On this day

@earl-of-trumps said
Without doubt, the Boston Masacre was a leading cause of revolution.

It was not. But believe what you like.

On this day 1760.
The Great Boston Fire.
A thousand people left homeless.

1690 years ago Konstantin made Byzantinum to the new capital of the Roman Empire

200 years ago Florence Nightingale has been Born.

A lot of lives were prolongued by her efforts (personnally and as a consequence of her idea about nursing)

100 years ago today Karol Wojtyla (aka Pope John Paul II) was born.

160 years ago Eduard Buchner (Chemistry Nobel Prize 1907) discoverer of enzyme catalysis was born.

Today 60 years ago Ben Gurion told the world that the Mossad had captured Adolf Eichmann and brought him to Israel.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52779727

WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED

Canada v US:
Loon stabs eagle through heart

...in a contest between the bald eagle, America's national bird, and a common loon, which is featured on Canada's dollar coin, few would bet on the latter to come out the victor.

But sometimes the underdog comes out on top, as was revealed when an eagle was found dead in the water near a dead loon chick in a Maine lake.

125 years ago.
Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with
other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

While there he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898),
a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.

On his release, he left for France, never to return to Britain or Ireland.

1348: The 'Black Death' arrived on English shores.

1871: The House of Commons passed the Bank Holiday Act, creating public holidays on Easter Monday, Whit Monday & Christmas Day.

1951: British diplomats Burgess & Maclean were first reported missing - they defected to Moscow. 🚬

@hells-caretaker said
1348: The 'Black Death' arrived on English shores.

1871: The House of Commons passed the Bank Holiday Act, creating public holidays on Easter Monday, Whit Monday & Christmas Day.

1951: British diplomats Burgess & Maclean were first reported missing - they defected to Moscow. 🚬

Towel Day, and Lilac Day.

170 years ago the first Austrian stamps have been sold.

The Wappenausgabe is quite sought after under philatelists (though I fear they will die out due to modern times)

On this day in 1812 President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

Big mistake.

Most historians see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars.

On this day last year Liverpool won the European Cup for the sixth time.

@petewxyz said
On this day last year Liverpool won the European Cup for the sixth time.

Does anyone care unless you're from that part of the world?

-VR