On This Day In History
#OTD in 1929 Mary Dennett, co-founder of the National Birth Control League, stood trial for sending a pamphlet she'd written 14 years earlier—The Sex Side of Life: An Explanation for Young People—through the US mail. A guilty verdict was later overturned. https://t.co/Mo834r2zHV pic.twitter.com/IR2W5ddkdB
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 23, 2022
On this day in 1963, William Moore, a white man, was killed in Alabama as he was marching to Mississippi for civil rights. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/xG9ZiJTleB
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 23, 2022
#OnThisDay, 1616, died #WilliamShakespeare - #Shakespeare pic.twitter.com/3feGIkqlSP
— SheenaIsAPunkRocker 🎸 (@77MASH) April 23, 2022
April 24th
1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)
1184 BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)
1877 Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
1898 Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1916 Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin
1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.”
This day 105 years ago – 24 April 1916 – the Easter Rising began.
The first casualty was Constable James O'Brien (45) of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, shot dead by Irish Citizen Army captain Seán Connolly.
Connolly (34) was killed soon after, the first of the rebels to die. pic.twitter.com/VVxrTOcLFf
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 24, 2021
#OTD in 1723, celebrity prostitute 'Sally Salisbury' (real name Pridden), was tried at the Old Bailey for stabbing a client. At this time as many as 1 in 5 London women sold sex for a living. Pridden died in prison at the age of 33, probably of syphilis. https://t.co/IjwlDhf75F pic.twitter.com/0ZI3fHdgHZ
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 24, 2022
This retreat from protecting Black citizens allowed an unrestrained resurgence of white supremacy and the deterioration of political, economic, and civil rights for Black people. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 24, 2022
April 25th
1660 English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
1846 Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War
1945 "Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII
1953 Francis Crick and James Watson's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in "Nature" magazine
1954 Bell labs announces the 1st Solar Battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
Did You Know?
German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller is the first to use the name America on his world map "Universalis Cosmographia"
Today in History in 1507
Would You Believe?
1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton in 60 days, 21 hours
Today in History in 1960
This day 83 years ago – 25 April 1938 – the trade war between Ireland and Britain came to an end with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement.
The trade war had been disastrous for the Irish state, with unemployment rising from 28,934 in 1931 to more than 138,000 in 1935. pic.twitter.com/EFKiKbq7cS
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 25, 2021
#OTD in 2009 Carol Ann Duffy became Poet Laureate of the UK: the first woman and first (out) LGBTQ+ person to hold the title. Prolific, political and a vigorous supporter of other's poetry, she changed the nature of the role. Here's her 'Valentine'. https://t.co/mM8HOgZTir pic.twitter.com/teYYV3xDVs
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 25, 2022
On this day in 1959, a white mob in Mississippi killed a Black man named Mack Charles Parker. No one was ever prosecuted. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/T74aSuQTcG
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 25, 2022
April 26th
1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de’Medici and kill Giuliano de’Medici in Florence
1920 Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold “great debate” on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1956 First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1986 World’s worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe
2005 Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
Did You Know?
Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity - 1st time this defense used successfully in the US
Today in History in 1859
Would You Believe?
Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
Today in History in 1952
This day 104 years ago - 26 April 1916 - Francis Sheehy-Skeffington was executed without trial on the order of Captain Bowen-Colthurst.
Skeffington was a pacifist arrested while trying to prevent looting during the Easter Rising. Bowen-Colthurst was later found guilty of murder. pic.twitter.com/IXal0p8Uhg
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 26, 2020
For #NationalGardeningWeek we celebrate Alice Hutchins and Annie Gulvin, @kewgardens' first 'lady gardeners' in 1896. Wearing trousers until public outrage made them don skirts, they studied chemistry, botany, horticulture and worked in the gardens. https://t.co/Pe0PQ7ZfzR pic.twitter.com/2rh1FD4cTt
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 26, 2022
On this day in 1960, a crowd of white people violently attacked Black activists who had walked onto Biloxi Beach in Mississippi to hold a “wade-in” challenging the segregated beach area. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/niKANf0800
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 26, 2022
Remembering Lucille Ball, who died #OTD in 1989...
Actress, comedian, film-studio executive, and producer.
She was the first woman to run a major TV studio, Desilu Productions, which produced many popular TV series, including Mission: Impossible & Star Trek.#legend pic.twitter.com/N5K91TVKdl
— Admirable Women (@AdmirableWomen) April 26, 2022
April 27th
1565 1st Spanish settlement in the Philippines forms at Cebu City
1865 Steamboat "SS Sultana" explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.
1904 The Australian Labor Party under Prime Minister Chris Watson becomes the first Labor government in the world
1945 Italian partisans capture Benito Mussolini at Dongo (Lake Como)
2005 The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France
Did You Know?
Blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sells the copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10
Today in History in 1667
Would You Believe?
RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
Today in History in 1965