As #GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, its promade runs to the village of Bispham from (wait for it) #StarrGate!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are 1st switched on. #AdventuresInHistory #BeatlesSky #MusicSky

#GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, which he called a #Charabanc (an early #MotorCoach)!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are first switched on. #AdventuresInHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpo...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18, 1809 The #OldPriceRiots begin when #London's #SecondRoyalOperaHouse, #TheatreRoyalCoventGarden, opens with #Macbeth; #riots begin over owner #JohnPhilipKemble's high ticket prices. #TheatreSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_O...

As #GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, its promade runs to the village of Bispham from (wait for it) #StarrGate!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are 1st switched on. #AdventuresInHistory #BeatlesSky #MusicSky

#GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, which he called a #Charabanc (an early #MotorCoach)!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are first switched on. #AdventuresInHistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpo...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September18, 1977: #Voyager1 takes #FirstPhotographOfTheEarthAndTheMoonTogether. #Earth #TheEarth #Moon #TheMoon #Voyager1 #SpaceflightFirsts #InterplanetaryExploration #Spaceflight #SpaceSKy
www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/...

One of my favorite guys in history 😁!
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September17, 1859: #JoshuaANorton declares himself #NortonIEmperorOfTheUnitedStates. #EmperorNorton #JoshuaNorton #NortonI #ProtectorOfMexico #Jews #SanFrancisco #AmericanFolklore #FolkloreSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor...

( #JCKaelin here: I grew up with & played with #DavidCopperfield - years later he became a customer of ours, too :)
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September16, 1956 #HBD #DavidCopperfieldIllusionist! #Magicians #Illusionists
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September15-16, 1931: The #InvergordonMutiny occurs w/1K sailors in the #BritishAtlanticFleet, , causing a #LondonStockExchangePanic & #RunOnThePound & forcing the #UK off the #GoldStandard. #Mutinies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergo...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September15, 1440: #SerialKiller #BaronGillesDeRais arrested on accusation by the #BishopOfNantes #JeanDeMalestroit. #BaronDeRais #Knights #Lords #Brittany #Anjou #Poitou #JoanOfArc #SerialKillers #CrimeSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September15, 1981: The #JohnBullLocomotive becomes the oldest working #SteamLocomotives when #TheSmithsonian operates it outside #WashingtonDC.
#JohnBull #Locomotives #RailTransport #Railroads #RailroadSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bu...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September15, 1963: The #16thStreetBaptistChurchBombing kills 4 children killed in #Birmingham, #Alabama.
#WhiteSupremacists #Terrorism #KuKluxKlan #KKK #CivilRightsMovement #CivilRightsActOf1964 #CivilRightsSky #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_St...

( #JCKaelin here: This occurred 1/2 a mile from here! @billfischer.bsky.social )
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September15, 1958: The #NewarkBayRailAccident occurs on the #NewarkBayBridge between #BayonneNJ & #ElizabethNJ. #NewarkBay #RailwayAccidents
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark_...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1693 #DOTD: #RIP #DomPerignon. #Champagne. #SparklingWine #Ahhh #Yum
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_P%C...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, #launched. #SpaceSky
#SpaceflightFirsts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1814: #FrancisScottKey writes the poem #DefenceOfFortMcHenry, later becomes the lyrics of the #USNationalAnthem, #TheStarSpangledBanner.
#BattleOfBaltimore #WarOf1812 #FortMcHenry #MusicSky
youtu.be/1YAaklWPK1k?...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September13, 1987 #GoianiaAccident: Abandoned radiotherapy device sickens 249, kills 4.
#NuclearAccidents #RadiationAccidents #NuclearIncidents #RadiationIncidents #RadiationSickness #Goias #Brazil #RadioactiveSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September13, 1898 #HannibalGoodwin of #TheHouseOfPrayerEpiscopalChurchAndRectory in #NewarkNJ patents flexible #CelluloidFilm used in #ThomasEdison's #Kinetoscope for #MotionPictures.
#JerseyProud #PhotoSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanniba...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September13 509 BC: The first #TempleOfJupiterOptimusMaximus on #AncientRome's #CapitolineHill dedicated.
#EtruscanArchitecture #RomanArchitecture #RomanMythology #RomanReligion #Rome #RomanSky #AncientSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September12, 1940 #HerculesPowderPlantDisaster occurs, apparent #ActsOfSabotage against #ArmamentsFactory by #Abwehr #Nazis & #IRA in #KenvilNJ township of #RoxburyNJ in #MorrisCountyNJ. #DisasterSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule...