12 October 1979
Queen released Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the UK.
Freddie Mercury wrote the rockabily-inspired hit, reportedly composing it on guitar despite usually writing songs on piano.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1979
Queen released Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the UK.
Freddie Mercury wrote the rockabily-inspired hit, reportedly composing it on guitar despite usually writing songs on piano.
@sentientgrace.bsky.socialIn 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue...
And proceeded to oversee the systemic torture, murder, & enslavement of the indigenous peoples he came upon...
All for the greed of his sponsors.
The truth is repeatedly inconvenient for some folk.
But, yeah, cute rhyme.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1931
Statue Christ The Redeemer was unveiled during an inauguration ceremony at the summit of Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The monumental Art Deco statue was completed after 9 years of construction and funded primarily by donations.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1978
Nancy Spungen was stabbed to death in the Hotel Chelsea in New York City. Former Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was charged with her murder, but he died of a heroin overdose in February 1979 before the case went to trial.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1979
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was published in the UK. It follows the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, after the destruction of the Earth who is rescued by Ford Prefect a human-like alien and then hitchhikes on a passing spacecraft.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1986
Elizabeth II became the 1st British monarch to undertake a state visit to China. During her 6-day visit, she saw the newly excavated army of terracotta warriors in Xi’an, visited the Great Wall in Beijing and met the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1916 Private Isaac Ratcliffe (18810) 2 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Isaac is commemorated on the Heald Green War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1916 Sergeant William Almond (15599) 18 Bn Manchester Regiment died and was buried in the Australian Imperial Forces Burial Ground.
William is also remembered on the Gatley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1916 Sergeant John Herbert Lees Brown (4405) 2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1917 Sergeant James Worthington (15626) Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot.
James is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1917 Private James Henry Ashby (242296) 7 Bn Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial
James is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1984
The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1973
President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1970
Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1933
The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1917
The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1915
British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1901
President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1892
The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
