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#3141 · October 30, 2022, 5:31 pm

30 October 1961. The Soviet government announced that Stalin’s embalmed corpse would be removed from its place next to Lenin’s tomb, and buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis outside the walls of the Kremlin. It was due to Stalin’s “violations of Vladimir Lenin’s precepts”. pic.twitter.com/HXzJYWv7lj

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3142 · October 30, 2022, 5:31 pm

30 October 1965. Fashion model, Jean Shrimpton caused a sensation on Derby Day at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne by wearing a dress called “The Mini”. The dress was made by Shrimpton’s dressmaker, Colin Rolfe, and its hem was only 4 inches above the knee. pic.twitter.com/QFbQdqxiyO

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3143 · October 30, 2022, 5:32 pm

30 October 1974. Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman by a knockout in the 8th Round, to regain the World Heavyweight Championship, in the “Rumble in the Jungle”. in Zaire. Before the fight, Foreman was seen as unbeatable. It was Ali’s greatest triumph. pic.twitter.com/SQUglAYDn9

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3144 · October 30, 2022, 5:32 pm

30 October 1975. Prince Juan Carlos became Spain’s acting Head of State, taking over from the ailing right wing nationalist leader, General Francisco Franco. Juan Carlos is remembered as the Head of State who drove the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco’s dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/WqxCcDwHIB

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3145 · October 30, 2022, 5:33 pm

30 October 1979. Scientist, engineer and inventor, Barnes Wallis, died (aged 92). He invented the “bouncing bomb” used by RAF in the famous Dambuster raids over Germany in 1943. In the 1955 film The Dam Busters, Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave. pic.twitter.com/Ho2mMoh3Qv

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3146 · October 30, 2022, 5:33 pm

30 October 2005. The completely rebuilt, Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden in February 1945),
was fully reconsecrated after a 13 year building project. pic.twitter.com/Nf8x8PFdfk

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3147 · October 30, 2022, 5:34 pm

30 October 2020. Manchester Utd and England legend, Nobby Stiles, died (aged 78). He played 311 league games for Man Utd from 1960 to 1971, and 28 times for England. He was a member of the 1966 England World Cup winning team, playing in every England game during the tournament. pic.twitter.com/sUXk2pbQ27

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3148 · October 30, 2022, 5:36 pm

Amazing colourised film of Piccadilly Circus, London, in the early 1930s. pic.twitter.com/PHNpVx6qnA

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 30, 2022

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#3149 · October 31, 2022, 5:30 pm

October 31st

1517 Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating The Protestant Reformation

1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), over 200,000 killed

1918 Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week

2011 The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations

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#3150 · October 31, 2022, 5:31 pm

Did You Know?

World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse

Today in History in 1917

Would You Believe?

Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof

Today in History in 1756

https://www.onthisday.com/

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#3151 · October 31, 2022, 5:33 pm

This day 127 years ago – 31 October 1892 – a mass murder took place at a police barracks in Ballinadrimna, Co Kildare.

Constable John Pilkington shot dead Sergeant Michael Rogan, Rogan's wife, and four of their children, before committing suicide.

The killings caused outrage. pic.twitter.com/PgCH9sMi6T

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 31, 2019

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#3152 · October 31, 2022, 5:34 pm

This day 22 years ago – 31 October 1996 - Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), the first Irish-language television station, was launched, with its headquarters in Baile na hAbhann, Co. Galway.

It was the third national station in Ireland.

It would re-brand as TG4 (TG Ceathair) in 1999. pic.twitter.com/muOz7HKkZw

— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) October 31, 2018

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#3153 · October 31, 2022, 5:35 pm

#OTD in 1970, the ban on women's football in West Germany—imposed in 1955 because "this combative sport is fundamentally foreign to the nature of women"—was lifted, after over 150 unofficial international matches were played in the 1950s and 1960s. https://t.co/aHQLWeL5NX pic.twitter.com/43dEXMmKgt

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 31, 2022

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#3154 · October 31, 2022, 5:35 pm

On Hallowe'en we remember the Bute Witches, six women accused of witchcraft during the 'Great Scottish Witch Hunt' of 1661-62: accused as usual, by neighbours with grievances. Four of them were hanged in 1662; a fifth escaped but was executed 11 yrs later. https://t.co/0gL21HYZmd pic.twitter.com/heiJNb416U

— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) October 31, 2022

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#3155 · October 31, 2022, 5:35 pm

On this day in 1901, a white mob in Hodgenville, KY, lynched Silas Esters and hung his body near the courthouse. Though members of the mob were named by the media, no one was held accountable. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/eTXsnSqiRC

— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) October 31, 2022

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#3156 · October 31, 2022, 5:37 pm

31 October 1915. British troops wore steel helmets for the first time in the “Great War of 1914-19”. Even then, the number of steel helmets distributed was so restricted that soldiers wore them in rotation, as they marched to the front line. pic.twitter.com/comhnLvsOe

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 31, 2022

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#3157 · October 31, 2022, 5:38 pm

31 October 1926. Brilliant escapologist, Harry Houdini (aged 52), died in hospital of a ruptured appendix. He had collapsed during his last performance at the Garrick Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA, a week earlier, suffering from acute appendicitis pain. pic.twitter.com/t5dhwvNDma

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 31, 2022

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#3158 · October 31, 2022, 5:38 pm

31 October 1930. Apollo astronaut, Michael Collins, was born in Rome, Italy. He was the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11 mission. He stayed in orbit around the Moon, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first landing on its surface. pic.twitter.com/SupgyolWTx

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 31, 2022

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#3159 · October 31, 2022, 5:39 pm

31 October 1941. Mount Rushmore, in Keystone, South Dakota, was completed after 14 years of work. The sculpture is carved into the face of the mountain. It features the heads of 4 US Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/TRamDdERnF

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 31, 2022

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#3160 · October 31, 2022, 5:39 pm

31 October 1951. Zebra crossings were introduced in the UK. The first official zebra crossing was in Slough, just west of London. The most famous one of all is in Abbey Road in London and featured on the famous Beatles album. pic.twitter.com/ieHI0Ogudw

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) October 31, 2022

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