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- #OTD #TDIH #February5, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD #ChristopherGuest! #Screenwriters #Composers #Musicians #Directors #Actors #Comedians #SaturdayNightLive #SNL #SpinalTap #TheseGoTo11 #ComedySky #Mockumentaries #RockSky #MusicSky youtu.be/O0MGZTdcgx8?...
- #OtD 4 Feb 1968 a fishing boat from Hull, England, sank, killing all but one of its 19 crew. It sparked a powerful direct action campaign by fishermen's wives which rapidly won health and safety improvements in the industry stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
- #OtD 4 Feb 1899 fighting broke out between the USA and the Philippine Republic as the US tried to take over the newly-independent country. It waged a vicious campaign and officially won in 1902 although resistance continued stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1347...
- Mountaineer Wanda Rutkiewicz was born #OTD in 1943. She was the third woman, first Pole & first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1978. In 1986, she became the first woman to summit K2, the second highest peak in the world. #mountaineering #climbing #firsts
- #OtD 4 Feb 1888 Spanish miners held a pioneering environmental protest against the toxic open-air burning of pyrite ore. Despite false scientific claims it was safe and despite soldiers killing protesters, it was successful and the practice was banned. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1041...
- "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." Quiet Strength (2000) ~Rosa Parks born #OTD in 1913 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Pa... #civilrights
- This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on February 4, 1969.
- #OTD in 1944 an order was given to developed fixed ammunition for the 122 mm D-25 gun. The goal was to improve the rate of fire, but the long and heavy round created more problems than it solved. #tanks #History #WW2 #WWII
- The Waffentrager concept was born #OTD in 1944. A cheap and lightly protected chassis could be equipped with guns already in production, an ideal weapon for a country rapidly running out of resources needed to fight a protracted war. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh was born #OTD in 1906. He discovered Pluto in 1930, then traveled there in 2015 when NASA's New Horizons mission made its flyby with some of his ashes onboard. 🧪 🔭 Images: Lowell Observatory Archive; NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
- A contract for 100 hulls and turrets for Porsche's VK 45.02 tank was signed #OTD in 1942. Since Henschel's entry was deemed superior once again, these tanks were never built. The turrets were reused on early Tiger Ausf.B tanks. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
- Anne Gillespie Shaw Scottish engineer businesswoman in time & motion studies. Chief supervisor women workers @ Metropolitan-Vickers, persuaded co to remove marriage bar. 1945 opened consulting co Anne Shaw Organisation Ltd. @wes1919.bsky.social memb d #OTD 4 Feb 1982 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Gi...
- #OtD 4 Feb 2021 Inuit land defenders in the Nuluujaat Land Guardians blockaded the Mary River mine on North Baffin Island, Canada, to protect local wildlife. It lasted one week until being called off so protesters could meet with mine bosses stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1246...
- #OtD 4 Feb 1987 Afghan women’s rights activist Meena Keshwar Kamal was assassinated. She founded RAWA in Kabul in 1977 which promoted Afghan women’s literacy. RAWA continues mostly in secret due to Taliban rule stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
- "Drop the 'The.' Just 'Facebook.' It's cleaner." (Sean Parker, The Social Network) 💻 #OTD in #Tech #History 4 February 2004, #MarkZuckerberg launched the #socialmedia site "TheFacebook," originally located at thefacebook.com, from his Harvard dorm room.
- "No matter how many books you read, there is something in this world that you never ever ever ever ever f**king understand." 🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 4 February 1994, #MikeLeigh's superb dark drama NAKED, starring an unforgettable #DavidThewlis, opened wide across 🇺🇸
- "Long live the new flesh!" 📼 #OTD in #Film #History 4 February 1983, #DavidCronenberg's surreal media #horror VIDEODROME, starring #JamesWoods and #DeborahHarry, was released in 🇨🇦
- "Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself..." 📀 #OTD in #Music #History 4 February 1977, #FleetwoodMac released their 11th studio album RUMOURS on Warner Bros. It is one of the best-selling records ever. ▶️ youtu.be/mrZRURcb1cM
- "I can assure you that you will all do your duty." 🇺🇸 #OTD in #Film #History 4 Feb 1970, #FranklinJSchaffner's Best Picture Oscar-winning PATTON, starring #GeorgeCScott, who refused his Best Actor Oscar, premiered in New York. Famous opening speech: ▶️ youtu.be/PS5yfhPGaWE
- "You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom." 📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 4 Feb 1922, #KatherineMansfield's short story "The Garden Party" was first published in 3 parts, 4 to 11 February, in the Saturday Westminster Gazette.
- "History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness." 200th Anniversary 📖 #OTD in #Literature 4 February 1826, #JamesFenimoreCooper's classic historical romance "The Last of the Mohicans" was published by H.C. Carey & I. Lea in 🇺🇸
- 🇺🇸 🦅 #OTD in #History 4 February 1789, #GeorgeWashington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- 🕯 #OTD in #History 4 Feb 1555, reformer and Bible translator #JohnRogers became the first Protestant martyr during the reign of #QueenMary of England, when he was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield, London.
- “From my viewpoint, I feel very strange in real life. I hear this all the time, that I’m just a regular guy and stuff, but I don’t think it’s true. They just don’t know me." 🎤 Lead singer of American #punk band #TheCramps, #LuxInterior passed away #OTD 4 February 2009
- 🎨 Great American animator #MyronWaldman, a legend at #FleischerStudio, passed away #OTD 4 February 2006. #Art #Animation #Cartoons
- "The sensual shock must be just as forceful as when one hears a clap of thunder or looks into a bottomless abyss." 🎶 Revolutionary composer, #music theorist, and architect #IannisXenakis passed away #OTD 4 Feb 2001. Hear "Metastaseis" (1954): ▶️ youtu.be/SZazYFchLRI
- “My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.” ✒ #PatriciaHighsmith passed away #OTD 4 February 1995. #Literature
- "Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song." 🎤 #KarenCarpenter passed away #OTD 4 February 1983. ▶️ youtu.be/SJmmaIGiGBg?si…
- "I think of Dean Moriarty." ✒️ Member of the #BeatGeneration, 'Dean Moriarty' in #JackKerouac's "OnTheRoad", bus driver for #KenKesey's acid-tripping 'Merry Pranksters' and writer, #NealCassady passed away #OTD 4 February 1968, walking alone alongside a railroad track.
- #OtD 3 Feb 1956, 250 workers in New York City Bagel Bakers Local 338 agreed to call off a strike when they were given pay increases of 4-9%, as well as an additional 11th day paid holiday and bigger employer pension contributions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1017...
- #OtD 3 Feb 1953 was the Batepá massacre of the native Creole forros in São Tomé and Príncipe, who were protesting slave-like work conditions on plantations, killing hundreds. Portuguese colonial authorities claimed to be fighting a communist rebellion stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1017...
