On This Day

160 years ago Ferdinand maximillian was declared emperor of Mexiko.

70 years ago Bill Haley and his Comets recorded "Rock around the clock"

@ponderable said
70 years ago Bill Haley and his Comets recorded "Rock around the clock"

Coincidently that was [back] in the charts and relived on the TOTP 1974 review I’ve just watched.

The Wombles, Mud, Slade and the Glitter Band also featured.

American boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, a six-time world champion who was considered by many to have been the best fighter in history, died at age 67.

I loved his style of boxing!

-VR

The Rolling Stones publish their first album: "the Rolling Stones" in 1964 (in Germany and the UK).

25 years ago the shooting of Columbine took place.

1910 Mark Twain died

4/21/2016, Prince dies at age 57

https://apnews.com/article/today-in-history-b69df51c7a1ee05cf104539050a50977

300 years ago Immanuel Kant was born.

50 years ago the Revolução dos Cravos took place in Portugal.

For the first time today I itched my ball's... Das ist gut ja...

@chris-guffogg said
For the first time today I itched my ball's... Das ist gut ja...

Itched? 🤔

125 years ago

the Verband der Arbeiter-Rad­fahrer-Vereine Öster­reich was founded (first austrian bicycle club)