On This Day In History
On this day in 1893, a white mob lynched Bob Hudson, a Black man, in Weakley County, TN, after he defended his wife, who was targeted because she filed assault charges against a white man. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/HgBsrzNB2e
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 9, 2022
9 October 1779. The first Luddite riots against industrial machinery broke out in a lace factory in Loughborough. Luddites feared industrial machines would replace their skills. Many were owners of workshops that closed because factories could produce the same products cheaper. pic.twitter.com/Try1GW02bM
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 1834. The Dublin & Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland, opened. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour (Dún Laoghaire) in County Dublin. pic.twitter.com/xOs67pfFSY
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 1934. Alexander I of Yugoslavia (left) & Louis Barthou, French Foreign Minister (right), were assassinated during a motorcade in Marseille, France. The assassin, Vlado Chernozemski, a member of a Macedonian revolutionary group, was killed shortly after the shootings. pic.twitter.com/4SIBupQXzH
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 1935. Acclaimed photographer, Donald McCullin, was born in London. His work has specialised in examining the reality of war, the plight of the unemployed, and the impoverished. pic.twitter.com/vkwNovjaKI
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 1967. Ernesto “Che” Guevara (aged 39), was executed by Bolivian armed forces, for attempting to incite a revolution in the country. Guevara strongly opposed US economic and political interference in Latin America. pic.twitter.com/ra2OAuVvcQ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 1974. Oskar Schindler died (aged 66). He’s credited with saving at least 1,200 Jews from death during the Holocaust. His story featured in the Hollywood film, Schindler’s List. pic.twitter.com/zwbJcAUoPP
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
9 October 2004. Leading French post-modern philosopher, Jacques Derrida, died (aged 74). He’s best known for his contribution to semiotic analysis, known as deconstruction, and was associated with post-structuralism, and postmodern philosophy. pic.twitter.com/T5i8G7TGV3
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY: John Lennon playing piano in his apartment in New York’s Dakota Building (1980). pic.twitter.com/sqbP3jAiiP
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 9, 2022
October 10th
680 Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa
1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane.
1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops
1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident
Did You Know?
"Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America, drawn about 1440
Today in History in 1965
Would You Believe?
1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY
Today in History in 1886
This day 102 years ago – 10 October 1918 – the RMS Leinster was sunk when two torpedoes fired by a German U-boat struck it.
Up to 564 people died, the largest loss of life ever to occur in the Irish Sea.
It was travelling from Dún Laoghaire – then Kingstown – to Holyhead. pic.twitter.com/icKpNkIuzM
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 10, 2020
A case of classic (and classical) domestic violence: in 160 CE, Roman noblewoman and priestess Regilla, 8 months pregnant, was kicked to death - apparently by order of her husband. He was tried for murder and acquitted, but widely regarded as guilty. https://t.co/atDAStsFn7 pic.twitter.com/jnkzgEd5x3
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 10, 2022
On this day in 1933, white ranchers shot three Mexican nationals who were among thousands participating in a strike over decreased pay. An all-white jury later acquitted the ranchers. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/lwKN3C8NF3
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 10, 2022
10 October 19. Roman general, Germanicus (aged 33), suddenly died in Antioch, under mysterious circumstances. The historian Tacitus believed he’d been poisoned and considered him equivalent to Alexander the Great as a military commander. pic.twitter.com/13v3DWl124
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022
10 October 1846. Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, was discovered by English astronomer, William Lassell. It’s the only large moon with an orbit in the direction opposite to its planet’s rotation and it’s the seventh-largest moon in the Solar System. pic.twitter.com/wilPKerxEL
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022
10 October 1881. The Savoy Theatre, the first British public building to be lit by electricity, opened. Its construction was financed by theatre impresario, Richard D’Oyly Carte, on the site of the old Savoy Palace as a showcase for the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. pic.twitter.com/irWRcB6nrl
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022
10 October 1903. Emmeline Pankhurst formed the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), which became the leafing militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918, engaging in acts of sabotage and terrorism. pic.twitter.com/yPSJAHouaZ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022
10 October 1963. Legendary French singer, Édith Piaf, died (aged 47). She became France’s national chanteuse, and one of the country’s most widely known international singing stars. Her most well known song was No Regrets (Non, je ne regrette rien). pic.twitter.com/Qm9xXMdqfp
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022
10 October 1964. The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place. The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and marked the first time South Africa was excluded due to its apartheid system in sports. pic.twitter.com/VoSYInoY4g
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 10, 2022