On This Day In History
This day 124 years ago - 20 April 1896 - the first public screening of a film in Ireland took place in Dan Lowrey's Star of Erin Theatre (now the Olympia).
The Freeman's Journal described it as the “most amazing and grandest novelty ever presented in Dublin: The Cinématographe.” pic.twitter.com/amu841kyo5
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 20, 2020
This day 65 years ago – 20 April 1954 – the last execution in Ireland took place.
Michael Manning, a 25-year-old from Limerick, was hanged in Dublin for the rape and murder of 65-year-old nurse Catherine Cooper.
Capital punishment was officially abolished in Ireland in 1990. pic.twitter.com/UMNuiAIDol
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 20, 2019
#OTD in 1648, Anne Murray & her Royalist lover helped to spring James, Duke of York from jail in Civil War England. He escaped to safety and later—as James II—rewarded her with a pension. Murray—now Lady Halkett—wrote religious works and a candid memoir. https://t.co/VxKAlOAQ4q pic.twitter.com/swWpmPcWfp
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 20, 2022
On this day in 1965, an all-white jury acquitted future GA Governor Lester Maddox of all charges after he threatened 3 Black students at gunpoint for trying to eat in his segregated restaurant. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/hJHA6QLX95
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 20, 2022
April 21st
753 BC Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)
1526 First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India
1863 Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, enters garden of Rivden near Baghdad. He makes his declaration as a Messenger of God during the 12 days spent there
1918 World War I: German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”, shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France, Canadian pilot Arthur Roy Brown credited with the kill
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
Did You Know?
Secretaries' Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated
Today in History in 1952
Would You Believe?
Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" great white shark off the coast of Ceduna, Australia
Today in History in 1959
This day 25 years ago – 21 April 1995 – Father Ted aired on Channel 4 for the first time.
Written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, it won Best Comedy Programme at the BAFTA Awards in 1996.
In 2012, viewers voted it the greatest comedy show ever broadcast on Channel 4. pic.twitter.com/GJIHg1jOuB
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 21, 2020
#OTD in 1702, German astronomer Maria Kirch became the first woman to discover a comet—C/1702 H1. Her husband reported the find to King Leopold I, taking credit himself. He confessed just before his death that it had been Maria's discovery. #MatildaEffect https://t.co/NgneG2yWwR pic.twitter.com/YrDqHDwDSW
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 21, 2022
On this day in 2007, a Georgia high school held its first integrated prom. White parents still held a private, white-only prom and some barred their children from attending the integrated prom. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/huKFc0gpUT
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 21, 2022
Prince, the polymathic musician who released more than 30 albums and won seven Grammy Awards over a 40-year career, died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2016. Throughout his career, Prince defied and transcended genre. https://t.co/Gf8ZwghyTw
— HISTORY (@HISTORY) April 21, 2022
Quote from Lois Hi on April 21, 2022, 6:02 pm
On this day in 2007, a Georgia high school held its first integrated prom. White parents still held a private, white-only prom and some barred their children from attending the integrated prom. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/huKFc0gpUT
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 21, 2022
2007 Lois ? Christ almighty that US is still a fupped up country !😯
April 22nd
1500 Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I
1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1994 7,000 Tutsi slaughtered by Hutus in the stadium at Kibuye, Rwanda
2006 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.
2016 Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C
Did You Know?
More than $3.3 million is stolen from the First National Bank of Arizona in Tucson in the then largest US bank robbery in history
Today in History in 1981
Would You Believe?
In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made
Today in History in 1994
This day 52 years ago – 22 April 1969 – Bernadette Devlin gave her maiden speech as the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Commons, aged 21:
“I stand here... in the same tradition as the first woman ever to be elected to this Parliament, Constance Markievicz.” pic.twitter.com/15xDgZAZ0V
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 22, 2021
In 1967 Cicely Saunders—founder of the modern hospice movement—opened St Christophers Hospice in London, assisted by Dept of Health’s medical officer Albertine Winner. Among the first staff was nurse Florence Wald, who took the hospice concept to the US. https://t.co/xaWQZ26fxr pic.twitter.com/GXBD3cKWnI
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 22, 2022
On this day in 1987, the Supreme Court affirmed a Black man's death sentence, rejecting his claim of discrimination and finding racial bias is "an inevitable part of our criminal justice system." To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/UrLKq2e500
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 22, 2022
What you should know about Miguel de #Cervantes, #Spain’s greatest literary genius, who died on this day in 1616 https://t.co/WrYZPX2iPh @olivepress
— The Olive Press (@olivepress) April 22, 2022
April 23rd
215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene
1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control
1597 William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)
1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 new pence, replacing shilling and two-shilling pieces)
1984 AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Did You Know?
Gamma ray burst (GRB) 090423 is observed for 10 seconds, the most distant object of any kind and also the oldest known object in the universe
Today in History in 2009
Would You Believe?
Wine merchant William Sokolin breaks a bottle of 1787 Château Margaux, possibly belonging to Thomas Jefferson, worth $500,000 at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York
Today in History in 1989
This day 1006 years ago – 23 April 1014 – Brian Boru was killed at the Battle of Clontarf.
Boru's title as High King of Ireland had been resisted by Máel Mórda, King of Leinster.
Though he was killed, Boru's forces defeated the mercenaries - mostly Vikings - of Máel Mórda. pic.twitter.com/Cpt2Ygc6ni
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 23, 2020