Lucrezia Borgia, born OTD in 1480, was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and his chief mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/avignon/corrupt-popes.html?s=mb #travel #history
Mexican engineer Guillermo González Camarena, who died OTD in 1965, invented a color-wheel type of color #television https://cromwell-intl.com/technical/pal-to-ntsc.html?s=mb #history
The Encyclopaedia of Romance.
Book with a maroon hardback cover. "ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ROMANCE/III" is printed in gold lettering on the spine. Information on the title page: " THE / EN…
Card, Paper, Textile - non specific
https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/75326
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random #Australia
Thomas Middleton, born OTD in 1580, stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson among the most successful and prolific of the playwrights at work during the Jacobean period https://toilet-guru.com/shakespeare.html?s=mb #history
Stephen Lekapenos, along with his younger brother Constantine, deposed Byzantine Emperor Romanos I, but were then overthrown themselves and exiled; Stephen died OTD in 963 on the island of Lesbos https://toilet-guru.com/greek-islands/?s=mb #travel #Greece #history
My dad tells me not to freak out so much about fascism because it was like this during McCarthyism and it got better.
Usually, I can point out why he's wrong when he tells me I don't have to worry, but I don't know enough about what it was like during McCarthyism.
Can any elders or historians help me out here?
John Ambrose Fleming, who died OTD in 1945, invented the thermionic valve or vacuum tube https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/hfqrp.html?s=mb #radio #history
Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, was born OTD in 1480 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/avignon/corrupt-popes.html?s=mb #history #France
#CuiBono — April 18, 2025
From surging workplace deaths to bird flu silence, primate trafficking to political blueprints for fascism—some stories aren’t making headlines, but they should be.
David Brooks calling for mass civic uprising?
The U.S. preparing to walk away from Ukraine peace talks?
A global activist wave building beneath the surface?
We ask the old question: Who benefits?
Read the latest dispatch:
https://eirenicon.org/18-april-2025-cui-bono/
#News #Protest #EU #Economy #History #Politics
Æthelred I was the king of #Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered OTD in 796 in Corbridge by a group of conspiring nobles https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history
Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I was born OTD in 1590; he was the first Sultan to not execute his brothers upon taking the throne https://toilet-guru.com/ottoman-empire.html?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history
We’re going to have some updating to do here. #Canada #BoycottUSA #history #museums
Cyberpunk 1958: The Early Days of the Polish IT Industry
https://culture.pl/en/article/cyberpunk-1958-the-early-days-of-the-polish-it-industry
The International #AmateurRadio Union or #IARU was formed in Paris OTD in 1925 https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/rhombic-antennas.html?s=mb #history
Milosz writes about Poland during and after WW2.
Going from sovereign country to Nazi invasion to Russian Communism takeover, and the mindf**k it had on citizens.
Every American should read it. All sounds familiar.
Using my highlighter a lot.
This is the sixth day of #Passover. Amaze your family with your knowledge of how King Hezekiah once defiled a shrine to Ba'al with a latrine https://toilet-guru.com/blog/7.html?s=mb #history
The realm of Korinthia spans from rugged mountains hosting mysterious temples honoring little-known gods, to sunny islands in a wine-dark sea. Learn to connect your words in their tongue and make your journeys easier. #travel #history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/greek/definite-pronouns.html?s=mc
Aaron Koek
Cui Bono? 
