#OnThisDayinHistory

a color photo of a Big Mac. It's two beef patties, special sauce (thousand island dressing), lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions you can't see on a sesame seed bun. There is a bun in the middle separating the patties from each other. The burger sits on a white paper with the McDonald's logo on it. There is a yellow background behind the burger, and the words "Big Mac" in black above it. It is way prettier than any burger you've ever gotten at McDonald's

#OnThisDayInHistory, Mcdonald's debuts the Big Mac, costing a whopping 45 cents, in 1967. I have never seen a fast food burger look that...inflated.

a black-and-white photo of senators looking at a poster of comic book covers. One man stands with his back to the camera, holding the poster, which reads "Representative comic book covers crime, horror, and weird variety" at the top. Three men in suits lean over the left edge of the poster, looking at the pictures on it.

#OnThisDayInHistory, a Senate subcommittee meets to determine whether comic books cause juvenile delinquency in 1954. But how do they feel about graphic novels?

Michael Jordan making a basket. He has very short hair and wears his red Bulls uniform, number 23. He wears white shoes and socks.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Michael Jordan scores a record-setting 63 points in a playoff game against the Boston Celtics in 1986. The Celtics won anyway. Well, that's a bummer.

That Should Be A Movie: The Story of Father Kapaun This Korean War story follows tough but humble Catholic Army Chaplain Emil Joseph Kapaun, and his fellow starving and freezing but determined American POWs as they struggle to keep to alive and keep t...

#OnThisDayInHistory Army Chaplain Captain Emil Kapaun was born. He and all our Korean War veterans and fallen, especially POWs who are still Missing In Action and their waiting families, Should Be Honored With A Movie thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

#OnThisDayInHistory The first shots of the American Revolution were fired. See why the Battle of Lexington and Concord and Battle Road Should Be A Movie Honoring Those Who Fought And Died For Our Freedom. thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

#OnThisDayInHistory Medal of Honor Recipient, United States Marine Corps colonel, and Korean War hero William E. Barber was born. He & all our veterans & fallen of The Forgotten War Should Be Honored With A Movie based on The Last Stand of Fox Company thatshouldbeamoviewebseries.com/index.php/20...

an action shot of President Obama bowling. He wears black pants, a white button-down shirt, a dark blue tie, and black-and-white bowling shoes. He has just released the ball, which is in front of him in the lane. People are behind him, presumably watching.

#OnThisDayInHistory, President Truman opens the White House bowling alley, which was actually finished ahead of time, in 1947. Sure, but how are the alley nachos?

A black-and-white photo of Yankee Stadium on opening day. The outside of the stadium is several stories tall, and has "Yankee Stadium" written at the top. Red- white, and blue bunting hangs from the windows on the front of the stadium. People are gathered outside the front in dark clothes.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built," opens in 1923. Babe Ruth marks the occasion with a three-run homer. Well, that's thoughtful of him.

A black-and-white photo of a large group of people gathered at Ellis Island. Most people wear dark coats and hats. There is an arched window behind them.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Ellis Island has its busiest day ever, processing 11,747 people, more than twice its usual average, in 1907. Quick, rush the gate!!!

#OnThisDayInHistory Four-Star United States Army General Paul L. Freeman Jr. was born. His courage and leadership at the battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni should be portrayed in movies that honor all our Korean War veterans and their fallen comrades
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95 Theses Rap Yale is not only about Harold Attridge, Adela Yarbro Collins, Bruce Gordon, John Hare, Denys Turner, Miroslav Volf, and a host of other great scholars. It’s also home to Bulldog Productions, …

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
April 17, Martin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms to defend his ideas on church reform. 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗔𝗟𝗟-𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 . . . 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟵𝟱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝗽.
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#onthisdayinhistory #Reformation #MartinLuther

A black-and-white picture of a Cleveland baseball player. He smirks at the camera. He has a dark-colored ballcap, and a pinstriped jersey with "Cleveland" in an arc across the chest. apparently there is a number on his back, but we can 't see it.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Cleveland becomes the first MLB team to debut jerseys with numbers on the back in 1929. The Yankees were also supposed to debut numbered jerseys this day, but they got rained out. Oops!

