On This Day In History
This day 100 years ago – 25 October 1920 – Terence MacSwiney died after 74 days on hunger strike.
MacSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork, was serving two years in Brixton Prison.
His only daughter, Máire, later became President of her local Fianna Fáil cumann in South Dublin. pic.twitter.com/6UtjmmnJwH
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 25, 2020
This day 25 years ago – 25 October 1996 – the last Magdalene Laundry in Ireland closed.
It is estimated that 30,000 women passed through these institutions.
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— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 25, 2021
During an uprising against the Chinese government in October 1911, 19 year-old Wu Shuqing formed and led an armed female brigade to support the rebels. She led her soldiers into combat during the battles of Hankou and Nanjing. https://t.co/mTODquTGXd pic.twitter.com/FyO4QKxqgt
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 25, 2022
25 October 1839. George Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, the world’s first railway timetable, was first published in Manchester. Though Bradshaw died in 1853, the railway guides bearing his name continued to expand for the remainder of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/uUPYqF6AZk
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 1854. Lord Cardigan led the ill fated “Charge of the Light Brigade” during the, Battle of Balaclava, in the Crimean War. Out of 673 men who went into action, 113 were killed, 247 were wounded and 475 horses were lost. pic.twitter.com/bhccjUG7ap
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 1924. The Zinoviev Letter was published in Daily Mail. In the letter, Grigory Zinoviev, the head of the Communist Comintern, urged British comrades to infiltrate and to gain power over the Labour Party. It was deemed a fake at the time, but it’s not clear that it was. pic.twitter.com/47ZJvNLhrv
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 1944. SS chief, Heinrich Himmler, ordered the Gestapo to mount a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, an anti Nazi youth group, primarily made up of working class youths in the Rhineland who opposed the rigid conformity of the Hitler Youth. pic.twitter.com/du5CbLn15L
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 1961. The first edition of the satirical and current affairs news magazine, Private Eye, was published. It became well known for its criticism and lampooning of public figures and for its in-depth investigative journalism. pic.twitter.com/yztOiRjrHB
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 2015. Leading historian of the early modern period, Lisa Jardine, died (aged 71). She was a polymath, fluent in 5 different languages and as comfortable with the sciences as she was with the humanities. Her father was philosopher and mathematician, Jacob Bronowski. pic.twitter.com/x2KjxBSMql
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
25 October 2015. Leading historian of the Holocaust, David Cesarani, died (aged 58). He died shortly after completing a huge general history of the Holocaust, entitled The Final Solution. pic.twitter.com/EVndMRLLJG
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 25, 2022
The great Vincent Price died on this day 27 years ago. He tried to hang on until Halloween but was too ill. #RIPVincent pic.twitter.com/ltWBeBAhR2
— Hammer Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) October 25, 2020
Oct 25th 2002 🍀🍀🍀
Richard Harris (72), Limerick born Irish actor and Oscar nominee for This Sporting Life (1963) and The Field (1990), died.
The Harry Potter films (2001, 2002)
Camelot (1967)
Unforgiven (1992)
Gladiator (2000)
A Man Called Horse (1970) pic.twitter.com/m6S567NGKO— John (@John71610523) October 25, 2022
Spare a thought for John Peel , who died #otd 2004.
📻https://t.co/Jdm8oBjh45📻 pic.twitter.com/rm4m1YTcvy
— 𝕄 𝒾 𝕤𝕤 𝕄🎯𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕥 (@poppymoppet) October 25, 2022
On this day in 1989, Boston police officers harassed Black and interracial communities based on a false shooting charge of Charles Stuart, a white businessman. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/2uegVqOP1A
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 25, 2022
October 26th
1850 Robert McClure sights the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time (from Banks Island towards Melville Island)
1861 Pony Express (Missouri to California) ends after 19 months
1863 International conference begins in Geneva aimed at improving medical conditions on battlefields - beginning of the Red Cross
1977 Last natural case of smallpox discovered in Merca district, Somalia. Considered the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination
2019 Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria
Did You Know?
Gunfight at the OK Corral: The most famous shootout in the Wild West occurs, between lawmen (including Wyatt Earp) and the Cowboys, with Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton killed
Today in History in 1881
Would You Believe?
First recorded use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
Today in History in 1901
This day 33 years ago – 26 October 1988 – it was found that Ireland's laws criminalising same-sex activities were contrary to the ECHR, in a case led by David Norris.
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— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 26, 2021
#OTD in 1884, embroiderer Thérèse de Dillmont signed a contract to write patterns for DMC textiles. She was a pioneer of needlework as a hobby, with her own school and a string of shops across Europe. Her needlework textbook was an international success: https://t.co/jQ3WpdjCgo pic.twitter.com/XniFCITABS
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 26, 2022
On this day in 1866, the Texas legislature passed a law restricting when Black people could testify in court, limiting their testimony to cases that involved people of color. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/DDF1GgS1by
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 26, 2022
26 October 1859. The steam clipper, Royal Charter, powered by a coal fired engine, was wrecked in a storm near the Anglesey coast. The precise number of dead has been estimated from surviving records at 450, making it the highest death toll of any shipwreck on the Welsh coast. pic.twitter.com/GjMxR9q74M
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 26, 2022