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armadillosoft<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 4/2/16 (belated) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aBirdAday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aBirdAday</span></a> (or more) Red-throated loons at Mavericks</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/25932165070/in/album-72157666598623621/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/armadillosof</span><span class="invisible">t/25932165070/in/album-72157666598623621/</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>3 Apr 1607: Papal Bull founding St. Anthony's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Franciscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franciscan</span></a> college <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Leuven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leuven</span></a> issued <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> </p><p>(the original - which is now in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@ucdarchives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ucdarchives</span></a></span> </p><p>A profound moment leading to Annals of the Four Masters, vast hagiography project &amp; Scotist philosophy revival &amp; so much else...</p>
jdmccafferty<p>3 Apr 1189: St. Celsus or Cellach, Abbot of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Armagh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Armagh</span></a>, a very significant politician &amp; reformer is buried in the tomb of the bishops of Lismore <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Waterford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> </p><p>(National Museum of Ireland: Lismore Crozier photographed by jemartin03 on flicker)</p>
Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕<p>57 years today since both "Planet of the Apes" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" were released back in 1968.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinema</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FilmMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilmMastodon</span></a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>🐵 Happy Birthday, Dr. Jane Goodall! Born on this day in 1934, Jane Goodall is an anthropologist, primatologist, and conservationist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees. Her work revolutionized our understanding of what it means to be human and proved that women could be successful as scientists in a world previously dominated by men. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/JaneGoodall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaneGoodall</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/BOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOTD</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WomenInStem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInStem</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/StemEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StemEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span></p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 3 Apr 1920 the KAPD (Communist Workers' Party of Germany) was formed. In contrast to the official Communist Party, which tried to get into government, the KAPD stood for direct action and workers' councils under the control of workers themselves <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10147/kapd-formed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/10147/kapd-formed</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>3 Apr 1656: Alexander VII’s gift of his 1654 collected poems <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> to the Irish Franciscan Luke Wadding of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Waterford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterford</span></a></p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 3 Apr 1914 Suzanna Hans was born in France. A member of the Anarchist Union in Paris, Hans and her companion Louis Recoule joined a revolutionary militia in Spain to combat the fascist uprising in 1936. <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/12534/suzanna-hans-born" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/12534/suzanna-hans-born</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>3 Apr 1637: d. Sara Milton [Jeffrey] wife of John &amp; mother of John Milton <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> (photo: JRayner&amp;sons) Buried in the chancel of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Horton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horton</span></a> church.</p>
jdmccafferty<p>3 Apr 1043: Coronation <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> of St Edward the Confessor (British Museum)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>2 Apr 1502: d. Arthur <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tudor</span></a> Prince of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a>, age 15 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> at Ludlow. Brother Henry (VIII) succeeded to both throne &amp; Arthur’s widow but there were many consequences...</p>
jdmccafferty<p>Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, d. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> 3 Apr 1682.</p><p>St. Felix of Cantalice Holding the Christ Child c. 1668-69 (The Morgan)</p><p>Felix (d. 18 May 1587) was the first Capuchin to be canonized - in 1712</p>
Alex Ross<p>President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan into law which provides billions of dollars in aid to European nations <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in 1948. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQKtYECRIE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQKtYEC</span><span class="invisible">RIE</span></a></p>
Tom Hunt<p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> (Apr 3) in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: Cascioferro is suspect in the Sicily murder of <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> Lt. <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Petrosino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrosino</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Lansky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lansky</span></a> arrives in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> politician offers to help free NY <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mafia</span></a> boss Morello, Kelly dies in Manhattan, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> finds no evidence <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Luciano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luciano</span></a> aided US war effort, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Valachi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valachi</span></a> dies in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> federal prison, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/CampbellOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampbellOH</span></a> casino is raided.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
Project Gutenberg<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> American author Washington Irving was born in 1783. He is best known for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingt</span><span class="invisible">on_Irving</span></a></p><p>Washington Irving's books at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a></p>
Wikinaut<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/H%C3%B6rtipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hörtipp</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/20250403date" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20250403date</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ZeitzeichenWDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeitzeichenWDR</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/WDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDR</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Zeitzeichen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeitzeichen</span></a><br>Der Pony-Express: Ein großer Mythos des Wilden Westens <a href="https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/zeitzeichen/audio-der-pony-express-ein-grosser-mythos-des-wilden-westens-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/ze</span><span class="invisible">itzeichen/audio-der-pony-express-ein-grosser-mythos-des-wilden-westens-100.html</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@wikinaut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikinaut</span></a></span>)</p>
Wikinaut<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/H%C3%B6rtipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hörtipp</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/20250403date" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20250403date</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/KalenderblattDLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KalenderblattDLF</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/DLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DLF</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Kalenderblatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kalenderblatt</span></a><br>Katyn - Massaker auf Stalins Befehl <a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/massaker-von-katyn-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunk.de/massaker-vo</span><span class="invisible">n-katyn-100.html</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@wikinaut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikinaut</span></a></span>)</p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 3 Apr 1979, Jane Byrne wins the Chicago mayoral election. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and is sworn in on 16 April. She hires the first black woman to be a school superintendent in the city, and stops the police raiding gay bars.</p><p>Lori Lightfoot was the second woman to hold the post, from 2019 to 2023. She’s the first black woman and the first LGBT+ mayor since the post was created in 1837.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 3 Apr 1913, suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst is sentenced to three years' penal servitude, and announces she will go on hunger strike.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VotesForWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotesForWomen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
Bibliothèque de Port-Royal<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%C3%89ph%C3%A9m%C3%A9ride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Éphéméride</span></a> : il y a un ans (2024), Philippe Sellier nous quittait<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a></p>