cm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours ago65 years ago today, childhood friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, having not seen each other since Jagger moved seven years prior, met by chance on Platform 2 at Dartford railway station in Kent.plus-squareinfosec.pubimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1image65 years ago today, childhood friends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, having not seen each other since Jagger moved seven years prior, met by chance on Platform 2 at Dartford railway station in Kent.plus-squareinfosec.pubcm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours agomessage-square2linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours agoEight years ago today, recreational cannabis became legal in Canadaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEight years ago today, recreational cannabis became legal in Canadaplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours ago64 years ago today, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Michael Craig Judge was born. His co-creations include Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Office Space, and Idiocracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link64 years ago today, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Michael Craig Judge was born. His co-creations include Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Office Space, and Idiocracyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours ago65 years ago today, police led by Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon massacred dozens (possibly hundreds) of Algerians protesting in Paris. The French government acknowledged 40 killed, 37 years later.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link65 years ago today, police led by Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon massacred dozens (possibly hundreds) of Algerians protesting in Paris. The French government acknowledged 40 killed, 37 years later.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 11 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 1 day ago167 years ago today, abolitionist John Brown led 23 men on a raid of the Harpers Ferry Armory. It resulted in 19 of them being killed, but also galvanized both sides and helped to spark the Civil War.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link167 years ago today, abolitionist John Brown led 23 men on a raid of the Harpers Ferry Armory. It resulted in 19 of them being killed, but also galvanized both sides and helped to spark the Civil War.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days ago35 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation 5x04 Silicon Avatar first aired. It featured a powerful warp-capable life form called the Crystalline Entity which resembled a giant snowflake.plus-squarememory-alpha.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation 5x04 Silicon Avatar first aired. It featured a powerful warp-capable life form called the Crystalline Entity which resembled a giant snowflake.plus-squarememory-alpha.fandom.comcm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days ago60 years ago today, after decades of canceled plans, and finally five years of construction, Montreal's rubber-tired underground rapid transit system (Métro de Montréal) began operation.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link60 years ago today, after decades of canceled plans, and finally five years of construction, Montreal's rubber-tired underground rapid transit system (Métro de Montréal) began operation.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days ago960 years ago today, in the first battle of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, in the Battle of Hastingsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link960 years ago today, in the first battle of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, in the Battle of Hastingsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 3 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago145 years ago today in Paris, Eliezer Ben Yehuda and two friends had what is thought to be the first conversation in modern Hebrewplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link145 years ago today in Paris, Eliezer Ben Yehuda and two friends had what is thought to be the first conversation in modern Hebrewplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago80 years ago today, France had a constitutional referendum in which 53% of voters (with 68% turnout) approved the constitution of the French Fourth Republic. It would last for 12 years.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, France had a constitutional referendum in which 53% of voters (with 68% turnout) approved the constitution of the French Fourth Republic. It would last for 12 years.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago62 years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1. It was the first human spaceflight to carry more than one person, and the first without pressure suits. It completed 16 orbits.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link62 years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1. It was the first human spaceflight to carry more than one person, and the first without pressure suits. It completed 16 orbits.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago155 years ago today, in British India the first "Criminal Tribes Act" was enacted. It criminalized entire communities by designating them and their members as habitual criminals.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link155 years ago today, in British India the first "Criminal Tribes Act" was enacted. It criminalized entire communities by designating them and their members as habitual criminals.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago52 years ago today, the final episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series airedplus-squarememory-alpha.fandom.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link52 years ago today, the final episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series airedplus-squarememory-alpha.fandom.comcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago15 years ago today, Dennis Ritchie died. At Bell Labs in the early 1970s he created the C programming language and was one of the creators of the UNIX operating system. Both remain ubiquitous today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link15 years ago today, Dennis Ritchie died. At Bell Labs in the early 1970s he created the C programming language and was one of the creators of the UNIX operating system. Both remain ubiquitous today.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago125 years ago today, US President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order officially renaming the "Executive Mansion" to "The White House"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link125 years ago today, US President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order officially renaming the "Executive Mansion" to "The White House"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago55 years ago today, the Shah of Iran's "2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire" began.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link55 years ago today, the Shah of Iran's "2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire" began.en.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago21 years ago today, Shenzhou 6 launched on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It was China's second human spaceflight.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link21 years ago today, Shenzhou 6 launched on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It was China's second human spaceflight.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link9 years ago today, the United States withdrew from UNESCO. It stopped paying its dues six years earlier, due to a US law prohibiting funding any organization which accepts Palestine as a full member.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days ago534 years ago today, after five weeks at sea, Christopher Columbus's first transatlantic expedition made landfall on an island the Taíno people called Guanahani in what is today the Bahamas.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link534 years ago today, after five weeks at sea, Christopher Columbus's first transatlantic expedition made landfall on an island the Taíno people called Guanahani in what is today the Bahamas.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@infosec.pub · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@toast.ooo · 7 days ago115 years ago today, an armed rebellion began in the Wuchang District of Wuhan. It would eventually lead to the end of monarchy in China.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link115 years ago today, an armed rebellion began in the Wuchang District of Wuhan. It would eventually lead to the end of monarchy in China.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@toast.ooo · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
