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#OnThisDay, 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles
A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking #Greenham to #Aldermaston and Burghfield.
Women had established the peace camps at Greenham in 1981.
#OnThisDay, 1 Apr 1792, former spy Etta Palm-Aelders speaks to the revolutionary French parliament.
Her demands?
The right for women to be admitted to civilian and military positions.
The education of girls to be based on the same principles as those of boys.
That women could become adults at the age of 21, and could get divorced.
Her demands were refused.
Published #OnThisDay, 1st April 1972:
"Military Dictatorship in Northern Ireland" – Freedom, Anarchist Weekly.
Irish Left ArchiveFreedom, Vol. 33, No. 14
(1972)
— Freedom PressCommentary and PDF of Freedom, Vol. 33, No. 14, published by Freedom Press.
Remembering Dennes Dale "D." Boon, guitarist and lead singer of the American punk rock trio Minutemen, born on this day in 1958
Minutemem / D. Boon - Corona
24 years ago Sega killed the Dreamcast
48 years ago today
"Marquee Moon" is a song by American punk rock band Television, recorded for their 1977 debut album of the same name and released on this day in 1977.
In memory of Dennes Dale "D." Boon, guitarist and lead singer of the American punk rock trio Minutemen, born on this day in 1958 and died in a traffic accident in 1985 at the age of 27
Alison Braun
Aus Anlass seines heutigen Geburtstages - Franz Joseph Haydn:
"Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Sonate in C-Dur, Hob XVI:7
Aus: Die frühen Sonaten (vor 1766)
Piano: Carmen Daniela
1. Allegro moderato (0:00)
2. Menuet (1:21)
3. Finale: Allegro (3:21)"
#Klassik
#classicalmusic
#OTD
https://echostreamz.com/watch?v=BnBObQlX8CY
It's the 26th anniversary of The Matrix, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, released on March 31st, 1999, making cinematic history and forever leaving its mark on the Sci-Fi genre.
#OnThisDay in 1889, the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris. Not to be outdone, London decided to get a new tower of their own + held a competition to design it, with some interesting results! See more designs, and learn about the fate of the winner, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/catalogue-of-the-68-competitive-designs-for-the-great-tower-for-london-1890/ #OTD
Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was born #OTD, 31 March. An extraordinarily prolific anthropologist, writer & literary critic, he is best remembered today for collecting & editing fairy stories from around the world
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University of Glasgow Library Blog · The Man of Letters in Fairyland: Andrew LangNineteenth-century Scottish writer Andrew Lang (1844-1912) could be described using various different labels: folklorist, anthropologist, historian, critic, poet, and translator. His name recurs in…
#OTD in 1836 (dated April)
The first monthly part of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is issued in London. On April 20, the original illustrator, Robert Seymour, shoots himself and Dickens has more freedom to develop the story in his own way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers
The Pickwick Papers at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Pickwick+Papers&submit_search=Search
#OTD in 1862.
The first two volumes of Victor Hugo's epic historical novel Les Misérables appear in Brussels, followed on April 3 by Paris publication, with the remaining volumes on May 15. The first English-language translations, by Charles Edwin Wilbour, are published in New York on June 7, and by Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, in London in October.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables
Les Misérables at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Les+Mis%C3%A9rables&submit_search=Search
#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1988, Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.
45 years ago today
The Anti-Nowhere League make their stage debut, March 31, 1980.
Anti Nowhere League - So What
45 years ago today
The Anti-Nowhere League played their first gig at the 1980 Chaos Show at St Mark's Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, March 31, 1980.
48 years ago today
The Ramones and Talking Heads performed together at CBGB in New York City on March 31, 1977. The show was part of a night of music that included two Ramones sets and multiple Talking Heads sets.
