On This Day In History<p>Today in 1978, 47 years ago: in Spain a general strike is held, which according to the CC unions. OO and UGT is supported by eight million workers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 2006, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GenePitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenePitney</span></a>, American vocalist and songwriter ("Town Without Pity"; "Hello Mary Lou"; "He's A Rebel"), died of a heart attack at 66. 🥀🪦⚰️<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 2004, 21 years ago: the news is revealed that the skull preserved in the tomb of Francesco Petrarca, in the city of Arquà, is not that of the poet, but that of a woman of the Middle Ages.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1992, 33 years ago: Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1963, 62 years ago: the red telephone is connected. The famous apparatus (actually black) linked the office of US President John Kennedy (in Washington) with that of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (in Moscow).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1983, 42 years ago: The People's Armed Police is officially founded</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1976, 49 years ago: in Cambodia -a year after the Khmer Rouge came to power- Prince Norodon Sihanouk resigns as head of state.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 2004, 21 years ago: in Washington (United States) Colin Powell publicly admits that the evidence he presented to the UN about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (to invade Iraq and appropriate its oil) was false.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1938, 87 years ago: in Catalonia - within the framework of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)- two days after the fascist army occupied the city of Lleida, the dictator Francisco Franco decreed the abolition of the Generalitat de Catalunya (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic and the official status of the Catalan language.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1953, 72 years ago: the football club Asociación Deportiva Ramonense was founded in the city of San Ramón (Costa Rica).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1902, 123 years ago: A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1853, 172 years ago: at the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory in the city of Naples (Italy), the astronomer Anníbale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid (24) Themis.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1938, 87 years ago: in the province of Shandong, 690 km south of Beijing (China) - within the framework of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)- the Battle of Taierzhuang continues (March 24 to April 7, 1938), in which the army of the Republic of China will defeat the army of the Empire of Japan. This is the first major Chinese victory of the war. He humiliated the Japanese army and forever shattered its reputation as an “invincible force.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1978, 47 years ago: in Algiers an assassination attempt is committed on Antonio Cubillo, by the Spanish authorities.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1879, 146 years ago: the government of Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru (War of the Pacific).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1969, 56 years ago: in New York, Washington and other cities in the United States there are demonstrations against the Vietnam War (1955-1975).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 2009, 44th Academy of Country Music Awards: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CarrieUnderwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarrieUnderwood</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BradPaisley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BradPaisley</span></a> win.</p>
On This Day In History<p>Today in 1936, 89 years ago: in Tupelo (Mississippi), an F5 tornado on the Fujita scale kills 233 people.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 2012, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimMarshall</span></a>, British businessman and electric guitar amplifier pioneer known as "The Father of Loud", died at 88. 🕯<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 2016, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LeonHaywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonHaywood</span></a>, American funk and soul singer, and keyboardist ("It's Got To Be Mellow"; "I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You"), died at 74. 💔😢😭<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a></p>
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