A black-and-white photo of a McDonald's. The front has large windows with people standing in front of them, ordering from the inside. The word McDonald's is above the window, and the "golden arches" are on either side of the building. There is a person sitting a table in front of the building.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Ray Kroc opens his first McDonald's, with burgers costing 15 cents, in 1955. What a Kroc!

On this day in Black History
1894, the Empress of Blues, Bessie Smith was born
1947, Jackie Robinson because the 1st African American signed to the MLB. Exactly 50 years later, the MLB retires his number
#OnThisDayInBlackHistory #OnThisDayInHistory #BessieSmith #JackieRobinson

A picture of Snoopy as the World War I flying ace. He sits on top of an orange doghouse. He is wearing a green helmet with goggles over his eyes and a red scarf streams out behind him. His hands are in front of him as if holding the controls of a plane. He has a frustrated expression on his face

#OnThisDayInHistory, American pilots engage in their first dogfight of World War I over the western front in 1918. Must have been hard to pilot that doghouse.

The front of a two-dollar bill. Thomas Jefferson's face is in the center oval. Above his head it reads "Federal Reserve Note" and under him is his name in a ribbon. Under that it says "The United States of America" and "Two Dollars" below that.

#OnThisDayInHistory, the $2 bill is reintroduced to commemorate the bicentennial in 1976. This is how you party?

A powerful historical force--love her or hate her--turns 507 today. I spent a lot of time with Catherine while writing MEDICIS DAUGHTER. Here is my birthday tribute post sophieperinot.com/happy-507th-... #historicalfiction #onthisdayinhistory #catherinedemedici

Drew Barrymore stands on David Letterman's desk. She is facing him, away from the camera, and he is seated at the desk, facing the camera, although his head is turned to the side. Drew's hands are clasped above her head as if she is dancing, and her right hip is thrust out. Her blouse rides up, revealing two lower back tattoos.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Drew Barrymore flashes David Letterman from atop his desk for his birthday in 1995. No one has ever flashed ME on national TV for MY birthday.

A CD cover for the song "Get Back." It is a black cover with the words "The Beatles with Billy Preston" at the top and "Get Back" at the bottom. In between are four photos of each Beatle. John Lennon is at the top left playing guitar, Paul McCartney is at the top right singing into a microphone. Ringo Starr is at the bottom left looking down at something, and George Harrison is on the bottom right, looking to the left an smiling.

#OnThisDayInHistory, The Beatles release "Get Back," including the work of Billy Preston, the only other artist to ever be credited on a song, in 1969. Preston becomes known as The Fifth Beatle, but he doesn't get his picture on the CD cover.

The cover of "The Great Gatsby." A blue field, with eyes and lips looking out. A bright cityscape is at the bottom of the picture. The words "The Great Gatsby" are written in yellow above the face, and "F. Scott Fitzgerald" are in light blue at the bottom of the picture.

#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published in 1925. Its reviews and sales are mixed at the time. And now it's in the public domain.

a photo of the Astrodome. It is a large concrete sports dome across from a huge parking lot.

#OnThisDayInHistory, the Houston Astrodome opens, the first enclosed domed stadium, in 1965. It'll make history again the next year when it's the first arena to get Astroturf. Mm, scenic.

April 9, 1921 — NY 1920s One hundred years ago today … The New York Age celebrated the heroism of James Cross, a Black man who had saved a white co-worker from a fire in the Winter Garden Building on 1646 Broadway at 50th Street on April 1st.  Its front page offered a headline blaring the hero’s name, race, and face.

#onthisdayinhistory... 105 years ago today, James Cross, a Black maintenance worker, saved a white coworker from a fire.
One of the events depicted in Jonathan Ezra Goldman's new book #hiddenhistoriesofjazzagenewyork
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@jonnysemicolon.bsky.social

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An empty plinth. It is a concrete block with a metal plate bolted to the top of it in front of a lake. There is a black plaque framed in gold on the front that reads "Donated in Loving Memory of Louise Lee Turner July 2003."

