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#2881 · October 14, 2022, 5:18 pm

#OTD in 2019, Bernardine Evaristo @bernardineevari was joint winner of the Booker Prize, with Margaret Atwood. The first black woman to win, she felt sidelined by later coverage: "How quickly & casually they have removed my name from history". https://t.co/djmxI7vorj #BHM2022

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 14, 2022

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#2882 · October 14, 2022, 5:19 pm

On this day in 1982, President Ronald Reagan expanded the War on Drugs, further fueling mass incarceration, particularly in targeted Black communities. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/dZV7PUSFWB

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 14, 2022

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#2883 · October 14, 2022, 5:22 pm

14 October 1644. William Penn was born in London. He founded the English Quaker colony now called Pennsylvania. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned in a grid-like system, making its streets easy to navigate, unlike London where Penn was born. pic.twitter.com/FasLZfHCbV

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2884 · October 14, 2022, 5:23 pm

14 October 1890. Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, USA. He served as the 34th US President from 1953 to 1961, having acted as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during the D-Day landings, and the subsequent defeat of Hitler’s Germany. pic.twitter.com/0VqSGdgYz6

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2885 · October 14, 2022, 5:23 pm

14 October 1912. Former US President, Theodore Roosevelt, was shot while giving a speech. He survived. His assailant was John Schrank, a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York, who claimed that in a dream the assassinated President McKinley asked him to avenge his death. pic.twitter.com/AHHvAVgCiP

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2886 · October 14, 2022, 5:24 pm

14 October 1913. 439 miners and 1 rescuer were killed in the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster in Wales. It was caused by a build up of firedamp (methane) gas being ignited. Funerals for those who died took place over the next month. It remains Britain’s worst mining disaster. pic.twitter.com/nqZZn7zL7l

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2887 · October 14, 2022, 5:24 pm

14 October 1939. German submarine, U-47, sank HMS Royal Oakx, at Scapa Flow, Scotland: 833 of its crew were killed. The sinking of HMS Royal Oak was a notable German propaganda coup. Below is an underwater photo of the wreck. pic.twitter.com/aohb9VloYK

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2888 · October 14, 2022, 5:25 pm

14 October 1943. Prisoners at the German-run Sobibór extermination camp (in German occupied Poland), revolted, killing 11 SS guards. About 300 prisoners escaped before order was restored. Sadly, half of the escaped prisoners died in minefields or were killed by SS guards. pic.twitter.com/98HIvQj9jX

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2889 · October 14, 2022, 5:26 pm

14 October 1944. The famous German Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel (aged 52), committed suicide after being implicated in the 1944 bomb plot. Hitler had offered him the choice of a trial before the notorious People’s Court or suicide and a state funeral. pic.twitter.com/RTl9INBG88

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2890 · October 14, 2022, 5:28 pm

14 October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis began when US spy planes photographed the Soviet construction of missile sites in Cuba. pic.twitter.com/uJrHvOI1rE

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2891 · October 14, 2022, 5:28 pm

14 October 1964. US civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther KingJnr, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to combat racial inequality by non-violence. King’s dream was that all US citizens would be judged by their personal qualities, and not by the colour of their skin. pic.twitter.com/b2Kypv2aVm

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2892 · October 14, 2022, 5:29 pm

14 October 1968. Jim Hines (USA) became first man to break the “10 second barrier” in an Olympic 100 metres Final, in Mexico City, with a time of 9:95, which was also a world record that would stand for 15 years. pic.twitter.com/XwLOJwbp7N

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2893 · October 14, 2022, 5:29 pm

14 October 1969. The Bank of England first introduced the 50p coin to replace the 10 Shilling (“Ten Bob”) note. It was part of the transition towards the full introduction of decimal currency in February 1971. pic.twitter.com/ClttEQwzSr

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2894 · October 14, 2022, 5:30 pm

14 October 1977. Singing legend, Bing Crosby, died (aged 73). He’s one of the best selling recording artists of all time, having sold over 1 billon records worldwide. His single White Christmas is the best selling Christmas hit of all time, too. pic.twitter.com/eBsZs5ZMK8

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2895 · October 14, 2022, 5:31 pm

14 October 2013. Grace Jones, the oldest person in the UK, and then the 6th oldest in the world, died, at the age of 113 years, 342 days. She was born in London on 7 December 1899, and she was also the last living British person to be born in the 19th century. pic.twitter.com/3dsP1waLmj

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 14, 2022

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#2896 · October 14, 2022, 6:15 pm

Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane has died aged 72, his agent has said https://t.co/1gkZuWvUcJ

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 14, 2022

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#2897 · October 15, 2022, 5:01 pm

October 15th

1581 Commissioned by Catherine de' Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine" is staged in Paris

1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states, after skipping 10 days after Oct 4 to sync the calendar

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile

1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war

1993 Nelson Mandela and South African President F. W. de Klerk awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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#2898 · October 15, 2022, 5:02 pm

Did You Know?

Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany during WWI at Vincennes near Paris

Today in History in 1917

Would You Believe?

11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln telling him to grow a beard

Today in History in 1860

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#2899 · October 15, 2022, 5:05 pm

This day 178 years ago - 15 October 1842 - the first issue of The Nation was published.

Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy, its main stated objective was to achieve “a nationality which may embrace... the Irishman of a hundred generations, and the stranger who is within our gates.” pic.twitter.com/WUeUAw8Wtm

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 15, 2020

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#2900 · October 15, 2022, 5:06 pm

#otd in 1959 'Odds Against Tomorrow', the first film Dede Allen edited, was released. She became a world-class 'auteur' editor, working on movies such as Bonnie and Clyde. Three times an Oscar nominee, in 1992 she became a Vice-President @warnerbros. https://t.co/oyKJNu0St2 pic.twitter.com/AiH4Zsk8zU

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 15, 2022

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