Dick Gregory broke barriers in comedy, then risked his life for civil rights.

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📅 On this day in 1999:

The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.

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The future #EdwardVI was born #OnThisDay in 1537.

The christening of #HenryVIII’s long-awaited heir was tempered by the plague.

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#OnThisDay in 1972 #ThePatchworkMan debuted in @DC.com #SwampThing #comics #2 #GregoriArcane killed in an explosion while searching for #hisDaughter #Abigail but using #scienceAndSorcery #hisBrother #Anton collectedHisRemains & reconstructed/reanimatedHim inNightmarishForm & keptHimChained inDungeon

#OnThisDay 12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the Great https://youtu.be/YBwfEngNmE8 #history#OTD 12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the Great https://youtu.be/YBwfEngNmE8 #historyteacher #sschat

The concept of using Greenwich for timekeeping was originally developed in the 17th century by England's first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed 🕰️🕰️🕰️

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East Riverdale Bantams & Juniors — Playground and City and Toronto and District Baseball Champions, October 12, 1940.

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#RalphVaughanWilliams was born in #England #OnThisDay in 1872; one of his greatest works is the "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis," performed here by the BBC Symphony at Gloucester Cathedral, where it premiered in 1910:

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OCT. 12, 1925: U.S. FIGHTS PANAMA RENTERS’ STRIKE

Protesting rising rents and unsanitary conditions, tenants in Panama City, Panama were met with swift force and violence by U.S. soldiers, with six killed during the weekend.

📚 On This Day in Black History: October 12, 1932 📚

Today we honor the birth of Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory, a comedian, author, Army veteran, and civil rights activist who used humor to challenge racism and his public platform to demand change.

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🎬 #OnThisDay The Spirit of '76 (1990) was released on October 12, 1990 (36 years ago)

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#OnThisDay 1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese #composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal

#OnThisDay 1872 Ralph #Vaughan #Williams, English #composer, born in Down Ampney, England

#OnThisDay in 1986.

First F1 victory for Gerhard Berger and Benetton.

At the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Gerhard Berger used the durable Pirelli tyres to great effect, running without pitting, winning the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970. This was the last win for the BMW turbo.

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#onthisday in 1810, Bavaria's Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese, and Munich's people were invited to celebrate on a meadow outside town, named Theresienwiese for her. Its horse race was repeated in 1811, and Oktoberfest was born. #SocialHistory

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#OnThisDay in 1867 the Hougoumont, the last ship to carry convicts to Australia, departed from Portsmouth.

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