#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October18, 1954 The first #TransistorRadios, The #RegencyTR1, is announced by #IDEA and #TexasInstruments.
#PocketRadios #PortableRadios #Radios #Transistors #HandHeldDevices #HistoryOfRadio #RadioSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency...

#AdventuresInHistory! #OTD #TDIH #October17, 1966: The #23rdStreetFire in the #FlatironDistrict of #Manhattan #NYC kills 12 #FDNY #firefighters, the largest loss of life in FDNY's history until the September 11 Attacks. #DisasterSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_St...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October17, 1814 The #LondonBeerFlood occurs at #MeuxAndCo's #HorseShoeBrewery in #London killing 8 people.
#Beer #PorterBeer #Porter #London #StGilesLondon #StGilesRookery #DominionTheatre #DisasterSky #BeerSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...

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#OTD #TDIH #October17, 1091 #LondonTornadoOf1091 thought to be T8/F4 strength strikes heart of #London.
#Tornadoes #NaturalDisasters #DisasterSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October16, 1384: #Coronations: #Jadwiga is crowned King Of Poland though she's a woman. #KingsOfPoland #JadwigaOfPoland #KingdomOfPoland #CapetianHouseOfAnjou #Poland #PolishHistory #HistoryOfPoland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October12, 2026: #SecondMondayInOctober: #ColumbusDay/#IndigenousPeoplesDay observed.
#Holidays #ChristopherColumbus #AgeOfExploration #AgeOfDiscovery #NewWorld #TheAmericas #Navigators #Navigation #Exploration
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbu...

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#OTD #TDIH #October11 #NationalComingOutDay observed.#LGBT #LGBTQ #OutOfTheCloset #GayLiberation #Lesbianism #Gaeity #Antihomophobia #Sexuality #SexualIdentity #SexualTolerance
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October11, 1884: #HBD #EleanorRoosevelt! #Diplomats #Activists #Humanitarians #GreatLadies #FLOTUS #RooseveltFamily #FranklinRoosevelt #FDR #UnitedNations #AmericanHistory #UglyDucklings #Swans
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October10, 1927 #DOTD: #RIP #GustaveWhitehead.
#AviationPioneers #Number21 #EarlyFlyingMachines #AviationFirsts #FirstPoweredFlight #FirstPoweredAircraft #Aviation #HistoryOfAviation #HistoryOfFlight #AviationSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave...

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#OTD #TDIH #October9, 1635: #RogerWilliams founder of #RhodeIsland banished from #Massachusetts Bay as a religious #dissident.
#Puritans #SeparationOfChurchAndState #NativeAmericans #ColonialHistoryOfTheUS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_W...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October4, 1363 #RedTurbanRebellions: The #BattleOfLakePoyang ends, history's largest naval battle, fought on #LakePoyang between #ZhuYuanzhang's 200K #Ming #sailors & #ChenYouliang's 650K #ChenHan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October4, 1957: The #SpaceAge begins as the #USSR launches #Sputnik1, the first man-made #satellite into orbit.
#Sputnik #Spaceflight #SovietSpaceProgram #SpaceflightFirsts #Satellites #SpaceRace #SpaceSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRD...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October3 1985 #DOTD: #RIP #CharlesCollingwood.
#BroadcastJournalists #Newscasters #WarCorrespondents #NewsAnchors #TVHosts #MurrowBoys #CBSNews #DDay #UtahBeach #WorldWarII #WorldWar2 #WWII #WW2 #SecondWorldWar #JounalismSky #RadioSky #TVSky

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October3 1949 #WERD first #US #BlackOwnedRadioStations #premieres in #AtlantaGeorgia.
#BlackRadio #BlackAppeal #Top40 #JesseBBlaytonSr #JesseBBlaytonJr #JockeyJackGibson #PrinceHallMasonicTempleAuborn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX4D...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October3 1949 #WERD first #US #BlackOwnedRadioStations #premieres in #AtlantaGeorgia.
#BlackRadio #BlackAppeal #Top40 #JesseBBlaytonSr #JesseBBlaytonJr #JockeyJackGibson #PrinceHallMasonicTempleAuborn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WERD_(h...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October1, 1979: #PopeJohnPaulII begins his first pastoral visit to the #US.
#Popes #PopePastoralTrips #UnitedStates #JimmyCarter #Catholicism #RomanCatholicism #FatherGuidoSarducci
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nz...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October1, 1928: #GrandOpenings: #NewarkMetropolitanAirport (now #NewarkLibertyInternationalAirport), the first airport in the #NewYorkCityMetroArea opens in #NewarkNewJersey. #JerseyProud
www.nps.gov/articles/new...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #October1, 1982 #Sony & #Phillips launch the #CompactDisc with the #CDP101 #CompactDiscPlayer.
#CompactDiscs #CDs #CompactDiscPlayers #CDPlayers #DigitalAudio #AudioCDs #AudioCDPlayers #Stereos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_CD...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September27, 1903: The #WreckOfTheOld97 occurs. #RailwayAccidents #RailwayDisasters #TrainWrecks #TrainAccidents #TrainCrashes #BridgeDisasters #TrainWreckBallads #Railroads #RailroadHistory #FolkSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYwA...

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September26, 1983 #TheManWhoSavedTheWorld: #USSR Lt Col.
#StanislavPetrov prevents #WWIII during The #1983SovietNuclearFalseAlarmIncident when a #ComputerError reports an #ICBM attack by the US
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...