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  1. May 17, 1814 in retrospect:
    “The constitution adopted at Eidsvoll provided Norway with one of the world’s most liberal voting rights. It stood out as even more liberal when other European constitutions grew more authoritarian throughout the nineteenth century.

    Among the ground-breaking features of the Norwegian constitution was that the right to vote included farmers. Despite income and property requirements for voting rights, Norway’s large proportion of freeholders resulted in around 45 per cent of all males being given the right to vote.”

    #VotingRights #history #onthisdayinhistory

    partner.sciencenorway.no/forsk

  2. #OnThisDayInHistory, Mcdonald's debuts the Big Mac, costing a whopping 45 cents, in 1967. I have never seen a fast food burger look that...inflated.

  3. #OnThisDayInHistory, Michael Jordan scores a record-setting 63 points in a playoff game against the Boston Celtics in 1986. The Celtics won anyway. Well, that's a bummer.

  4. #OnThisDayInHistory, Vanguard 1, a cantaloupe-sized satellite, is launched into space in 1958. It is the oldest man-made satellite floating around up there.

  5. Rest in power, #KarlMarx 🖤 Er starb heute 1883 im Alter von 64 Jahren in London. „Ein adäquates Verständnis des Kapitalismus ist ohne Marx nicht zu haben. Eine Kritik schon gar nicht.“ — @ingo Stützle, Leiter der Edition Marx-Engels-Werke MEW. Weitblick, Präzision & Schärfe in 44 Bänden: dietzberlin.de/reihe/mew

    #otd #onthisdayinhistory #marx #marxengelswerke #daskapital #kapitalismus #bookstodon #marxsky #buchtipp #lesetipp

  6. #OnThisDayInHistory, Charlotte E. Ray graduates from Howard University, thereby becoming the first black woman to practice law in the US, in 1872. She applied to school under the name "CE Ray." #feminism #ItsAboutDamnTime

  7. Einer von denen, die zu Unrecht häufig in Vergessenheit gerieten: #PaulLevi. #onthisday 1930 starb er in Berlin bei einem Sturz aus dem Fenster seiner Dachwohnung, Lützowufer 37. Erster regulärer KPD-Vorsitzender, später aus der Partei ausgeschlossen, Rechtsanwalt, politischer /1

    #paullevi #rosaluxemburg #socialist #communist #linke #kpd #onthisdayinhistory #otd #bookstodon

  8. Einer von denen, die zu Unrecht häufig in Vergessenheit gerieten: #PaulLevi. #onthisday 1930 starb er in Berlin bei einem Sturz aus dem Fenster seiner Dachwohnung, Lützowufer 37. Erster regulärer KPD-Vorsitzender, später aus der Partei ausgeschlossen, Rechtsanwalt, politischer /1

    #paullevi #rosaluxemburg #socialist #communist #linke #kpd #onthisdayinhistory #otd #bookstodon

  9. Einer von denen, die zu Unrecht häufig in Vergessenheit gerieten: #PaulLevi. #onthisday 1930 starb er in Berlin bei einem Sturz aus dem Fenster seiner Dachwohnung, Lützowufer 37. Erster regulärer KPD-Vorsitzender, später aus der Partei ausgeschlossen, Rechtsanwalt, politischer /1

    #paullevi #rosaluxemburg #socialist #communist #linke #kpd #onthisdayinhistory #otd #bookstodon

  10. Einer von denen, die zu Unrecht häufig in Vergessenheit gerieten: #PaulLevi. #onthisday 1930 starb er in Berlin bei einem Sturz aus dem Fenster seiner Dachwohnung, Lützowufer 37. Erster regulärer KPD-Vorsitzender, später aus der Partei ausgeschlossen, Rechtsanwalt, politischer /1

    #paullevi #rosaluxemburg #socialist #communist #linke #kpd #onthisdayinhistory #otd #bookstodon

  11. Einer von denen, die zu Unrecht häufig in Vergessenheit gerieten: #PaulLevi. #onthisday 1930 starb er in Berlin bei einem Sturz aus dem Fenster seiner Dachwohnung, Lützowufer 37. Erster regulärer KPD-Vorsitzender, später aus der Partei ausgeschlossen, Rechtsanwalt, politischer /1

    #paullevi #rosaluxemburg #socialist #communist #linke #kpd #onthisdayinhistory #otd #bookstodon

  12. #OnThisDayInHistory, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge in 1933. Hey, you forgot to put the bridge in your bridge!

  13. #OnThisDayInHistory journalist Nellie Bly sets off on her journey to circle the globe faster than Phileas Fogg's in "Around the World in 80 Days" in 1889. She makes it in 72 days. #feminism

  14. #OnThisDayInHistory, the Boston Symphony premieres Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony," the first symphony by an American woman to gain widespread attention, in 1896. #Feminism #YouGoGirl #ItsAboutDamnTime

  15. #OnThisDayInHistory, the New York City subway opens in 1904. There's already a mystery puddle on that seat.

  16. #OnThisDayInHistory, Charles Schulz' "Peanuts" makes its debut in 7 newspapers in 1950. Charlie Brown's shirt doesn't have its zig-zag, and Snoopy is almost named Sniffy, but there was already a comic strip dog with that name.

