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On May 23, 1994, Phish played Civic Auditorium, Portland, OR. Set 2's Run Like an Antelope (13:55) is a phish.net jamchart pick. That night was part of 1994 Spring Tour. 32 years ago today.https://phish.net/setlists/phish-may-23-1994-civic-auditorium-portland-or-usa.htmlhttps://phish.in/1994-05-23https://relisten.net/phish/1994/05/23#Phish #19940523 #1994 #OnThisDay #Phishtory

@CarveHerName @histodons What a gorgeous machine That massive rotary engine!

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”#OnThisDay, 19 May 1952, Lillian Hellman writes to the House of UnAmerican Activities refusing to testify against others. In the 1940s, Hellman had been twice nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplays. As a result of refusing to testify about others to HUAC, she was blacklisted by Hollywood. #HollywoodHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.#AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 17 May 1988, Dr Patricia Bath was awarded the first of her three patents on the methods and equipment for laser cataract removal.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons

On this day in 1866... ️ Mumu passed away at the Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf. Born in Sierra Leone, Mumu’s real name is unknown. As a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship. ️ The ship was then rescued by the West Africa Squadron. When she was about 11, she was invited to study at the Bath Institution, where she thrived. For more, see my books on Somerset.#onthisday #Somerset #deafness #bath

Moon in Taurus, May 15, 2026, 02:31 UTC (☉ in ︎, ☾ in ︎) https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-taurus #calendar #astronomical #OTD #OnThisDay

@DemocracyMattersALot Deepest contempt for this depraved conglomerate of human cells.

#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive. A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen. After her return, Leigh carried documents and equipment such as guns and explosives around her network's area. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was executed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 13 May 1995, Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to scale Everest without supplemental oxygen or sherpa guides.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay #PeoplesHistory #USPolMAY 12, 1968: THE POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN BEGANThe Poor People’s Campaign was a multiracial effort to gain economic justice for poor people.https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/poor-peoples-campaign-began/

@readit @bookstodon they did all that and were only born today?! Overachiever.

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#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Astronomy #WomenInSTEM #AmericanHistory #Histodons

@stefan well that's bleakly appropriate.

@CarveHerName Let us never forget the heroic deeds of people that actively resisted the cruel Nazi occupation…

#OnThisDayAPRIL 27, 1860: HARRIET TUBMAN HELPED RESCUE CHARLES NALLEHarriet Tubman helped rescue Charles Nalle, a fugitive from slavery in Virginia, in Troy, New York.https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/harriet-tubman-rescued-charles-nalle/

#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'.She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons

25 APR 1974 | Carnation Revolution in Portugal#OnThisDay #PoliticalHistory #Portugal #Revolution #Coup

#OnThisDay, 25 Apr 2005, between 500K and 1.1m people take part in the March for Womens' Lives in Washington DC.