#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September11, 1851: #ChristianaRiot: #EscapedSlaves led by #WilliamParker fight to protect 3 #FugitiveSlaves.
#ChristianaResistance #WilliamParker #FugitiveSlaveAct #RaceRiots #AfricanAmericanSlaves #BlackSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September10, 1977: #DOTD: #HamidaDjandoubi murderer of #ElisabethBousquet becomes last person #guillotined.
#Murderers #Guillotine #CapitalPunishment #Marseilles #France #CrimeSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September10, 1898: #DOTD: #RIP #EmpressElisabethOfAustria, #assassinated by anarchist #LuigiLucheni.
#TurnOfTheTwentiethCentury #FinDeSiecle #LaBelleEpoque
#VictorianEra #AustriaHungary
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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1739 #StonoRebellion, largest of #SlaveUprisings in #ColonialAmerica erupts in #ColonialSouthCarolina .
#SouthCarolina #SlaveRebellions #SlaveryInTheUS #BlackPeople #Blacks #ColonialAmerica
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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1940 #GeorgeStibitz makes first #RemoteOperation of a #computer.
#ComputerFirsts #FirstComputers #BellLabs #BooleanLogic #ComplexNumberComputer #Teletype #DarmouthCollege #NewYorkCity #ComputerSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1947: First #ComputerBug found: A #moth in a relay of a #HarvardMarkII #computer at #HarvardUniversity. #ComputerSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September9, 1972 #MammothCave discovered to be world's #LongestCave.
#MammothCaveNationalPark #WorldHeritageSites #BiosphereReserves #LongestCaves #Caves #EdmonsonCounty #Kentucky #UndergroundSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September8, 1923: #DOTD: #RIP: #HondaPointDisaster : 9 #USNavy #destroyers #shipwreck; 7 sailors lost, 23 killed.
#PointPedernales #SantaBarbaraChannel #SouthernCaliforniaBight #USNavy #USN #USNavyHistory #NavalSky
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#OTD #TDIH #September7, 1921 In #AtlanticCity the first #MissAmericaPageant begins; #MargaretGorman is crowned the #GoldenMermaid.
#MissAmerica #AtlanticCity #MargaretGorman #BeautyContests #JerseyProud #BeautySky
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