Mar. 1, 1921 | Idaho Broadens Ban on Interracial Marriage Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

#Onthiday March 1, 1921, "Idaho amended its anti-miscegenation law to include additional restrictions on interracial marriage."
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Return To Forever in concert on this day in 1975, at the Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, Florida.
#concert #livemusic #jazz #onthiday #returntoforever

❝The human body is the only machine in which there are no spare parts.❞
—Hermann Biggs, American physician, born #onthiday 🌟29 Sep 1847.

More #quotes at todayinsci.com/B/Biggs_Herm...

Read "The New Treatment of Diphtheria," about his pioneer work in public health at todayinsci.com/B/Biggs_Herm...

❝The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result…His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.❞
—Nikola Tesla, Serbian-US electrical engineer and inventor born #onthiday 🌟10 Jul 1856

Lots more of his #quotes at todayinsci.com/T/Tesla_Niko...

#OnThiDay July 5, 1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣4️⃣ Bryan Ferry released his 2nd studio album as a solo artist, Another Time, Another Place. The album reached #4 in the UK charts in 1974.
#BryanFerry #70smusic #70s

#OnThiDay 1997 #CanadianGP. Olivier Panis had an accident.He promptly underwent surgery. A few hours later, he managed to stand, but he couldn't walk. His determination was admirable. Few days later, he planned to begin rehabilitation in France. #F1 #F1jp
(📸Paul-Henri Cahier)

🇮🇹 #OnThiDay in 1946, Italians decided to end up the monarchy through a referendum.

For the 1st time ever in Italy’s history, women had right to vote too.

Nelson Mandela, 1964: 'I am prepared to die' - audio recording of speech at sabotage trial Extracts from Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of his trial on charges of sabotage at the supreme court of South Africa in Pretoria on 20 April 1964

Nelson Mandela's speech in court, given #onthiday 65 years ago. His courage and conviction were rare then as they are today but he is an example of the bravery needed to bring about change in the face of impossible adversity. #history #resistanceisnotfutile

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#onthiday 25 years ago #sincity

Born #Onthiday 1862 in #Waterford Gertrude Kelly, doctor, champion of feminism & human rights. Her family emigrated to the USA c1870, she founded the American chapter of Cumann na mBan & co-founded the Irish Progressive League more @ria.ie https://buff.ly/3Q74mFb @clodaghfinn.bsky.social Letter NLI

#onthiday 15 years ago, after 3 years in charge and over 150 league games, Wednesday parted company with #swfc Manager Brian Laws - he had given us his finest hour #CoachingBadgesattheReady

This Saturday #onthiday back in 1996, The Simpsons was first broadcast on BBC One. However it was 8 season behide Sky one broadcasts, and just didn't fit the slot, it was quickly moved to BBC 2 in spring 1997.

#onthiday in 2003 16-year-old Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona when he comes on as a substitute in a friendly against Porto

Worn #onthiday in 2007 by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to celebrate Queen Sonja's 70th birthday in Arendal, Norway. Danish designer Jørgen Bender fashioned the colorful coat out of tablecloth fabric the queen acquired in London in 1995. #OTD

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The #May Day Country Mirth - a late #17thCentury #song for today. From the Douce Ballads, Bodleian Library. With a #woodcut showing a piper and #fiddler playing by a #maypole while people dance around them.

#otd #mayday #earlymusic #earlymodern #violin #onthiday
#dance #earlydance #maypoledance