Today in History - 1973: A Concorde flew from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3 hours 33 minutes. #TodayInHistory
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@ldennison.bsky.socialToday in History - 1973: A Concorde flew from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3 hours 33 minutes. #TodayInHistory
@fahimeserhatti.bsky.socialToday in Bookish and Literary History, September 26
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💀Sep 25, 1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert died in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
1760: Curve-fitting and interpolation from empirical data points
1772: Developed diagrams to represent color systems.
See: Bullynck,
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@mabelquill.bsky.socialThe World Adopts the Sustainable Development Goals #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #Agenda2030 #UnitedNations #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@mabelquill.bsky.socialMars Observer Begins Its Journey On September 25, 1992, NASA launched Mars Observer to photograph and map the planet, but communication was lost before orbital arrival. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #MarsObserver #NASAHistory #MarsExploration #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@mabelquill.bsky.socialSequoia Becomes America’s Second National Park #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #SequoiaNationalPark #GiantSequoias #NationalParks #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@docatcdi.com📅 September 25, 1513: Balboa Sights the Pacific Ocean
A Spaniard named Balboa, so keen,
Hacked through jungle, the thickest he'd seen.
From a peak in Darién,
He gazed out and then—
Claimed the *whole* Pacific for his queen!
@mabelquill.bsky.socialCongress Proposes the Bill of Rights On September 25, 1789, Congress proposed twelve constitutional amendments, ten of which were later ratified as the Bill of Rights. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #BillOfRights #USHistory #Constitution #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@nytransitmuseum.bsky.social#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 2012, arguably the biggest quirk of the #NYCsubway system was resolved when an uptown transfer finally opened between the 6 train at Bleecker Street station and the B/D/F/M trains at Broadway–Lafayette Street station.
@xenobladena.bsky.socialOn this day in 2008, Disaster: Day of Crisis was released for the Nintendo Wii.
#MonolithSoftDevelopmentHistory #TodayInHistory
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@ldennison.bsky.socialToday in History - 1789: The First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. By Dec. 15, 1791, 10 of them had been ratified, becoming the first 10 amendments, known as the "U.S. Bill of Rights." #TodayInHistory
@larsdhhedbor.com25 Sep 1780
Benedict Arnold's treasonous plan to give West Point fort to British discovered.
#RevWar #TodayInHistory
@fahimeserhatti.bsky.socialToday in Bookish and Literary History, September 25
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🎂Sep 24, 1501 Gerolamo Cardano born in Pavia, Italy 🇮🇹
1562: Computation of probabilities.
Liber de Ludo Alaea, a practical guide to gambling, containing the first systematic computation of probabilities (& a how-to on cheating)
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📅Sep 23, 1884 Herman Hollerith filed his first patent
application, titled "Art of Compiling Statistics" leading to punched cards and counter-sorter machines.
Later called "IBM cards"
✋Raise your hand if you ever used a keypunch machine
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@docatcdi.com📅 September 24, 1957
A crisis in Little Rock came,
When nine students challenged the shame.
Ike sent troops to the school,
Said, "The law's not for fools!"
And integration would never be the same.
@mabelquill.bsky.socialIndia Reaches Mars on Its First Attempt On September 24, 2014, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission entered Martian orbit, completing the nation’s first interplanetary journey. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #MarsOrbiterMission #ISRO #SpaceHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@mabelquill.bsky.socialThe Nuclear Test Ban Opens for Signature On September 24, 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty opened for signature at United Nations headquarters in New York. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #NuclearTestBan #ArmsControl #PeaceHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@mabelquill.bsky.socialFederal Troops Are Ordered to Little Rock #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #LittleRockNine #CivilRightsHistory #SchoolIntegration #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp