On This Day In History
On this day in 2020, two white men killed Ahmaud Arbery, a young unarmed Black man out jogging. Local officials lied and did not hold the men accountable for months, until a video was released. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/hSz1oPkGy1
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 23, 2022
Composer Edward Elgar died #otd, 23 February 1934.
Find out more about his tragic final diagnosis, as well as the health problems that plagued him throughout his life:https://t.co/wvSoLJi33H
— Interlude (@interludeHK) February 23, 2022
23 February 1965. British born comedian, Stan Laurel, died (aged 74). He appeared with his famous comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 films. In 2009, a bronze statue of Laurel & Hardy was unveiled in Laurel’s home town of Ulverston. pic.twitter.com/2E3eLRD69J
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) February 23, 2022
February 24th
303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian
1525 Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's troops beat the French. French King Francois I captured, 15,000 killed or wounded
1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1739 Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah
1821 Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero agree to the Plan of Iguala, stating that Mexico will become a constitutional monarchy, Roman Catholicism the official religion and that Peninsulares and Creoles will enjoy equal political and social rights
1868 US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1946 General Juan Perón first elected President of Argentina
2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years
Did You Know?
Scientists identify the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to breathe - a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, reported in journal PNAS
Today in History in 2020
Would You Believe?
A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust
Today in History in 2014
This day 15 years ago – 24 February 2007 – an international rugby match between Ireland and England was played in Croke Park, where 14 people were shot dead during the War of Independence. After God Save the Queen was sung, John Hayes famously shed tears during Amhrán na bhFiann. pic.twitter.com/pbAHIwFKVJ
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) February 24, 2022
Adela of Blois (c.1067-1137) was regent over the vast Blois estates while her husband was away on the First Crusade, which she had underwritten. Skilled in economic & religious politics, she used her sons to make powerful alliances & was a patron of poets. https://t.co/whKRislWwQ pic.twitter.com/GupqTAXkQm
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 24, 2022
On this day in 1865, the Kentucky General Assembly refused to endorse an end to slavery in America. Kentucky did not officially ratify the Thirteenth Amendment until 1976. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/wmQwTucdmd
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 24, 2022
February 25th
1570 Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. Also absolves her subjects from allegiance to the crown.
1862 First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that was legal tender in America
1910 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops
1956 Nikita Khrushchev denounces Joseph Stalin at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Did You Know?
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] wins his first world heavyweight boxing title when Sonny Liston fails to come out for round 7 at the Convention Center, Miami Beach
Today in History in 1964
Would You Believe?
Showman P. T. Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth, claiming she was the 161 year-old nursemaid to George Washington
Today in History in 1836
Please consider making a donation to the Ukrainian Red Cross, if you can. https://t.co/Dw33BhapFn
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) February 25, 2022
In 2014, Oksana Potapova—Ukrainian feminist, peacebuilder & activist—founded Theatre for Dialogue, an non-governmental organisation working with women affected by the war in Donbas, to help them defend their rights nationally & internationally. Follow her: https://t.co/mPjuBJA8lX pic.twitter.com/ICAkeG7oRE
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 25, 2022
On this day in 1886, white citizens in Boise, Idaho, organized an anti-Chinese convention and voted to expel Chinese citizens, who had moved to the area for work in mining and construction. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/UevjBwxJPe
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 25, 2022
Sally Kellerman, Oscar and Emmy nominated actor whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died at 84. https://t.co/NNTnemwITM
— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2022
RIP #SallyKellerman who always brought life to whatever characters she played. A terrific actress in some great films and, of course, esper-rific in the second #StarTrek pilot. pic.twitter.com/QqT0RR33pe
— Mark A. Altman (@markaaltman) February 24, 2022
RIP Sally Kellerman, 1937-2022 pic.twitter.com/WApddec2CY
— Old Hollywood (@TheOldHollywood) February 25, 2022
February 26th
1616 Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
1797 Bank of England issues first £1 note
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of France
1885 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain
1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
2005 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76
Did You Know?
1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
Today in History in 1732
Would You Believe?
P&O's SS Ceylon begins world's 1st round-the-world pleasure cruise from Liverpool
Today in History in 1881
In 1995, the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia—led by Kalmyk human rights activist Maria Kirbasova—organised to protest the war in Chechnya and fight for the human rights of conscripted soldiers, including a Moscow-Grozny Mothers' Compassion March. https://t.co/an8wa7KMTe pic.twitter.com/G3wIShPQrF
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) February 26, 2022
On this day in 2012, George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin while he was walking home from a store. Zimmerman claimed he looked "suspicious" because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/bgfVy9k089
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) February 26, 2022