29)
3. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (8:34)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2017/05/soundgarden-peel-session-1989.html
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Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:
Soundgarden - Peel Session 1989
The complete session recorded by Soundgarden on 14 May 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 June 1989.
Tracklist:
1. Flower (0:07)
2. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (3:29)
3. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (8:34)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2017/05/soundgarden-peel-session-1989.html
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Recorded #OnThisDay 37 years ago:
Soundgarden - Peel Session 1989
The complete session recorded by Soundgarden on 14 May 1989 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 June 1989.
Tracklist:
1. Flower (0:07)
2. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (3:29)
3. Everybody's Got Something To Hide (8:34)https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2017/05/soundgarden-peel-session-1989.html
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#WordWeavers 14th May ~ Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
It’s not so much that I’m proud of them as fond of them.
In truth, they’re my imaginary friends who just happen to be characters in my series of novels.
On occasion they may surprise me by doing something I’d never imagine they’d do by not sticking to the plotted out story, yet I’m too fond of them to go down the kill your darlings route.
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Colonists establish “James Fort” which would become Jamestown, the last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway published, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Colonists establish “James Fort” which would become Jamestown, the last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway published, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Colonists establish “James Fort” which would become Jamestown, the last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway published, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Colonists establish “James Fort” which would become Jamestown, the last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway published, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Colonists establish “James Fort” which would become Jamestown, the last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway published, …
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#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 14, 2022: BUFFALO MASSACREAfter posting a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood, a white supremacist killed ten people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.
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#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 14, 1969: SCHOOL LIBRARIAN’S LAWSUIT AGAINST DISCRIMINATIONCarrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court alleging that Alabama’s Department of Education denied her equal protection as a department employee because of her race.
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#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 14, 1960: FIREHOSES CONFRONT FREE SPEECH IN S.F. CITY HALLPeaceful protesters formed a picket line at the House on Un-American Activities Committee hearings.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/firehoses-confront-free-speech/
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#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPol
MAY 14, 1913: LONGSHORE STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIAMore than four thousand Philadelphia longshoremen, organized by African American IWW leader Ben Fletcher, went on strike and shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States.
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Greater Feast of Magnus Hirschfeld, died May 14, 1935 at Nice, France https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/magnus-hirschfeld #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Godzilla(2014) 🎬 Army of the Dead(2021) 🎬 Obsessed(2014) 🎬 Blindness(2008) © TMDB #Godzilla #ArmyoftheDead #Obsessed #Blindness #Action #Crime #Drama #Fantasy #Horror #Mystery #ScienceFiction #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB
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Movies of the day (4/8) 🎬 Godzilla(2014) 🎬 Army of the Dead(2021) 🎬 Obsessed(2014) 🎬 Blindness(2008) © TMDB #Godzilla #ArmyoftheDead #Obsessed #Blindness #Action #Crime #Drama #Fantasy #Horror #Mystery #ScienceFiction #Thriller #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB
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Am 14. Mai 1933 - Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße - Initiiert durch die HJ und unterstützt von der SA. Als um 11:00 der Scheiterhaufen entzündet wird sind im Publikum viele Schüler*innen der Mittel- und Volksschule. #otd #onthisday #erinnerung #Buecherverbrennung https://verbrannte-orte.de/
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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
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“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence.”
#OnThisDay, 14 May 1925, Virginia Woolf publishes Mrs Dalloway.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #LiteraryWomen #Histodons(Affiliate link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15351/9781784870867)
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Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.
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Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.
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Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.
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Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.
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Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Al Ciner, guitar, Three Dog Night & others, 1947
Jon Landau, producer/manager, Bruce Springsteen 1947
Gene Cornish, musician, The Young Rascals & others, 1944Also BOTD Jack Bruce, Bobby Darin
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Al Ciner, guitar, Three Dog Night & others, 1947
Jon Landau, producer/manager, Bruce Springsteen 1947
Gene Cornish, musician, The Young Rascals & others, 1944Also BOTD Jack Bruce, Bobby Darin
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Charles Wiggins AKA Raphael Saadiq, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, Tony! Toni! Toné!, 1966
Mike Inez, bass, Alice In Chains, 1966
Shelley Preston, singer, Bucks Fizz, 1964
Bruce Johannesson AKA C.C. DeVille, guitar, Poison, 1962
Ian Astbury, singer, The Cult, 1962
Steve Hogarth, singer/keyboards, Marillion & others, 1956
David Byrne, singer/songwriter/musician, 1952
Arthur Grant, musician/vocals/songwriter, The Edgar Broughton Band, 1950
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Charles Wiggins AKA Raphael Saadiq, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, Tony! Toni! Toné!, 1966
Mike Inez, bass, Alice In Chains, 1966
Shelley Preston, singer, Bucks Fizz, 1964
Bruce Johannesson AKA C.C. DeVille, guitar, Poison, 1962
Ian Astbury, singer, The Cult, 1962
Steve Hogarth, singer/keyboards, Marillion & others, 1956
David Byrne, singer/songwriter/musician, 1952
Arthur Grant, musician/vocals/songwriter, The Edgar Broughton Band, 1950
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Martijn Garritsen AKA Martin Garrix, DJ/Producer, 1996
Oliver "Olly" Murs, singer/songwriter, 1984
Dan Auerbach, singer/songwriter/guitar, The Black Keys, 1979
Martine McCutcheon, actress/singer, 1976
Shanice Wilson-Knox, singer/actress/dancer, 1973
Natalie Appleton, singer, All Saints, Appleton, 1973
Sinéad O'Carroll, singer, B*Witched, 1973
Danny Wood, singer/songwriter, New Kids On The Block/NKOTB, 1969
Greg Kurstin, musician/songwriter/producer, 1969
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Martijn Garritsen AKA Martin Garrix, DJ/Producer, 1996
Oliver "Olly" Murs, singer/songwriter, 1984
Dan Auerbach, singer/songwriter/guitar, The Black Keys, 1979
Martine McCutcheon, actress/singer, 1976
Shanice Wilson-Knox, singer/actress/dancer, 1973
Natalie Appleton, singer, All Saints, Appleton, 1973
Sinéad O'Carroll, singer, B*Witched, 1973
Danny Wood, singer/songwriter, New Kids On The Block/NKOTB, 1969
Greg Kurstin, musician/songwriter/producer, 1969
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