#This Day In History | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

douglasbradburyverne · 3 months

Text

Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles" (released 50 years ago today in 1974)

#blazing saddles #movies #70s #mel brooks #gene wilder #cleavon little #comedy #western #this day in history #film

2K notes · View notes

guinevereslancelot · 1 year

Text

#i love date specific memes #tumblr meme calendar #boston molasses flood anniversary #the great molasses flood #boston molasses disaster #this has been a shitpost #humor #history memes #this day in history #1k #i meme but what an awful way to die #they say on a warm day youbcan still smell the molasses which i question #however molasses smell is sooo disgusting to me #i love gingerbread but rarely make it bc the smell is so bad at first

10K notes · View notes

meerawrites · 8 months

Text

We made it to the moon for cheaper than NASA or Russia, or any colonial power ever has! (very positive)

Take that Great Britain and screw you all colonizers and imperialism (extremely derogatory).

815 notes · View notes

vanhclen · 1 month

Text

john and paul, march 25 1963; this day 61 years ago

#the beatles #60s #john lennon #paul mccartney #this day in history

226 notes · View notes

yeoldenews · 5 months

Text

An essay my mom wrote when she got home from school on the day Kennedy was shot, and updated later in the week.

I love the blank space she left for the shooter's name because it hadn't been released yet.

#also featuring my grandfather's shag carpeting from roughly the same time period #this day in history #well technically tomorrow but I'm posting it now #1960s #history #JFK #jfk assassination #kids

210 notes · View notes

taraross-1787 · 4 months

Text

TDIH: Greenwich Tea Party

On this day in 1774, New Jersey colonists set fire to a shipment of tea. Their action came about one year after a group of Boston colonists famously threw tea into their own harbor.

The Boston Tea Party wasn’t the only protest against the Tea Act of 1773, you see.

As “No taxation without representation” became a rallying cry in the American colonies, Philadelphia forced a ship carrying tea to turn back. Likewise, Annapolis ensured that a ship carrying tea would be lit afire. Places like New York and Charleston revolted in their own ways, too.

Colonists in Greenwich, New Jersey, soon joined the protest. Their “Tea Party” (really a tea burning) would be the last of these types of protests before the opening shots of the American Revolution.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-greenwich-tea-party

#tdih #otd #this day in history #history #history blog #America #american history #american revolution #founders #sharethehistory

147 notes · View notes

rhapsodynew · 24 days

Text

On March 31, 1970, John Lennon and George Harrison wrote a letter for Paul, which Ringo personally responded to.

“Dear Paul, we've been thinking a lot about your and the Beatles albums - and we decided it would be stupid if Apple released two big albums 7 days apart from each other (and an album by Ringo and Hey Jude) - so we sent an email to EMI asking them to postpone your release date until June 4th (then there will be a big Apple-Capitol convention in Hawaii).We thought you'd come to your senses when you found out that the Beatles album is coming out on April 24th.We are very sorry that everything turned out this way - nothing personal.Love, John and George.Hare Krishna.Recite the mantra once a day - the veil falls from your eyes.”

youtube

This made Paul very angry, which is why he broke away from the defenseless and innocent Ringo, threatening that he would kill him now and it would be better if he got out quickly

This day...

73 notes · View notes

floridaboiler · 10 months

Photo

Released June 23, 1970, Kelly's Heroes is an American caper war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Harry Dean Stanton, Gavin MacLeod, and Stuart Margolin.

#Kelly's Heroes #movie release #On this Day #On this Date #This Day in History

339 notes · View notes

the-worms-are-all-right · 8 months

Text

friendly reminder that today (9/11/23) marks 50 years since the coup in Chile. I have literally not seen anyone talking about it.

Chile was under dictatorship for almost 17 years. over 3000 people lost their lives, and many others were forced to flee the country. artists, socialists and communists were given absolutely inhumane treatment. the coup leader were never charged for his crimes.

as we all know, history repeats itself when we forget it. i just hope that we’ll never forget what happened in Chile. that we will recognize the early stages of persecution of political opponents, and ensure democracy. that we will remember the ones who gave their lives to the fight.

anyone and everyone who has been affected by the coup in Chile: my thoughts are with you today.

#chile #military coup #socialism #communism #this day in history

283 notes · View notes

everydayesterday · 1 month

Text

23 march 2021. never forget.

[aerial from the international space station] [map]

#ever given #suez canal #march 23 #this day in history #today in history #3rd anniversary #you're all invited to my house on saturday #to commemorate #and to celebrate #those were such innocent times #keep the other side of the sinai peninsula in your thoughts #free palestine

87 notes · View notes

on-partiality · 3 months

Text

Happy 267th/269th to the little lion ★!!!

#I love him so much #I put exactly 267 candles on that cake only to cover up over 38 of them with words #Hamilton #alexander hamilton #historical hamilton #historical alexander hamilton #digital art #amrev #revwar #american revolutionary war #revolutionary war #american revolution #history #retro art #on this day #on this date #this day in history #amrev art #hamilton fanart

102 notes · View notes

douglasbradburyverne · 3 months

Text

The Beatles gave their final performance 55 years ago today in 1969, on the rooftop of 3 Sevile Row in London

#music #this day in history #the beatles #london #concert #rooftop #vintage #nostalgia #old school cool #60s #60s music #george harrison #john lennon #ringo starr #paul mccartney #british #british music

166 notes · View notes

honeybeelullaby · 13 days

Text

Titanic's Final Port of Call | Animated 112 Years Later

youtube

#this day in history #rms titanic #titanic #titanic: honor and glory #she was such a beauty #*

40 notes · View notes

theatomicpoweredsinger · 1 year

Photo

50 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed at the Honolulu International Center Arena in Honolulu, HI, on Sunday, January 14, 1973, for his “Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite” live concert, which was a benefit for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.

#Elvis Presley #Elvis #1970s #70s #1973 #Aloha From Hawaii #Hawaii #Concert #This Day in History

223 notes · View notes

taraross-1787 · 16 days

Text

Medal of Honor Monday: James Howard

On this day in 1913, a hero is born. James H. Howard would go on to become an American fighter pilot during World War II. He is perhaps best known for the day on which he singlehandedly took on 30 German fighter planes.

“For sheer determination and guts, it was the greatest exhibition I’ve ever seen,” one witness concluded. “It was a case of one lone American against what seemed to be the entire Luftwaffe. He was all over the wing, across and around it. They can’t give that boy a big enough award.”

Maybe not, but then-Major Howard would receive the Medal of Honor for his daring feat anyway.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-james-howard-moh

#tdih #otd #this day in history #history #history blog #America #medal of honor monday #medal of honor #sharethehistory

57 notes · View notes

rhapsodynew · 6 days

Text

Axl Rose 1986