#OnThisDayInHistory, magician David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear in front of a live audience in 1983. Not pictured: The Statue of Liberty.

Happy “Thatcher Died 13 Years Ago Today” day to all who observe and/or celebrate. #OnThisDayInHistory #OnThisDate #OnThisDay

A 10-cent postage stamp printed in reddish-brown ink. It has a portrait of Booker T. Washington, wearing a suit with bow tie, inside a circle. The top of the circle has "United States postage" printed on it. There is an oil lamp under Washington's face, and his name is on a ribbon underneath that.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be honored with a postage stamp in 1940. It would be almost 4 decades before Harriet Tubman becomes the first African-American woman to be so honored. #ItsAboutDamnTime

Remembering Those Who Tragically Lost Their Lives on the Night of 7 April 1941. This is the list of people's names, ages and occupations. It lists the following: Thomas C Beattie, 60, Lithographer; John Bell, 59, Provision Agent; Robert Bell, 46, Railway Clerk; John James Nicol Broatch, 32, Blacksmith; Stanley Burns, 38, Draughtsman; Stanley Carlyle, 38, Boiler Maker; William Cochrane, 25, Railway Surfaceman; James Connolly, 52, Railway Engine Driver; Hugh Crawford, 59, Railway Cashier; Reuben Gourley, 37, Electrical Engineer; Helen Graham, 14, Domestic Servant; Stephen Harold Gwyer, 43, Royal Navy Recruiter; Peter Charles Henderson, 62, Boot Shop Manager; Frederick Horseburgh, 30, Grocer; Wiliam Irving, 78, Master Builder; John Kilgour, 57, Tailor and Draper; James Little Noble, 48, Forester; Francis Phillips, 55, Corporation Clerk; Jeremiah Reed, 37, Scrap Merchant; John Robertson, 47, Butcher's Shop Manager; William Ross, 41, Royal Marines Recruiter; Arthur Phillip Thomas Shelley, 43, Sanitary Inspector; Benjamin Smith, 44, Farmer; Herbert Smith, 38, Hotel Manager; John Owen Stafford, 71, Minister; William Telfer Steel, 39; William Wetternhall West, 32, Butcher; William Wettenhall West, 32, Egg and Poultry Dealer; Thomas Young, 38, Coal Agent.

Sadly, 28 people died. The Freemasons' Hall took a direct hit, which killed 27 men. When a bomb hit her home, 14 year old Helen Graham also died.

Please take a moment to remember all of them today. ❤❤

#OnThisDay #onthisdayinhistory #localhistory #localhistorymatters

Some display panels about The Gretna Bombing inside The Devil's Porridge Museum. These are titled "The Night The Bombs Fell."

85 years ago today...

On This Day (7th April) in 1941, a lone German bomber returning from bombing the shipyards at Clydebank near Glasgow, dropped surplus bombs onto Gretna township.

#OnThisDay #onthisdayinhistory #localhistory #localhistorymatters

A still from the movie "Ghostbusters." Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), wearing glasses, a sweater vest, and a tie, holds a Twinkie that represent psychokinetic energy up in front of him.

#OnThisDayInHistory, James Dewar invents the Twinkie when he uses his strawberry-shortcake-making equipment in the off-season to inject cakes with cream filling, in 1930. "Tell him about the Twinkie."

a painting of George Washington standing in front of a group of seated men (possibly Congress?). He wears a dark suit and holds a sword at his side. His other hand rests on the pages of an open book.

#OnThisDayInHistory, George Washington exercises the first presidential veto in 1792. But to be fair, he got to do the first of a lot of things.

A historic, faded American flag. It has 7 red stripes, 6 white stripes, and 20 stars in a grid pattern.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Congress enacts the Flag Act of 1818, in 1818. It establishes a 20-star flag, to add a new star for each new state in the Union. Stars are to be added on Independence Day.