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J. C. Kælin
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I know who I am, and I am worthy of myself. Auteur of EarthStation1.com, the internet's 1st historical sound & image archive, & its MediaOutlet.com sister site. History is the treasure house of wisdom & the junk yard of folly; pick through each carefully.
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#OTD #TDIH #July17 1967 #1967NewarkRiots end. #1967NewarkRebellion #BlackHeritage #Riots #LongHotSummerOf1967 #PoliceBrutality #RacialProfiling #CivilDisturbances #Racism #Ghettos #UrbanViolence #TwoSocieties #SeparateAndUnequal #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Ne...
July 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1944 #PortChicagoDisaster occurs. #LargestExplosions #PortChicagoMutiny #SanFranciscoBay #PortChicagoCA #HumanRadiationExperiments #PacificWar #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarII #SecondWorldWar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Ch...
July 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#HappyBirthday to an excellent man & kind supporter of me personally, you're well missed ❤️
#OTD #TDIH #July17, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP #JohnLewis. #JohnLewisCivilRightsLeader #CivilRightsMovement #SNCC #FreedomRiders #CORE #USCongressmen #BigSix #Big6 #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Le...
July 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1907: #RIP #BarbaraStanwyck. #Actresses #Models #Dancers #Beauties #ZiegfeldGirls #Burlesque #Broadway #FilmStars #TelevisionStars
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara...
July 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1964: The 6-day #HarlemRiotOf1964 begins.
#PoliceBrutality #Harlem #JamesPowell #RaceRiots #AfricanAmericanHistory #Blacks #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #EthnicConflict #CivilDisturbances #Racism #Ghettos #UrbanViolence
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_...
July 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #July16, 622 Beginning of The #IslamicCalendar.
#HijriCalendar #LunarHijriCalendar #MuslimCalendar #ArabicCalendar #Islam #Calendars #LunarCalendars
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic...
July 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July15, 1542: #DOTD: #RIP #LisaDelGiocondo aka #MonaLisa.
#Beauties #LeonardoDaVinci #DaVinci #GreatPaintings #GreatArt #ItalianRenaissance #Florence #GherardiniFamily #FrancescoDelGiocondo #Paintings #Art #Renaissance #ArtHistory #HistoryOfArt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_de...
July 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July14, 1948 #1948DNBC: #Alabama & #Mississippi bolt convention after #HubertHHumphrey's #CivilRights plank, form the #StatesRightsDemocraticParty aka #Dixiecrats, nominate #StromThurmond & #HughLWhite. #BlackSky
#1948DNC en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_De...
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July14, 1881 #BillyTheKid shot dead by #PatGarrett outside #FortSumner with strange connection to the #RoswellUFOIncident. #JesseWayneBrazel #WilliamBrazel #MacBrazel #UFOSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...
July 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July14, 1905: #FirstNiagaraFallsConference ends. #NiagaraFallsConference #NiagaraMovement #WEBDuBois #JohnHope #WilliamMonroeTrotter #BlackSuffrage #RacialEquality #EqualOpportunity #LivingWage #FreeEducation #Equality #Freedom #JimCrow #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara...
July 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July13, 1972: #ShirleyChisholm nominated #POTUS @ #1972DemocraticNationalConvention.
#1972DNC #FirstWomen #FirstBlackWomen #FirstAfricanAmericanWomen #USRepresentativesFromNewYork #USHouseOfRepresentatives #BedfordStuyvesant #NewYorkCity #NYC #BlackSky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley...
July 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July13, 1863 #NewYorkCityDraftRiots, worst riot in #USHistory, begins.
#DraftWeek #RaceRiots #AfricanAmericanHistory #Blacks #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Riots #AmericanCivilWar #AmericanHistory #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yor...
July 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July13, 1527 #HBD #JohnDee the original #Agent007! #Mathemeticians #Magic #Magick #Astrologers #Astronomers #Science #Occultism #OccultPhilosophy #CeremonialMagicians #CeremonialMagickians #EnochianMagic #EnochianMagick #MagicSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July13, 587 BC: #NebuchadnezzarII of #Babylon's #SiegeOfJerusalem ends, destroying #Jerusalem & #SolomonsTemple.
#SiegeOfJerusalem587BC #FirstTemple #Nebuchadnezzar #HebrewBible #Freemasonry #Bible
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July12 1967 #1967NewarkRiots begin #1967NewarkRebellion #BlackHeritage #Riots #LongHotSummerOf1967 #PoliceBrutality #RacialProfiling #CivilDisturbances #Racism #Ghettos #UrbanViolence #TwoSocieties #SeparateAndUnequal #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Ne...
July 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July12, 1562 #FrayDiegoDeLanda burns most all #MayanCodices. #DiegoDeLanda #CrimesAgainstHistory #Maya #MayanScript #SacredBooks #Mythology #Religions #MexicanInquisition #SpanishEmpire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_ci...
July 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July12, 2025: #HalfSunManhattanhenge occurs! #Manhattanhenge #ManhattanSolstice #SummerSolstice #EstivalSolstice #Midsummer #NeilDerasseTyson #Manhattan #ManhattanStreetGrid #CommissionersPlanOf1811
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhatt...
July 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July11 1798: #USMarineCorps re-established. #USMC #USMarines #SemperFidelis #SemperFi #AmericanHistory #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
July 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July11, 1977 #MartinLutherKingJr awarded posthumous #PresidentialMedalOfFreedom by #JimmyCarter. #MLK #BlackTheology #BlackLiberationTheology #POTUSHistory #AfricanAmericanCivilRightsMovement #AmericanCivilRightsMovement #CivilRightsMovement #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_....
July 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July11, 1905: #FirstNiagaraFallsConference begins. #NiagaraFallsConference #NiagaraMovement #WEBDuBois #JohnHope #WilliamMonroeTrotter #BlackSuffrage #RacialEquality #EqualOpportunity #LivingWage #FreeEducation #Equality #Freedom #JimCrow #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara...
July 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July11, 2025: #FullSunManhattanhenge occurs! #Manhattanhenge #ManhattanSolstice #SummerSolstice #EstivalSolstice #Midsummer #NeilDerasseTyson #Manhattan #ManhattanStreetGrid #CommissionersPlanOf1811
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhatt...
July 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July10, 1873: #OldGlory bestowed by #WilliamDriver to #MaryJaneRoland.
#RolandFlag #HMSBounty #Multiculturalism #AmericanCivilWar #IshamGHarris #6thOhioInfantryRegiment #HoraceFisher #BullNelson #BattleOfNashville #WarrenGHarding #Smithsonian
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
July 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #July 9, 1992, 1992: Filming for #HongKongActionCinema #CrimeThriller #Film #CrimeStory before demolition of #KowloonWalledCity begins.
#KowloonCity #NewTerritories #HongKongTriad #Triads #OrganizedCrime #Prostitution #IllegalGambling #DrugAbuse #MovieSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon...
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #July8, 1898: #ShootoutOnJuneauWharf kills #SoapySmith #FrankHReid & #JesseMurphy.
#PrizeSoapRacket #Gunfights #Shootouts #FeudsInTheUS #USFeuds #OrganizedCrime #AmericanFrontier #OldWest #WildWest
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootou...
July 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #July7, 1915: #BOTD: #HBD #MargaretWalker! #Poets #Writers #Authors #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #ChicagoBlackRenaissance #AfricanAmericanLiterature #BellumSouth #AmericanSouth #AmericanCivilWar #CivilWar #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM