28 March 1917 2nd Lt Thomas Alexander Seddon of the Australian Machine Gun Corps was killed in action and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery.
Thomas is remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatter
From my German Postal History Collection
This letter was opened by the Gestapo based in Gnadenfeld.
Dr Kroll was enquiring about the receipt of his Mortgage Deeds with the Prussian District Court in Onadenfeld
#History #HistoryMatter
7 February 1102
Empress Matilda was born
She was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125,
Was a claimant to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. #History #HistoryMatter
6 February 1993
Arthur Ashe, the 1st black male to win the Men’s Wimbledon Singles Championship, died.
It is believed Ashe contracted HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983.
#History #HistoryMatter
2 February 1918 Captain The Hon. Robert Edmund Thomas Moore Noel of 6 Bn Royal Fusiliers died of dysentery and malaria and was buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania
Robert is also remembered at Trinity College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatter
24 January 2018
Mark E. Smith died.
He was the lead singer, The Fall.
#History #HistoryMatter #Manchester
Possibly the smallest listed building in London.
The Ostler’s hut in Lincoln’s Inn, which measures 13 x 10 feet and was built in 1860. Ostlers used to look after visitor's horses.
#History #HistoryMatter #London
In the 19th century, Lwów (Lviv), despite the Austrian occupation was one of the most important centres of Polish culture and science. The Polish National Ossoliński Institute - Ossolineum organized a powerful action of collecting history artifacts in 1860.
#History #HistoryMatter
Edgar Wood, Skating in Manchester 1900.
Edgar Wood was a British architect, artist, and draftsman who practised from Manchester.
He was regarded as a proponent of the Arts and Crafts
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatter #architecture
7/10
This moment echoes Munich 1938, appeasement dressed as diplomacy. History warns us: letting autocrats off easy only emboldens them. #NeverAgain #HistoryMatter
🎙️ “They wanted better terms…”
Filmmaker Matthew Pehl tells the story of striking cowboys in 1883—and why it matters today.
Plus:
🎵 Billy Bragg at Tolpuddle
📜 Poetry at SF LaborFest
📻 All on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour
Listen at 1p on @wpfwdc
#LaborRadioPod #CowboysStrikeBack #HistoryMatter
Tomorrow is the 234th birthday of James Buchanan, our 15th president!
Check out our awesome video collaboration with Periodic Presidents.... James Buchanan with Periodic Presidents!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J6C...
#HBD #AcademicSky #EduSky #HistoryMatter #Education
Alexandra Park is a 60-acre park in Whalley Range, on the border of Moss Side, on the border of Fallowfield, Manchester.
Named after Princess Alexandra, the park was opened by the City Mayor on August 6th 1870. Paid for by public subscription
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatter
#OnThisDay March 27, 1977: Aviation's darkest day unfolded as two Boeing 747s collided at Tenerife Airport, claiming 583 lives. A tragedy that reshaped aviation safety forever. 🛫✈️ #HistoryMatter
In Brazil or their home countries, some Latinos may be ‘white,’ but not yet in the U.S.—though that too could change, just as it did for Italians, Spaniards, and others. Race is as much about power as it is about opposition to Blackness or even ‘illegals.’ #RaceAndIdentity #Latino #HistoryMatter
Oxford Road, Site of Students Union, Manchester in 1960. @officialuom.bsky.social students union building today built on the site of poorly built lodging houses.
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatter
