#OTD in 2009, economist Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to be awarded the #Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." 🧵
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@admirablewomen.bsky.social#OTD in 2009, economist Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to be awarded the #Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." 🧵
@politicdormouse.bsky.socialKatharine Burr Blodgett US physicist chemist. 1926 1st woman #physics PhD @ Cambridge. Invented nonreflective "invisible" glass for lenses used filming Gone with the Wind 1939. Later used for submarine periscopes & plane spy cameras in #WWII. d. #OTD 12 Oct 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathari...
@hwalterwarner.bsky.social#OTD in (Recent) Sports History: Penn State fired football coach James Franklin after losses to UCLA and Northwestern. (2025)
In 12 seasons, Franklin went 104-45 overall.
@classicmoviehub.bsky.socialRain, starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston, was released nationally in the US 94 years ago today, Oct 12, 1932! Directed by Lewis Milestone, the pre-Code drama also featured Beulah Bondi, William Gargan and Guy Kibbee!
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@admirablewomen.bsky.socialGerman photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus was born #OTD in 1965.
The only woman on a team of 11 AP photographers that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Iraq War. She was killed in Afghanistan, 2014.
@morrisseyisokbyme.bsky.social#otd in 2009, on the EMI record label, Morrissey released his compilation album, HMV/Parlophone Singles ’88–’95 (2009)
@morrisseyisokbyme.bsky.social#otd in 1999, Morrissey was on stage in Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium, on his Oye Esteban tour. Thanks to Passions Just Like MIne and Handsome Devil for audio and notes.
@gdradio.net#UpNext on GDRADIO.COM
(at around 6:20pm eastern / 3:20pm pacific)
★ 1984-10-12 at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, ME ★
#OTD #DeadOTD #DeadHeads #GratefulDead #gratefuldeadmusic
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@politicdormouse.bsky.socialStella “Jaye” "Pete" Edwards, last of UK women #WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. Early 1943 saw advert for women pilots to join #ATA, flew 20 types of aircraft, with very little training & always solo, most enjoyed flying Hawker Hurricanes. b. #OTD 12 Oct 1918 bit.ly/3e1pKM7
@morrisseyisokbyme.bsky.socialOn 11 October 1997, during his Maladjusted tour, Morrissey played at the Joint Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The next night, #otd in 1997, after journeying to Los Angeles, he performed another concert at The Greek Theatre.
@richandrewsart.bsky.social"Ring a Ring o' Roses" posted 10 years ago today.
Image #1164
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#art #artoftheday #photooftheday #otd #photography #fineart #artforsale #wallart #artprints #nature #flowers #floral #rose #bloomscrolling #ArtPrompts #ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #EastCoastKin #ECK
@jtbrportal.bsky.social#otd | FELIZ DIA DAS CRIANÇAS!
Há 10 anos, "Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids", registro da "The 20/20 Experience World Tour" produzido a partir de gravações de suas duas últimas datas no MGM Grand em Las Vegas nos dias 1 e 2 de janeiro de 2015, foi lançado no streaming.
@hg2g-scrapbook.bsky.socialHappy Anniversary to the book version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Published #OTD in 1979.
@beyondearthsky.bsky.socialThe Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Arizona, saw its first light #OTD in 2005. With two 8.4-meter diameter mirrors, it forms the largest single-mount telescope in the world, providing a collecting area equal to a single 11.8-meter mirror and the resolution of a 22.8-meter-wide one.
@eurospacehistory.bsky.social#OTD 12 October 2012: Soyuz VS03 lifts off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the second pair of Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites into orbit 🧪🛰️🌍
@transport.esa.int @navigation.esa.int @cnes.fr @esa.int @euspa.bsky.social
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