@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1916 Private Walter Burton (52513) 11 Bn Cheshire Regiment died of wounds and was buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery.
Walter is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1917 Able Seamen Ernest Wheatley (J/37837) died aboard HMS Begonia and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Ernest was 19.
Ernest is also remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1917 Leading Stoker Hellewell Bentley (K/15255) aboard HMS Begonia went down with all hands.
Hellewell is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialHigh Bridge, Lincoln - also called The Glory Hole.
It is over the River Witham on the High Street, and it was built around 1160.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialCórdoba, Spain
Inside the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, eight intersecting ribs cross around the centre, forming an extraordinary geometric pattern.
The surrounding gold mosaics were created with the help of Byzantine craftsmen sent from Constantinople.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialSaudi Arabia’s Highway 10 contains the world’s longest straight stretch of road.
The record-holding section runs for about 240 km (149 miles) between Haradh and Al Batha, crossing the desert with no major turns.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social4 October 1939
Adolf Hitler issued a secret decree granting amnesty, including the cancellation of all court martials to the Wehrmacht and police for all crimes committed in Poland between September 1 and October 4.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social5 October 1916
Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by shell near Bapaume, France, during the Battle of the Somme.
@civicsundays.bsky.social#NoRespect
#HistoryMatters
#NeverForget
He dishonors the fallen.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 2010
Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1944
Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1939
The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1927
Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1915
Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1915
Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1908
The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1854
In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social6 October 1789
The French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
