#onthisday — Public Fediverse posts
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Half Moon (First Quarter) in Scorpio, Aug 20, 2026, 02:47 UTC (☉ in ♌︎, ☽ in ♏︎)
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-scorpio
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https://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib963#first-quarter-moon -
August 20
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`ALBANS, _August 20, 1888_.`
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“Eleanor Ormerod, LL. D., Economic Entomologist : Autobiography and Correspondence” by Eleanor A. Ormerod
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Bot which posts a section from a Project Gutenberg book which happens to mention the current date, and links to the book, surfacing all kinds of curious old writing you never knew existed.
[“The current date” of course may not quite match your date, because timezones.]
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#OnThisDay 27 years ago, Navy Veteran and trans rights activist Monica Helms created the original transgender flag. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of this symbol of pride and visibility as #TransgenderFlagDay 🏳️⚧️ #NOH8
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Recorded #OnThisDay 52 years ago:
Peter Hammill - Peel Session 1974
The complete session recorded by Peter Hammill on 19 August 1974 for John Peel on the Top Gear show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 September 1974.
Tracklist:
1. (No More) The Sub-Mariner (0:07)
2. The Emperor In His War Room (6:20)
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … the first temple to Venus dedicated, Octavian is elected Consul, Mary, Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, …
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AUG. 19, 1958: KATZ DRUGSTORE SIT-INS
Clara Luper and the NAACP Youth Council began sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/katz-drugstore-sit-ins/
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AUG. 19, 1953: U.S. AND BRITAIN TOPPLE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF IRAN
Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.
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AUG. 19, 1791: BENJAMIN BANNEKER TELLS THOMAS JEFFERSON TO END HIS “NARROW PREJUDICES”
A land surveyor, almanac writer, and correspondent of Thomas Jefferson’s, Benjamin Banneker told Thomas Jefferson to end his “narrow prejudices.”
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/benjamin-banneker-criticizes-thomas-jefferson/
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19 août 1942 : Les forces navales alliées lancent un raid sur le port de Dieppe, occupé par les Allemands.
L'opération se solde par un échec, entraînant de nombreuses pertes parmi les troupes canadiennes.
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Edwin Morgan died #OnThisDay, 19 August, 2010. “Riddle”, the final poem of Morgan’s final collection, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 (Mariscat, 2010), is a translation of one of the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book riddles, itself a translation of a Latin original by the poet Aldhelm (c639–709 CE)
#Scottish #literature #EdwinMorgan #poem #poetry #translation #riddle #AngloSaxon #medieval
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Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/micromegas-by-voltaire-1752?utm_content=buffer1e745&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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19 août 1743 : Naissance de Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry.
Appréciée pour son esprit et son mécénat mais également détestée en raison de ses origines populaires, elle devient la maîtresse officielle du roi Louis XV en 1768.
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On this day in A.D. 14 the founder of the Roman Empire and its first emperor Augustus also known as Octavian dies.
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On this day in 1787 Ottoman emperor Abdul Hamid I declares war upon Russia thereby starting the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.
Both Britain and France support the Ottomans.
The war is an attempt to regain the Crimea that had been lost to Catherine the Great in the previous Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was briefly ousted 35 years ago #OnThisDay
Those who control the media control the state. Lenin knew this, but by 1991 his Soviet successors had forgotten, to their ultimate cost.
🔓 This article is free for 7 days
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Greater Feast of Blaise Pascal, died August 19, 1662 at Paris, France https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/blaise-pascal #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer, the man who brought us the future, was born on this day in 1921.
Most famously he created Star Trek, a TV series that ran for 3 seasons before being cancelled. It was only after pressure from fans, mainly through conventions, that led to Star Trek being resurrected and going on to be one of the most influential franchises of all time, in the process earning itself the title of “the show that won't die.”
Unusual for its time the show had a progressive political agenda reflective of the emerging counter-culture of the youth movement.
Issues depicted in the various series include war and peace, the value of personal loyalty, authoritarianism, imperialism, class warfare, economics, racism, religion, human rights, sexism, feminism, and the role of technology.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Movies of the day (4/8)
🎬 Timescape(2022)
🎬 Inglourious Basterds(2009)
🎬 G.I. Jane(1997)
🎬 9(2009)
© TMDB
#Timescape #InglouriousBasterds #GIJane #9 #Action #Adventure #Animation #Drama #Family #ScienceFiction #Thriller #War #Movie #MovieOfTheDay #OnThisDay #TMDB -
On this day in 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after 13 years in France.
On this day in 1839, the ‘Daguerreotype’ photo process is gifted “free to the world” by the French government.
On this day in 1936, Federico García Lorca, one of Spain’s most esteemed poets and playwrights, is executed by Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
On this day in 1989, Soviet hardliners attempt a coup d’état against Mikhail Gorbachov.
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Orville Wright (1871) of Wright brothers - credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful #Airplane.
The German referendum approved Hitler's appointment (1934).
Today is World #HumanitarianDay and World #PhotographyDay.
