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- 40 years ago today, the #Philadelphia #Police Department dropped a #bomb on 6221 Osage Ave. in #WestPhiladelphia, where members of the Black liberation #advocacy group #MOVE lived. 11 people were killed, including 5 children. #History #PeoplesHistory www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mo...
- Teenage Kicks, from the re-release of the Undertones' original debut album which was released on this day in 1979 Undertones - Teenage Kicks - TOTP 1978 #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #theundertones #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- 42 years ago today Black Flag at Backstage in Tucson, May 13, 1983. Also on the bill ➡️ Meat Puppets, Conflict, Civil Death Photos by Ed Arnaud #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- 46 years ago today 'The Undertones' is the eponymous debut album by the Irish punk rock band The Undertones, released on this day in 1979. The October 1979 re-released (Pic 2) included The Undertones' first two singles: "Teenage Kicks" and "Get Over You" #punk #punks #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- American Psycho is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Misfits, release on this day in 1997. This is the first release without the band's founder and former leader Glenn Danzig #punkrock #horrorpunk #misfits #americanpsycho #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- Today's a little catch-up post from the 10th and 11th of May 2022. We visited Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Laura Ingall Wilder House, and the Field of Dreams! Was a busy two days on the Great River Road! #travel #greatriverroad #roadtrip #mississippiriver #history #fieldofdreams
- John Swanson Jacobs (b.1815), brother of Harriet Jacobs, wrote a 20,000-word book in 1855 with the title: “The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots.” Part I is his autobiography. Part II drags the Constitution🔥 Free Link: archive.ph/2024.12.27-2... #BlackSky #Lit #History 👇🏾
- Britain's secret sabotage plan to end WWII: How makeshift pistols and 'fire kits' were dropped to prisoners in Germany as defeat loomed for Hitler, reveals @jamescrossland.bsky.social, author of #RogueAgent. Read more @dailymail.co.uk: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... #WW2 #WWII #History
- Shortages of all sorts forced the Germans to simplify as much as possible. #OTD in 1944 a 2nd prototype Jagdpanzer 38 Starr was fitted with a rigidly mounted gun. This was the last vehicle of this type since firing the gun damaged the chassis. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- #History #politicalhistory @myhist.bsky.social I’m just thinking about the latest episode I listened to about LBJ and Nixon and how Nixon’s spying went on longer than just Watergate
- Released 47 years ago today Black and White, the third studio album by English punk band The Stranglers, featuring the opening track Tank The Stranglers - Tank (Rockstage in Stereo) #punk #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #TheStranglers #blackandwhite #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- Happy Birthday to Brett Gurewitz, guitarist for the punk rock band Bad Religion, born on this day in 1962, Los Angeles Bad Religion - American Jesus #punk #punks #punkrock #badrelegion #brettgurewitz #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- In memory of Ian Robins Dury, English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s during the punk and new wave era of rock music, born on this day in 1942, Harrow, England Photo by Bob Gruen #punkrock #newwave #rocknroll #iandury #rocklegend #history #otd
- 47 years ago today Black and White is the third studio album by English punk band The Stranglers, released on this day in 1978 includes the singles "Nice 'n' Sleazy" and "Walk On By" #punk #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #TheStranglers #blackandwhite #history #punkrockhistory #otd
- Vintage U.S. Army Motorcycle Digital Painting 36"x24" #art #digitalart #popart #EastCoastKin #motorcycles #army #supportveterans #usarmy #veterans #history #culture #industrialdesign #machines
- "For a crazy instant during the chaos and epic change of a world war, they defied every tenet of what was expected of a woman in the 1940s and beyond." lithub.com/how-a-group-... #women #feminism #aviation #WWII #history
- Today In 1963: Los Angeles #Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd career no-hitter - an 8-0 victory vs. Juan Marichal and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium! #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History
- It is the birthday of the journalist who said, “If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform.” American writer Harriet Quimby was born on this day in 1875. #BookSky #Writers #Writing #Journalists #History #OTD #MovieSky
- [May 11th, 1985] 3:40 PM BST: Television commentator John Helm notes a small fire in the main stand, describing it as a "glowing light" three rows from the back of block G. #history #OTD #1980s
- ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/croxden-ab... "My afternoon visit to the remains of this 12th Century Cistercian Abbey was a chance taken purely on the enchanting images of the huge towers that remain of the centuries old Church Abbey...” #travel #photography #history #ruins #churches #substack
- WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN If you were alive when this was first printed then the title of this post may have some extra significance to you. Get your dose of nostalgia (archive.org). #history #social #nostalgia #writing #art #philosophy #errtlings #science #architecture #garden #food #freedom
- On this day in the year 868, the first book was published. It was titled "The Diamond Sutra" and it is a compendium of Mahayana Buddhist scripture. It is the oldest known object that has all the characteristics of a modern book. #BookSky #BookHistory #History #OTD
- Please write to #republican #house #senate #SCOTUS & remind them of how #history will remember their treason & supporting #trumpfascism. Shame on all of them.
- Whenever a king sees that his people will revolt against him, he starts fighting with another country. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte #history
- How to Become an Evil Wizard in the Middle Ages: The Secrets of Picatrix www.medievalists.net/2025/05/evil... #magic #picatrix #history
- History buffs may get a kick out of the big omission from the American Declaration of Independence at 500ways.com/original-us-... (#USHistory, #history, #DeclarationOfIndependece, #AmericanHistory, #omission, #WarOfIndependence, #UnitedStates)
- ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/droitwich-... Fancy a BlackAdder tinged beginning to an article containing a lucky 19 more images from beautiful Droitwich Spa? #travel #photography #history #substack #writing #writingcommunity #reflections
- The windcatcher towers in Islamic architecture cool homes naturally. #IslamicDesign #History
