On This Day In History
Quote from Lois Hi on January 6, 2022, 7:49 pm
This day 183 years ago – 6 January 1839 – Ireland was hit by the most devastating storm in its recorded history, leaving thousands homeless.
To read more, pick up a copy of This Day in Irish History. Perfect for those with an interest in Ireland's past.https://t.co/Y4VENustgB pic.twitter.com/NVslVIXugK
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 6, 2022
I remember it well. T'was a cold one for sure . . . . . .
Getting back on topic . . . . . .
6th January 1907 - Maria Montessori, the first woman to graduate from an Italian Medical College, employed revolutionary teaching methods in her first school that opened on this day in history.
January 7th
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede
1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1941 Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-shek open fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops
1953 US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb
1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment, 1st public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held at IBM's head office in New York
1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial begins in the US Senate after the House voted to impeach him for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky
This day 100 years ago – 7 January 1922 – Dáil Éireann voted on whether to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed a month earlier.
64 voted in favour; 57 against.
In the general election that followed, pro-Treaty parties received over 78% of the votes cast. pic.twitter.com/9m4vXQOi6o
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 7, 2022
#OTD in 2015, psychoanalyst and columnist Elsa Cayat was the only woman killed in the Paris attacks on satirical magazine @Charlie_Hebdo_. Targeted as a Jew, she had dismissed death threats as 'verbal garbage'. https://t.co/grXUqWsQYS
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 7, 2022
On this day in 1807, a ship named “Fair American” delivered 88 kidnapped Africans in Charleston, SC. 21,000 Africans were trafficked through Charleston in 1807 alone. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/Nrwk6zE1zK
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 7, 2022
7th January 1789 - Voting opens for the first presidential election of the newly independent United States of America.
George Washington beat John Adams by 69 votes to 34.
January 8th
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1790 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address
1912 Chiefs, representatives of people’s and church organisations, and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms
1916 WWI: ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
1926 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Did You Know?
Simon Marius. a German astronomer, independently discovers the first three moons of Jupiter one day after Galileo
Today in History in 1610
Would You Believe?
Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded with gold sunk after British squadron attacks off coast of Colombia (rediscovered 2015)
Today in History in 1708
This day 15 years ago – 8 January 2007 – David Ervine died, aged 53.
A former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force, Ervine remained a supporter of Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom, but encouraged his fellow loyalists to “stop this nonsense about not being Irish.” pic.twitter.com/2172xETxYv
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 8, 2022
#OTD in 1907, Mrs Lings of the Waggon and Horses Inn, Bollington, Cheshire, was denied a licence to run the pub she owned: "the court could not depart from its rule" to deny licences to women. She had to appoint a male licensee. https://t.co/TOLcAz5KGf pic.twitter.com/7Y05gL3fpT
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 8, 2022
On this day in 1908, newly elected Governor Austin Crothers vowed to disenfranchise all Black Marylanders and “to maintain the political supremacy of the white race.” To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/2u9SlcXMto
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 8, 2022
January 9th
1431 Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government
1760 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
1839 Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
1909 Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south)
1941 6,000 Jews murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania
2007 Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone
Did You Know?
First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner, Bristol, England
Today in History in 1969
Would You Believe?
Philip Astley stages the world's first modern circus in London
Today in History in 1768
This day 38 years ago – 9 January 1984 – Seán MacEntee died, aged 94.
Born in Belfast, he was the last surviving member of the First Dáil.
A veteran of the Easter Rising, MacEntee was critical of the Provisional IRA: “They are preventing the ultimate union of the Irish people.” pic.twitter.com/xfwdLz3YGS
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) January 9, 2022
#OTD 1863, a whaling captain wrote in his log: “This day found out George Weldon to be a Woman. The first I ever suspected of such a thing.” One of Georgiana Leonard's shipmates had said, 'If he wasn't such a mean, hard cuss I'd say he was a woman.' https://t.co/7N8CAUDd8n pic.twitter.com/cjIgaGFLP7
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) January 9, 2022
On this day in 1961, thousands of white people rioted and hurled rocks at Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the University of Georgia's first Black students. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/2pvZhdwxwH
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) January 9, 2022
9th January 1799 - British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger introduced Income Tax, which was promised to be a temporary measure to fund the Napoleonic Wars
Quote from Forrest on January 9, 2022, 7:15 pm9th January 1799 – British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger introduced Income Tax, which was promised to be a temporary measure to fund the Napoleonic Wars
Time to wrap up the Napoleonic Wars then... 😂
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on January 9, 2022, 7:51 pmQuote from Forrest on January 9, 2022, 7:15 pm9th January 1799 – British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger introduced Income Tax, which was promised to be a temporary measure to fund the Napoleonic Wars
Time to wrap up the Napoleonic Wars then…
Or maybe it's time to stop the income tax, seeing as Napoleon is on gardening leave on St Helena . . . . . .