📅 On this day in 2005:
The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
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@historyrewound.bsky.social📅 On this day in 2005:
The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
@wflibraries.bsky.socialOn this day in 2023, The Baby Sitter by Emma Curtis was released.
A gripping psychological thriller packed with secrets, suspicion and twists. Will you be adding it to your reading list?
@vintagepaperads.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1958, NASA launched Pioneer 1—humanity's first space probe. This original American Airlines ad promised to shrink the world to 4½ hours. The Space Age was just beginning.
@junaidsamodien.bsky.socialAt the 2014 Russian Grand Prix #OnThisDay, Lewis Hamilton dominated from start to finish to secure the win, marking his fourth consecutive victory of the season.
@paulinepark.bsky.socialHua Guofeng had #MaoZedong's widow Jiang Qing & the other members of the #GangOfFour arrested #OnThisDay in 1976, bringing an end to the #CulturalRevolution that had torn #China apart for 10 years; sadly, #XiJinping has only made the #PRC even more totalitarian...
@paulinepark.bsky.socialHoly Roman Emperor Charles V conferred rights to the succession of the duchy of #Milan to Philip II #OnThisDay in 1540; #Milano was the nodal point of the #CaminoEspañol, which was crucial in holding the #Habsburg empire together...
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@vintagepaperads.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1968, Apollo 7 launched—humanity's return to space. This original Royal Navy recruitment ad captured that same era of precision and purpose. #Navy
@crawfordartgallery.bsky.socialToday is the birthday of Irish artist #JamesBarry!
Born in Cork in 1741, Barry declined to follow in his fathers footseps and become a sailor as he was determined to become an artist. He studied under John Butts, who he credited with giving him a true love of painting.
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@historyrewound.bsky.social📅 On this day in 1987:
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
@thejeremyleeshow.bsky.socialOn this day in 2004, PBS premiered both the Arthur spin-off Postcards from Buster and Maya and Miguel! They aired with the premiere of the PBS Kids Go block and I loved Maya & Miguel, I can't believe it's been this long but it now celebrates 22 years!
@paulinepark.bsky.socialPope Leo X conferred on Henry VIII the title 'Fidei Difensor' (Defender of the Faith) #OnThisDay in 1521 but after his break with Rome, Pope Paul III revoked it, prompting parliament to grant it to Henry & his successors as head of the Anglican Church...
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@vintagepaperads.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1912, Greek forces liberated Kozani. This original 1958 Greek Line cruise ad promised "twin tourist routes to Europe"—a dream born from newly independent Greece.
@tennissolitaire.bsky.socialOn This Day in Tennis — October 11
On October 11, 1940, during World War II's Blitz, a German bomb hit Wimbledon's Centre Court, tearing through the roof and destroying 1,200 seats. It took nine…
@1980sformulaoneotd.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1986.
Ayrton Senna clinches pole position for first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970.
At the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Senna stormed to an eighth pole of the season.
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@sussexmedieval.bsky.socialOn this day in 1066, King Harold Godwinson traditionally set out from London to face Duke William, who had landed at Pevensey. They met at Battle on 14 October. English Heritage reenacts the battle there this weekend. #OnThisDay #1066 #Sussex
@historylink.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 2009, a massive landslide in the Nile Valley blocked State Route 410 and redirected the flow of the Naches River. historylink.org/File/9224
