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#OTD #TDIH #October9, 1635: #RogerWilliams founder of #RhodeIsland banished from #Massachusetts Bay as a religious #dissident.
#Puritans #SeparationOfChurchAndState #NativeAmericans #ColonialHistoryOfTheUS
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#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_...
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#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...
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#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...
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#OTD #TDIH #October1, 1928: #GrandOpenings: #NewarkMetropolitanAirport (now #NewarkLibertyInternationalAirport), the first airport in the #NewYorkCityMetroArea opens in #NewarkNewJersey. #JerseyProud
www.nps.gov/articles/new...
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#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...
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#OTD #TDIH #September25 1951 #BOTD: #HBD #MarkHamill! #Actors #Writers #PopIcons #CulturalIcons #MovieStars #StarWars #LukeSkywalker #TheJoker #Batman #StarWarsSky #MovieSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ha...
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#OTD #TDIH #September21, 1968 #SpaceRace: #ZondProgram: #Zond5, 1st #Spacecraft launched to #TheMoon to return, 1st to bring terrestrial life to #Moon's vicinity, returns to Earth.
#SpaceflightFirsts #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zond_5
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#OTD #TDIH #September19, 1982 #ScottFahlman posts the first #emoticons: :-) & :-( .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_F... Scott Fahlman
@jckaelin.bsky.socialAs #GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, its promade runs to the village of Bispham from (wait for it) #StarrGate!
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#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are 1st switched on. #AdventuresInHistory #BeatlesSky #MusicSky
@jckaelin.bsky.social#GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, which he called a #Charabanc (an early #MotorCoach)!
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#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are first switched on. #AdventuresInHistory
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#OTD #TDIH #September18, 1809 The #OldPriceRiots begin when #London's #SecondRoyalOperaHouse, #TheatreRoyalCoventGarden, opens with #Macbeth; #riots begin over owner #JohnPhilipKemble's high ticket prices. #TheatreSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_O...
@jckaelin.bsky.socialAs #GeorgeHarrison said #MagicalMysteryTour was inspired by this, its promade runs to the village of Bispham from (wait for it) #StarrGate!
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#OTD #TDIH #September18 - #September19, 1879: The #BlackpoolIlluminations are 1st switched on. #AdventuresInHistory #BeatlesSky #MusicSky