#OnThisDay, 17 June 1943, Noor Inayat Khan, Diana Rowden and Cecily Lefort arrive in occupied France for their separate Special Operations Executive missions. None of them survive.
Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/?p=184
#WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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Irena Kempówna #Polish glider #pilot & flight instructor, #architect. #WWII solider in Polish Home Army, part of Warsaw Uprising. 1st woman pilot to win international gliding competition against men. 1950/60s set 6 world & 11 national records.
Turned Centralna Szkoła Szybowcowa Aeroklubu PRL gliding school in Leszno-Strzyżewice into an international gliding centre, 1958 & 1968 hosted World Gliding Championships. d. #OTD 17 Jun 2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Kemp%C3%B3wna
@histodons @CarveHerName #wikipedia
Am 17. Juni 1933 - Emmendingen - Bei strömenden Regen fand, im Rahmen der "Kampfwochen gegen Schmutz und Schund", die Bücherverbrennung durch die HJ statt. #otd #onthisday #erinnerung #Buecherverbrennung https://verbrannte-orte.de/
"You have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights, are all alike ignored."
#OnThisDay, 17 Jun 1873, Susan B Anthony is tried for illegally voting in the 1872 US Presidential election.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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Am 17. Juni 1933 - Karlsruhe - Durlach - Während einer Kundgebung gegen "das undeutsche Schriftum" wurden Bücher und Schriften verfemter Autor*innen verbrannt. Die NS Jugendverbände waren federführend bei dieser Aktion. #otd #onthisday #erinnerung #Buecherverbrennung https://verbrannte-orte.de/
#OtD 17 Jun 2015 the Charleston church massacre took place in South Carolina when a white supremacist murdered 9 African-American people at the Emanuel AME Church. When police detained him they gave him a bullet-proof jacket and bought him Burger King https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8901/charleston-church-massacre
#OtD 16 Jun 1951 Louis Sullivan, one of the 1st trans men in the US to publicly identify as gay, was born in Milwaukee, WI. He fought for psychiatric & health authorities to recognise gay trans men and set up self-help groups. Learn more in our new book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrkclasshistory/be-gay-do-crime-a-history-of-queer-resistance
Happy Birthday to Eric Boucher aka Jello Biafra, former, lead singer and songwriter for the Dead Kennedys, founder of his own music label Alternative Tentacles, born on this day in 1958, Boulder, Colorado
Karl Walter
Aus Anlass seines heutigen Geburtstages - Giovanni Paolo Colonna:
"Colonna - Assalonne; Finale 'Al soglio reale'
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637 - 1695)
Coro e Orchestra Cappella musicale San Petronio Bologna
Sergio Vartolo"
#Klassik
#Barock
#classicalmusic
#OTD
https://song.link/y/cL5tbcKLOBk
#OtD 16 Jun 1836 the London Working Men's Association was formed by a cabinetmaker, two printworkers and a publisher. They laid the foundations for the Chartist movement, the first nationwide mass working-class movement in Britain https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8797/london's-workingmen's-association-formed
#OtD 16 Jun 1953 construction workers in East Berlin downed tools against a 10% increase in work norms, sparking a ten-day uprising across the country. Workers formed strike committees, took over state media, and fought the army https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8802/east-german-uprising
Recorded #OnThisDay 44 years ago:
The Meteors - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by The Meteors on 16 June 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 23rd of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Voodoo Rhythm (0:07)
2. Love You To Death (2:33)
3. Rockabilly Psychosis (7:47)
4. My Daddy Is A Vampire (9:48)
5. Rockhouse (13:27)
https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-meteors-peel-session-1981.html
#OTD 6/16/23 #birds #birding #birdsOnMastodon #aBirdAday (or more) Western kingbird at Cosgrave
https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/53006667373/in/album-72177720309371262
Moon enters Pisces, June 16, 2025, 18:09 UTC (☉ in ♊︎, ☾ in ♓︎) #calendar #astronomical #OTD #OnThisDay
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-pisces
#OtD 16 Jun 1982 the Bradford 12, on trial for defending their community from fascists, were found not guilty. Their trial revealed mass police negligence in stopping racist attacks & established the rights of POC to self-defence. Learn more in our pod: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/09/18/e28-29-asian-youth-movements-in-bradford/
16 June 1644: b. Henrietta, youngest daughter of Charles I & Henrietta Maria #otd (NPG)
