"Sexual Liberation Of Hearst Claimed"
October 18, 1975
#OTD #PattyHearst #1970s
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@revrecluse.bsky.social"Sexual Liberation Of Hearst Claimed"
October 18, 1975
#OTD #PattyHearst #1970s
@braxtm.bsky.social"Jim was a brilliant film editor, with a real feel for comedy. He cut the film sequences in the first series, then became director. We admired him greatly and were very fond of him." Graeme Garden on "fourth Goodie" Jim Franklin, born #OTD in 1934. www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/go...
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1930
Cover of The New Yorker, October 18, 1930
Julian De Miskey
#TheNewYorkerCover #JulianDeMiskey #smoking #cigars #cigarettes #womensfashion #mensfashion
@classicmoviehub.bsky.social"the stuff that dreams are made of"
85 years ago today, on October 18, 1941, The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, was released nationally in the US!
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@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1928
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Pilot Wm. C. Hopson, US Mail Service. Winter flying clothing.
‘William Hopson, better known as "Wild Bill," was a popular early air mail pilot. ... After the airmail service was transferred from the Post Office Department to commercial aviation companies, Hopson➡️
@dickmac999.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1990, American professional basketball player Brittney Griner, was born in Houston, Texas.
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1922
Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, opening night, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1922
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The film was Douglas Fairbanks' *Robin Hood*, which was the 1st-ever #Hollywood premiere
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#filmhistory #DouglasFairbanks #RobinHood #GraumansEgyptianTheatre #blackandwhitephotography
@indieimmy.bsky.socialHappy 35th anniversary to #MyOwnPrivateIdaho starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves which was released #OTD 18/10/91. Written and directed by Gus Van Sant.
@trpl.bsky.social#OTD in 1905, four years after the dinner, TR left on a nine-day Southern tour. At the Richmond luncheon he honoured the men who had "worn the gray" alongside the blue. In seven states he never mentioned disfranchisement. trlibrary.com/tr/presidency/brownsville
@gedenkplaetze.bsky.social#OTD vor 82 Jahren: Erste Zuweisung von KZ-Häftlingen an das Goehle-Werk in Dresden https://gedenkplaetze.info/konzentrationslager/aussenlager-goehle-werk
@thetudortimes.bsky.social#OTD d. Margaret Tudor, Dowager-queen of Scots. She had m. James IV as part of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England & Scotland. The marriage seems to have been happy, but only one of their children survived infancy, James V. Margaret married twice more, both times unhappily. bit.ly/2b79gOz
@publicdomainrev.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1871, “father of the computer” Charles Babbage passed away. Upon his death, as he himself requested, his brain was donated to science. Photos and description of the "wetware" behind the "hardware" in this 1909 report: publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
@csbsjuhistory.bsky.socialKing Philip II of Spain sends his last armada against the British #OTD in 1597. Within a month, it is deemed unsuccessful.
@nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.socialOkay, we’ve highlighted the work of Grace Edwards (1874-1965) before, but we noticed the date on this photograph so…
#OTD #WomenArtists #WomenInScience #Archives #SciArt #NatureInArt
@thehistorybits.bsky.social#OTD in 1216
810 years ago
Before his death later that night, King John appointed Nicholaa de la Haye, the hereditary castellan of Lincoln Castle, as Sheriff of Lincolnshire in her own right.
She was first woman appointed to the post of sheriff
@greatdetective.bsky.socialBERGERAC premiered 45 years ago #OTD 18 October 1981
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