On This Day In History
This day 103 years ago - 27 April 1916 - the 16th (Irish) Division suffered heavy losses at Hulluch, France, when they were gassed by German troops.
By the end of the day, the division had lost 442 men.
The 16th (Irish) Division was mainly comprised of National Volunteers. pic.twitter.com/sMECGu1b2N
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 27, 2019
Mavia or Māwiyya was an Arab warrior-queen in present-day Syria. In the late 4th century CE she rebelled against Roman rule, riding at the head of her troops into Phoenicia and Palestine. She defeated the Romans, later assisting them against the Goths. https://t.co/fnhHPo5mvA pic.twitter.com/xxu7nFo51K
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 27, 2022
On this day in 1899, a white mob in Lee County, Georgia, lynched a Black man named Mitchell Daniel for “talking too much” about the brutal lynching of another Black man days earlier. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/pnKRlMTJ9q
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 27, 2022
"Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not."
American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson died #OTD in 1882.
Books by Ralph Waldo Emerson at PG:https://t.co/IvIq2zCiQd pic.twitter.com/cCF0H1nw0W
— Project Gutenberg (@gutenberg_org) April 27, 2022
Antonio Gramsci died #Otd 85 years ago after 11 years spent in harsh conditions in Mussolini's prisons. He was 46.#OnThisDay #27aprile pic.twitter.com/JfO9QVMbpn
— ANPI Scuola - Brescia (@ANPI_Scuola) April 27, 2022
April 28th
1611 Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, oldest existing university in Asia and largest Catholic university in the world
1770 British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1789 Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain William Bligh in the South Pacific
1910 First night air flight by Claude Grahame-White in England
1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific operated by Pan Am
1977 Andreas Baader and members of terrorist group the Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang) jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
Did You Know?
Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1 Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date
Today in History in 1902
Would You Believe?
Shrek the sheep from Tarras, Central Otago, New Zealand, is finally shorn live on TV after 6 years avoidance; the fleece weighed 27 kg (60 lb)
Today in History in 2004
This day 103 years ago – 28 April 1916 – the Battle of Ashbourne took place, the only large-scale engagement during the week of the Easter Rising to happen outside Dublin
Thomas Ashe led a group of Irish Volunteers in an attack on a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks in Meath. pic.twitter.com/yvGGwjpjni
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 28, 2019
This day 151 years ago - 28 April 1869 - a team of Irish and Chinese immigrant workers in northern Utah set a record for the most railroad track laid in a single day: 10 miles and 56 feet.
This was the result of a $10,000 bet between Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. pic.twitter.com/vYEb6R1yee
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 28, 2020
Irish nationalist Helena Molony was a prominent fighter in the attack on Dublin Castle during the Easter Rising of April 1916. A paramilitary, effective social reformer and labour rights campaigner, Molony was later President of the Irish TUC. https://t.co/QuO1DH2SiE pic.twitter.com/jAwFKUQY1l
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 28, 2022
On this day in 1936, a mob of 40 white men in Colbert, Georgia, lynched a Black farmer named Lint Shaw—just eight hours before he was scheduled to go on trial. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.https://t.co/8jKddyTU9b
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 28, 2022
April 29th
1862 New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War
1864 Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga
1916 Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising
1945 US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany
1975 Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war
1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
1991 Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless
1997 Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
Did You Know?
1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published in Great Britain
Today in History in 1852
Would You Believe?
The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
Today in History in 1953
The name of this painting is 'Her Surrender' by Sinead Guckian.
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 29, 2021
At her death in April 1965, Helena Rubinstein's cosmetics empire was worth $60m. Coiner of the phrase 'problem skin', she built a huge business around skincare and make-up. She was also a philanthropist and patron of the arts. https://t.co/Y6H9FT0Lwe pic.twitter.com/gABQvOZueo
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 29, 2022
On this day in 1992, an all-white jury in CA acquitted 3 of the 4 officers who violently beat Rodney King during a videotaped arrest. The jury could not agree on a verdict for the 4th officer. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/dghUX6vcOa
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 29, 2022
April 30th
311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)
1562 1st French colonists in North America: Jean Ribault & colonists arrive in Florida
1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical "All the Year Round" (weekly installments until Nov 26)
2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Did You Know?
World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee
Today in History in 1989
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1888 Moradabad hailstorm: hail stones allegedly as big as oranges kill 246 people and some 1600 sheep and cattle in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Today in History in 1888
This day 95 years ago – 30 April 1923 – James Larkin returned to Ireland after almost nine years in the United States.
Thousands greeted the Liverpool-born trade union leader in Dublin.
'Big Jim', as he was known, founded the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in 1909. pic.twitter.com/fb8gDMwxiP
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 30, 2018
Fidelia Bridges painted 'as though the whole year were springtime', said one critic. Her detailed watercolours of flowers and birds were popular. First female member of the American Watercolor Society, she was also a governess to Mark Twain's children. https://t.co/HRjk1AzNGd pic.twitter.com/rXdbHBxvLq
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 30, 2022