On This Day In History

June 2nd, 1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded. It remains the major political representation of Palestine on the global stage.

On This Day In History

June 1st, 1926: Marilyn Monroe is born.

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The Original Rainbow Pride Flag (1978) by Gilbert Baker.

As this post gets popular every June, I would like to remind people a few things about it!

The pink stripe is there, it’s just hard to see

It’s displayed this way to protect the flag

Gilbert Baker was not Jewish

It likely came from many sources of inspiration, including:
-The promise of the rainbow in the Bible (Baker was raised Methodist)
-“She’s a Rainbow” by the Rolling Stones
-The American Hippie Movement
-The Flag of the Races
-The general symbolism of rainbows in mythology and culture

May 31st, 1914: Akira Ifukube is born. A Japanese composer, he is best known for creating Godzilla’s roar.

Today in History: March 9th -9 ◊ Mar ◊ 2023- image A bit of March 9th history… 1500 - Pedro Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal for an expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal 1522 - Martin Luther begins preaching his “Invocavit Sermons” in Germany, reminding citizens to trust God’s word rather than violence and thus helping bring a close the Revolutionary stage of the Reformation 1776 - Adam Smith publishes influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations” 1945 - 334 US B-29 superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 firebombs; deadliest air raid of WWII 1959 - Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in NY (pictured) 1998 - Dr Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment signs the unknown rapper Eminem 2007 - The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the FBI had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens

Today In History: A bit of May 14th history… 1697 - English colonists establish 1st permanent English settlement in america at Jamestown (pictured) 1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution 1804 - Lewis and Clark’s expedition, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson, sets out from St Louis for the Pacific coast 1948 - Signing of Israel’s Independence Declaration 1955 - Warsaw pact is signed 1960 - USSR launches 1st (unmanned) space capsule 1973 - 1st space station, Sky Lab, is launched

A bit of May 9th history…1386 - Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England - Oldest diplomatic alliance in the world that is still in force 1865 - President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the south is at an end - commonly accepted end date of the American Ci

A bit of March 19th history…

1279 - A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China

1687 - Explorer Robert La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men

1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations’ covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1965 - The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50 million, said to have been the most powerful confederate cruiser, discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction

2003 - Airstrikes by an American and British led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, without UN support and in defiance of world opinion

2018 - World’s last male northern white rhino, 45 year old Sudan, dies in Kenya (pictured) 

A bit of March 7th history…

161 - Roman Emperor Antonius Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Veros, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

321 - Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the empire

1785 - Hutton, geologist, presents his theory of uniformitarianism

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell receives patent for telephone

1912 - Roald Amundsen announces his discovery of South Pole

1946 - Bikini Atoll islanders are evacuated by the US government to make way for a nuclear testing site (pictured)

1965 - Alabama state troopers and 600 black protesters clash in Selma during “Bloody Sunday”; protesters beaten and hospitalized 

A bit of March 16th history…

1802 - US Military Academy at West Point is established through Congressional act

1882 - US Senate ratifies the Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross and the American Red Cross

1900 - Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur (pictured)

1948 - Billie Holiday is released from prison early because of good behavior

1968 - My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill about 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War

1988 - Chemical attack on Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces kills 5000 civilians, largest ever chemical weapons attack