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Nana @cko236.bsky.social · Feb 11
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.”

- Confucius
#Confucius #perseverance
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#OnThisDay, 📆January 10, 1776 "Common Sense" pamphlet by Thomas Paine is published advocating American independence

#ThomasPaine #CommonSense #Pamphlet
#Advocating #Independence
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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#OnThisDay, 📆January 10, 1833 Felix Mendelssohn's cantata "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin, Germany

#Mendelssohn #Cantata
#DieersteWalpurgisnacht
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Excellent! Have a great weekend!!! 🍻🍻🍻
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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📆January 9, 1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the US Constitution

#Connecticut #FifthState
#USConstitution
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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📆January 9, 1927 Dmitri Shostakovich' Octet opus 11 premieres in Moscow

#Shostakovich #OctetOpus11
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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📆January 8, 1790 First US President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address

#GeorgeWashington #USPresident ##First #StateoftheUnion
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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📆January 8, 1705 George Frideric Handel's first opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg, Germany

#Opera #Handel #Almira
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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📆January 7, 1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)

#Typewriter #Patented #HenryMill
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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📆January 7, 1955 Marian Anderson is the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera, singing the role of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera

#MarianAnderson #MET #Verdi
#Opera #Contralto #OperaSinger
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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📆January 6, 1906 Maurice Ravel's Miroirs (Miroirs is a 5 movement piano suite) premieres in Paris

#MauriceRavel #Miroirs #Piano
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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📆January 6, 1838 Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail #demonstrate their #telegraph machine in New Jersey

#SamuelMorse #AlfredVail
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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📆January 5, 1859 First steamboat, the North Star, sails up the northern Red River, America

#Steamboat #NorthStar
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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📆January 5, 1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century)

#Cavalli #Opera #Giasone
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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📆January 4, 1754 Columbia University is founded as King's College in New York City

#ColumbiaUniversity #King’sCollege #NYC
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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📆January 4, 1843 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale" #premieres at the #Théâtre-Italien in Paris, France

#Donizetti #Opera #DonPasquale
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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📆January 3, 1777 General George Washington's #RevolutionaryArmy #defeats #Britishforces at the #Battle of #Princeton, New Jersey

#General
#GeorgeWashington #NewJersey
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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📆January 3, 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final opera "Iolanta", is first performed outside of Russia in Hamburg, Germany

#Tchaikovsky #Opera #Iolanta
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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📆January 2, 1776 George Washington's army hoists the #GrandUnion #Flag at #ProspectHill, #Charlestown

#GeorgeWashington
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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📆January 2, 1843 Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in #Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony

#Wagner #Opera
#TheFlyingDutchman
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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📆January 1, 1892 Ellis Island opens as a US #immigration #inspection-station and becomes the gateway to the United States for more than 12 million people

#EllisIsland #Immigration
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
January 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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📆January 1, 1894 First public #performance of #Czech #composer #AntonínDvořák's String Quartet No. 12 "The American" by the #Kneisel Quartet in #Boston, Massachusetts

#StringQuartet
#TheAmerican
#KneiselQuartet
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory #Music
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Stay warm!!!
Happy New Year to you and your family and friends!!!

P.S., thank you again for keeping us informed!!!
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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📆December 31, 1904 First New Year's Eve #celebration is held in Times Square, New York City

#NewYearEve
#TimeSquare
#NYC
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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📆December 31, 1781 Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens

#FirstUSBank
#TodayInHistory
#USHistory #History
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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📆December 31, 1907 Gustav Mahler conducts the #MetropolitanOpera, in NYC. (Mahler is an Austro-Bohemian composer and conductor)

#Mahler #Composer #Conductor
#ClassicalMusic
#MusicHistory
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM