On This Day In History
Just to be clear — we are not celebrating what Piera Fondelli did. Like all sensible people, we think fascism is bad. #understatement But our aim is to put women back into history on the same terms as men, so if Mussolini belongs in the history books, then so does she.
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 23, 2022
On this day in 1875, 3 weeks after the federal Civil Rights Act was enacted to guarantee equal treatment, the TN legislature approved a bill permitting racial discrimination in public spaces. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/EIap53n8D4
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 23, 2022
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who appeared in more than 50 films, won two Academy Awards and was synonymous with Hollywood glamour, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2011. The violet-eyed Taylor began her acting career as a child and later in life became a prominent HIV/AIDS activist.
— HISTORY (@HISTORY) March 23, 2022
March 24th
1603 Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns
1837 Canada gives its black citizens the right to vote
1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), and establishes germ theory
1976 Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed in a military coup headed by Jorge Rafael Videla
2020 Indian PM Narendra Modi orders a 21 day lockdown for world's second most populous country of 1.3 billion people to deal with COVID-19
2020 China's Hubei province, the original center of the COVID-19 outbreak eases restrictions on travel after a nearly two-month lockdown
Did You Know?
Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
Today in History in 1999
Would You Believe?
RAF rear gunner Nicholas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber 18,000 feet over Germany without a parachute; his fall broken by pine trees and soft snow, suffers only a sprained leg
Today in History in 1944
This day 53 years ago – 24 March 1968 – Ireland's worst ever air disaster took place.
Aer Lingus Flight 712 lost control on its way to London Heathrow from Cork, crashing near Tuskar Rock, Co Wexford.
All on board – 57 passengers and four crew members – died. pic.twitter.com/sKLOSElOpb
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 24, 2021
#OTD in 1921, the First Women's Olympiad opened in Monte Carlo, with athletes from five nations: France, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It had been organised by pioneering French sportswoman Alice Milliat & Camille Blanc, a local mayor. https://t.co/mr7t6cTOLF pic.twitter.com/rfhS4tHEGs
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 24, 2022
On this day in 1942, the United States evicted Japanese Americans from their homes in Washington and forced them into internment camps. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/KHa43oT6wh
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 24, 2022
Johann Cruyff, the Dutch master and football genius, who died this day 24th March 2016 😕👌⚽️ pic.twitter.com/cSvvqBvweL
— Russ (@smiffy2609) March 24, 2022
March 25th
31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
1436 Florentine cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with then the largest dome in the world by Filippo Brunelleschi, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV (begun 1296)
1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
Did You Know?
Swami Vivekananda initiates Margaret Noble (Sister Nivedita) into vow of Brahmacharya, first western woman received into Indian monastic order
Today in History in 1898
Would You Believe?
British Airways flight from London mistakenly flies to Edinburgh, Scotland instead of Düsseldorf, Germany when wrong flight plan submitted
Today in History in 2019
This day 99 years ago – 25 March 1920 – the first Black and Tans arrived in Ireland.
Winston Churchill is credited for suggesting “a force of 8,000 old soldiers be raised at once to reinforce the R.I.C. [police]” against the IRA, though this has been disputed by some historians. pic.twitter.com/5nh4zv53of
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 25, 2019
#OTD in 1870 Marianne Hainisch—founder of the Austrian women's movement—spoke 'On the Education of Women', calling for the City of Vienna to institute parallel school classes for girls. Her demand led to a bank donating 40K gulden to found a girls' school.https://t.co/ZW5mMwUgSC pic.twitter.com/u1lzsrN5lb
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) March 25, 2022
On this day in 1931, nine Black teenagers were arrested and falsely accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, AL. They spent 6-17 years in prison despite evidence that exonerated them. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/PEeMgcSj43
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 25, 2022
"During the slave regime, the Southern white man owned the Negro body and soul. It was to his interest to dwarf the soul and preserve the body."
The Red RecordAmerican journalist and activist Ida B. Wells died #OTD in 1931.
Books by Ida B. Wells at PG:https://t.co/wTffwaHWuo pic.twitter.com/Z63mf1PQqk
— Project Gutenberg (@gutenberg_org) March 25, 2022
Taylor Hawkins, drummer with the Foo Fighters has been found dead in his hotel room in Bogota where the band were playing.
He leaves behind a wife and 3 children.
Just after watching him singing Under Pressure with the band with Roger Taylor’s son Rufus on the drums.
Rock in Peace Taylor.🤘🏻
March 26th
1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Salian dynasty
1812 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people
1871 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government
1909 In support of Mohammed Ali Shah's coup d'etat against the constitutional government in Persia, a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz
1942 First "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps
1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent Polio, clinical trials began the next year
1966 Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States, including in New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan
Did You Know?
Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of band-aid
Today in History in 1845
Would You Believe?
Richard III of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012
Today in History in 2015
This day 31 years ago – 26 March 1990 – My Left Foot won two Oscars: Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and Best Supporting Actress for Brenda Fricker.
Day-Lewis began his acceptance speech by saying, “You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin.” pic.twitter.com/fuJ1EMLVT1
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) March 26, 2021
On this day in 1944, six white men in Amite County, MS, lynched a Black minister and farmer so they could steal his family’s land. His family then fled, fearing for their lives. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/fdreAy0oXo
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) March 26, 2022