  17. #OnThisDayInHistory, the first drunk driving arrest is made in England in 1897. The driver was estimated to be going 8 mph at the time.

  18. #OnThisDayInHistory, the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducts its first honorees in 1963. I like its little Pope hat.

  19. „Alles, was die Menschen in Bewegung setzt, muss durch ihren Kopf hindurch; aber welche Gestalt es in diesem Kopf annimmt, hängt sehr von den Umständen ab.“ — Ohne Engels, heute am 5. August 1895 in London gestorben, hätte es Marx so nicht gegeben.
    .
    🔍 Engels als Theoretiker entdecken: dietzberlin.de/herrn-eugen-due
    .
    🔥 Engels als Ferienbegleiter: dietzberlin.de/produkt/friedri

    #engels #friedrichengels #OTD #onthisdayinhistory #bookstodon #linke #leftist #marx #sozialismus #books

  20. The Czech educator Jan Amos Comenius was born on this day in 1592.
    These images show a selection of musical instruments, with their names and properties in English and #Latin, in a 1659 translation of Comenius' illustrated book Orbis Pictus (the world in pictures), one of the first illustrated textbooks for children.

    #otd
    #onthisday
    #onthisdayinhistory
    #earlymusic
    #orbispictus
    #comenius
    #earlymodern
    #musicalinstruments
    #lute
    #trumpet
    #bagpipe
    #harp
    #drum
    #psaltery
    #virginals
    #cittern
    #flute
    #shawm
    #cornet
    #recorder
    #organ
    #iconography
    @earlymodern
    @earlymusic
    @histodons
    @histodon
    #history
    #historyofeducation
    #illustration
    #histodon
    #histodons
    #textbook

  21. #OTD vor 100 Jahren geboren: Frantz #Fanon, der als einer der Ersten strukturellen Rassismus erkannte. Eine Neubetrachtung seines Werk fernab reduktionistischer Lesarten als »Apologet der Gewalt« oder als »antikolonialer Klassiker« tut not – gerade in Deutschland, wo koloniale /1

    #frantzfanon #dekolonisation #antikolonial #rassismus #antisemitismus #postcolonial #race #onthisdayinhistory #buchtipp #bookstodon #buch #lesen #neuebucher

  22. More musical angels.
    These ones come from the roof of the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli in Saronno, and were painted by Gaudenzio Ferrari who died in Milan on this day in 1546.
    Some lovely details of instruments and music books.

    #otd #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory #OnThisDayInHistory #iconography #earlymusic #gaudenzioferrari #saronno #renaissance #earlymodern #musicaliconography #histodon #histodons #lute #violin #vielle #viol #violadabraccio #harp #psaltery #bagpipe #bagpipes #musicalangel #angelmusician #angelmusicians

  23. Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
    A good example of Tudor propaganda.

    A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
    and
    The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
    From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

    Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
    Richard de Winter: #baritone
    Robin Jeffrey: #lute
    Alison KInder: bass #viol

    youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-

    #earlymusic #earlymodern #richardiii #bosworth #histodon #histodons #tudor #tudors #warsoftheroses #otd #onthisdayinhistory #henryvii @earlymusic @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
    #ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history

  24. Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
    A good example of Tudor propaganda.

    A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
    and
    The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
    From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

    Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
    Richard de Winter: #baritone
    Robin Jeffrey: #lute
    Alison KInder: bass #viol

    youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-

    #earlymusic #earlymodern #richardiii #bosworth #histodon #histodons #tudor #tudors #warsoftheroses #otd #onthisdayinhistory #henryvii @earlymusic @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
    #ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history

  25. Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
    A good example of Tudor propaganda.

    A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
    and
    The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
    From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

    Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
    Richard de Winter: #baritone
    Robin Jeffrey: #lute
    Alison KInder: bass #viol

    youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-

    #earlymusic #earlymodern #richardiii #bosworth #histodon #histodons #tudor #tudors #warsoftheroses #otd #onthisdayinhistory #henryvii @earlymusic @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
    #ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history

  26. Two anonymous 17th Century ballads describing the purported evil deeds of Richard III, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, and the Battle of Bosworth Field, which was fought #onthisday in 1485.
    A good example of Tudor propaganda.

    A song of the Life and Death of King Richard the Third (to the tune of Who list to lead a soldier's life)
    and
    The most cruel murther of Edward the fifth, and his brother Duke of York, in the Tower; by their Uncle Richard Duke of Gloucester (to the tune of Fortune my foe)
    From Richard Johnson's ballad miscellany, The Golden Garland of Princely Delights, 1620

    Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
    Richard de Winter: #baritone
    Robin Jeffrey: #lute
    Alison KInder: bass #viol

    youtube.com/watch?v=eStjRK_gY-

    #earlymusic #earlymodern #richardiii #bosworth #histodon #histodons #tudor #tudors #warsoftheroses #otd #onthisdayinhistory #henryvii @earlymusic @earlymodern @histodons @histodon
    #ballads #balladmiscellany #broadsideballad #broadsideballads #history