20 years ago today
The Bowery changed forever
Early Monday morning on October 16, 2006, punk rock venue CBGB officially closed its doors.
Hilly Kristal and the homeowners ended their relationship due to a long argument
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@punkrockhistory.bsky.social20 years ago today
The Bowery changed forever
Early Monday morning on October 16, 2006, punk rock venue CBGB officially closed its doors.
Hilly Kristal and the homeowners ended their relationship due to a long argument
@punkrockhistory.bsky.socialRemembering Christa Päffgen aka Nico, born on this day in 1938, Cologne, Germany.
Photo by Lisa Law
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #nico #thevelvetunderground #history #rockhistory #otd
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social25 years ago today
The Argument is the sixth and most recent studio album from the post-hardcore band Fugazi, released on this day in 2001 through Dischord Records
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #posthardcore #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd
@historypod.bsky.social#OTD 16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e49eUGoavIA #historyteacher #sschat
@joelfanmusic.bsky.socialLa Mer premiered in Paris #OTD and was not well liked. Even by Debussy's admirers.
When he conducted it in Britain critics and audiences were highly enthusiastic.
So he conducted it once again in Paris. It was a huge success, one his most popular works.
@admirablewomen.bsky.socialIsabella Bird was born #OTD in 1831. She died in Edinburgh in 1904 at the age of 72...with her trunks packed for yet another expedition to China.
If you like #traveling, a good #adventure story, or living vicariously through the travels of others...I highly recommend her work. #BookSky #HistSky
@tico-romao.bsky.socialFury (2014) poster art. Premiered #OTD.
@hmdb.org#OTD in 1940, President Companys was executed at the end of the #SpanishCivilWar in #BarcelonaSpain 🇪🇸
@bulliessuck2024.bsky.socialOctober 15: #CivilRightsAct of 1875 Ruled Unconstitutional
Context: The United States Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment prohibited states, but not citizens, from discriminating. This civil rights reversal was devastating for African Americans.
#SCOTUS
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@hwalterwarner.bsky.social#OTD in (Recent) Sports History: The New York Jets traded for WR Davante Adams. (2024)
@admirablewomen.bsky.socialMarthe Wandou is a lawyer, gender-equality advocate & peace activist.
In 2021, she was awarded the prestigious Right Livelihood Award (the “Alternative Nobel Prize”) for her work protecting women & children in conflict zones and promoting #WomensRights.
Born #OTD in 1963. #Cameroon #HumanRights
@politicdormouse.bsky.socialHelena Normanton 1st UK woman barrister. 1922 2nd woman called 2 Bar of England & Wales. Kept surname on marriage 1924 1st UK married woman 2 have passport in name born with. Didn't "like 2 see women getting worst end of any deal for lack of elementary legal knowledge" d #OTD 14 Oct 1957 w.wiki/bV79
@classicmoviehub.bsky.socialI Married Joan premiered on NBC 74 years ago today, on Oct 15, 1952, starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus! The sitcom ran for three seasons and 98 episodes, ending on March 23, 1955!
Did You Know? Joan Davis's real-life daughter, Beverly Wills, played her younger sister Beverly on the show!
#otd
@sautter.bsky.socialBarry McGuire is 91 years old today.
'Eve of Destruction' by Barry McGuire .
#BarryMcGuire | #music | #OTD .
@laskerfdn.bsky.socialLasker Laureate Carl Hellmuth Hertz was born #OTD in 1920.
🧪 By bringing his technical knowledge from physics to diagnostic medicine, Hertz pioneered the development of ultrasound in medicine, which has proven its value in cardiology and in other areas of the body: https://ow.ly/6ctk50PUP1M
@eurospacehistory.bsky.social#OTD: 15 October 1997, the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral. This was a joint ESA, NASA and Italian space agency (ASI) mission to Saturn🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @science.esa.int @carolynporco.bsky.social
@morrisseyisokbyme.bsky.social#otd in 2019, Morrissey appeared live at the Orpheum Theatre, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Those present that night were treated to a rendition of The Smiths' song, I Won't Share You
@courtfisk.bsky.social🎬 Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker (2002)
This was Ashley Laurence's fourth and final appearance as Kirsty Cotton in the Hellraiser film series.
#HellraiserVI #HorrorSky #Halloween #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFanatics #CliveBarker #BookSky #SpookySeason #CarlVDupre #FilmTrailers #FilmSky #MovieSky #OTD
May contain graphic violence
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