On This Day In History
This day 81 years ago – 21 February 1941 – the first flight took place over the 'Donegal Corridor,' a strip of land in the Irish state used by Royal Air Force planes during the Second World War.
Though Ireland was officially neutral, the airspace was secretly allowed to be used. pic.twitter.com/oU2FNfSlpO
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) February 21, 2022
#OTD in 1958—in the St Kilda Test against England—Australian Betty Wilson became the first cricketer to score 100 runs and take ten wickets in the same Test match. In 1985, she became the first woman cricketer in the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame. https://t.co/x6jzDF4b7i pic.twitter.com/kDKgsDC06E
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 21, 2022
On this day in 1965, Malcolm X, an outspoken critic of racism and white supremacy, was assassinated in Manhattan. He was just 39 years old and left behind his wife and six young daughters. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/7LHt3xzcSR
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 21, 2022
Malcolm X lived and died for Black liberation.
This is his extraordinary story pic.twitter.com/6uXxvV0ea7
— TRT World (@trtworld) February 21, 2022
"That's what so difficult in this day and age: the moment we think of our ideals, our dreams...horrible reality intervenes and destroys them. It's a wonder I haven't given up on them."—Anne Frank, died #OTD in 1945. https://t.co/JjgZoxaetK
— Five Books (@five_books) February 21, 2022
February 22nd
1632 Galileo’s “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” is published
1774 British House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
1797 The Last Invasion of Britain, launched by the French during the Revolutionary Wars, begins near Fishguard, Wales
1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
1967 25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since WWII.
Did You Know?
Neanderthals not humans were the first artists on Earth, producing red cave paintings 65,000 years ago in Spain, according to new research published in "Science"
Today in History in 2018
Would You Believe?
1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
Today in History in 1907
In the 1940s, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti—the "Lioness of Lisabi"—founded the Abeokuta Women’s Union to advocate for women’s rights under the Nigerian colonial govt. She led protests of up to 10,000 women, forcing the temporary abdication of the ruling Alake. https://t.co/LSN1a4vv7C pic.twitter.com/GZvlqCtSyM
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 22, 2022
On this day in 1898, a white mob attacked Frazier Baker, the first Black postmaster of Lake City, SC, and his family. Both Mr. Baker and his infant daughter were killed in the attack. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/magzk0uoUH
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 22, 2022
Today's date (22/02/2022) is both a palindrome AND an ambigram! It reads the same left to right, right to left, and when turned upside down. pic.twitter.com/2fQwBWaTg0
— Royal Institution (@Ri_Science) February 22, 2022
the only correct way to write today's date... pic.twitter.com/bCOvUZYa1T
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) February 22, 2022
"If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There’s nothing behind it."
―Andy Warhol, The East Village Other, 1966Andy Warhol died on this day 35 years ago.
Andy Warhol, "Self-Portrait", ca. 1957, © AWF pic.twitter.com/O2ZmAgi02S
— The Andy Warhol Museum (@TheWarholMuseum) February 22, 2022
Quote from Charlie Charles IV on February 22, 2022, 5:24 pm
the only correct way to write today's date... pic.twitter.com/bCOvUZYa1T
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) February 22, 2022
Don't mess with my tutu Charlie !🤣
You’re a fountain of knowledge, BR! 🤩
The original was called My Toot Toot. Denise's only UK hit (1985) was called My Tu-Tu, apparently. Could be wrong- there are so many different spellings on YouTube it's a bit of a minefield. Sorry if you were looking for Mike Denver but seeing as Denise was on TOTP in the 80s I'm guessing that was the one you had in mind. Well, I learned something today. 😎
'Course you may have heard a version like this on holidays. Abroad, like. 😋
Just as well I didn't announce to the whole world that the only song with Tutu in the title was this. I'd be scar-le... 🤣
February 23rd
303 Roman Emperor Diocletian begins his policy of persecuting Christians, razing the church at Nicomedia
1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date)
1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola
1836 Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
1904 United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
1945 US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture
1954 1st mass inoculation against Polio with the Jonas Salk vaccine takes place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders
Did You Know?
Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
Today in History in 1997
Would You Believe?
"The Times" of London publishes world's 1st classified ad
Today in History in 1886
#OTD in 1945, Nadezhda Popova was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union for completing 852 sorties during WWII, in the Women's Regiment known as the Night Witches. The women's planes had no guns, radios, radar or parachutes & incinerated immediately if hit. https://t.co/v6S9agu9xa pic.twitter.com/6A0i04O6P6
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 23, 2022