cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 16 hours ago85 years ago today, Ansel Adams photographed the Moon rising over Hernandez, New Mexicoplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1image85 years ago today, Ansel Adams photographed the Moon rising over Hernandez, New Mexicoplus-squarelemmy.mlcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 16 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 2 days ago15 years ago today is the day officially designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the world's population reached seven billion people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link15 years ago today is the day officially designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the world's population reached seven billion people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 2 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days ago195 years ago today, Nat Turner was captured. He had been a fugitive for ten weeks after leading the deadliest slave rebellion in US history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-link195 years ago today, Nat Turner was captured. He had been a fugitive for ten weeks after leading the deadliest slave rebellion in US history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days ago65 years ago today, the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. It yielded the equivalent of 50 megatons of TNT.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link65 years ago today, the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. It yielded the equivalent of 50 megatons of TNT.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days ago35 years ago today, the Madrid Conference of 1991 began. Israel credits it as a turning point in their international recognition, gaining diplomatic relations with 25 countries in the following year.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, the Madrid Conference of 1991 began. Israel credits it as a turning point in their international recognition, gaining diplomatic relations with 25 countries in the following year.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days ago25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down11
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days ago145 years ago today, in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, there was a gunfight near the O.K. Corral. While lasting less than a minute, it has been the subject of many books and films.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link145 years ago today, in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, there was a gunfight near the O.K. Corral. While lasting less than a minute, it has been the subject of many books and films.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days ago82 years ago today, the US defeated Japan in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It was the largest naval battle of WWII and by some criteria the largest in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link82 years ago today, the US defeated Japan in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It was the largest naval battle of WWII and by some criteria the largest in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · edit-25 days ago55 years ago today, more than two decades after its founding, the PRC replaced the ROC as the representative of China in the United Nationsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link55 years ago today, more than two decades after its founding, the PRC replaced the ROC as the representative of China in the United Nationsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · edit-25 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days ago35 years ago today, concert promoter Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash near Vallejo, California. After his death, the San Francisco Civic Auditorium was renamed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, concert promoter Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash near Vallejo, California. After his death, the San Francisco Civic Auditorium was renamed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days ago25 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP. It was the first consumer edition of Windows to use the Windows NT kernel.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP. It was the first consumer edition of Windows to use the Windows NT kernel.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days ago81 years ago today, as part of their surrender at the end of WWII, Japan retroceded Taiwan to Chinese control after having occupied it for 50 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link81 years ago today, as part of their surrender at the end of WWII, Japan retroceded Taiwan to Chinese control after having occupied it for 50 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 8 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days ago25 years ago today, Apple Computer announced the iPodplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Apple Computer announced the iPodplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days ago70 years ago today, the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly reconvened (having initially started in London earlier in the year) in New York's Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link70 years ago today, the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly reconvened (having initially started in London earlier in the year) in New York's Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 14 days ago50 years ago today, US President Gerald Ford signed the Copyright Act of 1976 into law. It introduced automatic copyright (no registration prerequisite) and extended the duration to life plus 50 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link50 years ago today, US President Gerald Ford signed the Copyright Act of 1976 into law. It introduced automatic copyright (no registration prerequisite) and extended the duration to life plus 50 yearsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 14 days ago100 years ago today, prime ministers of the Dominions of the British Empire met in London to begin the month-long 1926 Imperial Conference. They adopted the term "Commonwealth of Nations" there.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link100 years ago today, prime ministers of the Dominions of the British Empire met in London to begin the month-long 1926 Imperial Conference. They adopted the term "Commonwealth of Nations" there.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.idEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 15 days ago1010 years ago today, a Danish army led by Cnut defeated an English army led by Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Assandun.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link1010 years ago today, a Danish army led by Cnut defeated an English army led by Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Assandun.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 15 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 15 days ago175 years ago today, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick was first publishedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link175 years ago today, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick was first publishedplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 16 days agoEight years ago today, recreational cannabis became legal in Canadaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkEight years ago today, recreational cannabis became legal in Canadaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 16 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 16 days ago64 years ago today, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Michael Craig Judge was born. His co-creations include Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Office Space, and Idiocracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link64 years ago today, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Michael Craig Judge was born. His co-creations include Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Office Space, and Idiocracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 16 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
