#On this day in history

[meerawrites]

We made it to the moon for cheaper than NASA or Russia, or any colonial power ever has! (very positive)

Take that Great Britain and screw you all colonizers and imperialism (extremely derogatory).

[douglasbradburyverne]

Mel Brooks' "BLAZING SADDLES", from behind the scenes in 1974 (released 50 years ago today)

[nordleuchten]

September 6th - or Party like it is 1824

The American people in 1824 were very aware why the 6th of September was so special – and they sure went all out to celebrate La Fayette’s birthday with him in America as the guest of honour.

On his return to New York, General Lafayette was informed that the society of Cincinnati intended to celebrate the next day, 6th of September, the anniversary of his birth, and he received an invitation to dine with them, which he willingly accepted. About four o’clock in the afternoon, a long file of venerable men arrived, marching two and two holding each other by the arm for the sake of mutual support, which the weight of years rendered necessary. They were preceded by a military band, with which their tottering steps found it difficult to keep time. We went down to meet them, and were received into their ranks; a decoration of the order of Cincinnatus which had been worn by Washington, was attached to the button hole of Lafayette, and we commenced our march for the hotel where we were to dine. It was truly a touching sight to behold these old soldiers, the glorious remains of the war of Independence, conducting amongst them the companion of Washington, the adopted son of America. The crowd of people that filled the streets through which we passed, showed by their serious and silent conduct the respect which this procession inspired. The hall prepared for the entertainment, was adorned with trophies of arms, and with sixty banners bearing the names of the principal heroes who died for liberty during the revolutionary war.

Auguste Levasseur, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825; or Journal of Travels in the United States, Translated from the French, Volume 1, New-York, 1829, pp. 82-83.

Joyeux anniversaire, mon petit Français!

[miffy-junot]

Happy Birthday Napoleon!

It's the birthday boy! He gets a cupcake for bringing me into this lovely community where I've made so many friends <3

To another year of Napoleonposting!

[davbertieloml]

87 years ago today!👑✨️

[floridaboiler]

**TODAY IN MUSIC & TV HISTORY” January 6, 1973: “Schoolhouse Rock” made its premiere on ABC-TV on this day.

[little-desi-historian]

On this day in history -- August 15th, 1947 India became independent from Great Britain. 🇮🇳

Pakistan's Independence Day was yesterday! (August 14th, 1947). 🇵🇰

After 200 years of English violence and colonial interference (starting around the late 18th century) and 50+ years of outright English colonialism on the Indian Subcontinent, India (and Pakistan) were free from England.

Indian Independence Movement.

Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.

Rani of Jhansi.

Meera bai.

[archduchessofnowhere]

Archduchess Marie Valerie's journal entry on the death of her mother Empress Elisabeth of Austria, in 1898 (written on 21 September):

10 September. In the evening at 7.30 o'clock I returned with Maria from a tour of our poor… souper… then went with the three grown-ups to the chapel for evening prayer. Maria came with me, I did not pay much attention to her, did not notice her disturbed expression. I was no more devout than usual… Coming out into the corridor, while the children ran into their room, Maria asked me to come into my writing room, she had something to tell me. I was still thinking only of a small house cross, but when I looked at her, my heart stood still. “The Archduke?” “No — Her Majesty.” I don't know whether I asked further questions or whether I immediately said the word “dead”? whether she told me right there in the corridor or already in the room: “Murdered by an Italian anarchist — in the hotel in Geneva.” I don't know. My hand still trembles when I think back to that hour… Remorse for having returned her great love so badly, and above all… more and more the unspeakable pity for him, the poor, old, sorrowful and grief-stricken father, and the probably also futile question of whether it was not too much for a poor human heart? We were on our knees, Maria and I — in the room and in the chapel. Then I sent a telegram to Franz [Archduke of Austria, Valerie's husband]. And to Papa [Emperor Franz Josef I], “I'll come to you tomorrow morning at half past six.” He himself had telegraphed to Maria that she should “teach me in a good way”. I went in to see the children. Ella [Elisabeth, Valerie's eldest child] was not quite in bed yet … When I kissed and shook her, hardly knowing what I was doing, telling her softly: “She knows, that dear Grandmama has died,” she began to cry softly, as if she understood. God bless the good child! The boys were already in bed. Hedwig [Valerie's second daughter] was already asleep. From one room to the other and with Maria out into the quiet starry night. — I lay down too, but sleep was out of the question. At half past one we drove away, Maria and I … arrived in Penzing at half past six in the morning. How the morning dawned over the Vienna Woods, which she loved so much, and how unspeakable fear shook me before seeing Papa again, those are hours that one is amazed to have survived. Papa stood at the foot of the big staircase at Schönbrunn and we fell into each other's arms. That was the first time he was able to cry, he told me later. But he was still stunned then, and soon afterwards he was calm again, as he had been after Rudolf's death. We went to Sunday mass together, and then I was allowed to spend that first day with him almost without interruption, sitting next to his desk while he worked as usual, reading with him the more detailed news coming from Geneva, helping him to receive the condolence visits of the family members… Prime Minister Thun, who cried like a child — a good feeling that Papa has such servants around him. The unfortunate person who had to bring Papa the first message from Vienna to Schönbrunn was Adjutant General Count Paar with the still undetermined telegram from Irma Sztáray [Empress Elisabeth's lady-in-waiting]; “Her Majesty the Empress seriously wounded”, which was very soon followed by the second: “Her Majesty the Empress just died at 2 o'clock in the Hotel Beaurivage.” Papa seems to have immediately thought of an assassination, although he repeatedly said: “How can one assassinate a woman who has never harmed anyone?” Papa's intention to leave for Geneva immediately was thwarted by the second telegram.

(Translation by DeepL, keep in mind that in a machine translation a lot of nuances may/did got lost)

[juanatrastamara]

– juana i de trastámara ; infanta of spain, duchess consort of burgundy, queen of castile, aragon, valencia, mallorca, navarre, naples, sicily, sardinia and countess of barcelona was born on this day, 6th of november of 1479

[madamelareinette]

On this day in history, September 24, 1824, Emilio Barbiano, principe di Belgioioso, and Cristina Trivulzio married.

Born to seduce, [Emilio] pursued his career without scruple or remorse. Around him was a group of jovial companions imitating his vices, artists, musicians, madamines, ballerinas, sexually liberated women, a whole world completely estranged to virtue. His health resisted the excesses, but the same could not be said of his fortune; his paternal inheritance risked being undermined when the ease of a marriage, such as one a mother dreams of for her beloved son, disrupted the course of his pleasures. Nothing could have been more unexpected: a young girl in her bloom, with a strict upbringing, devout, well-educated, but curious and superb, Cristina, the last descendant of the Trivulzios, the one whom they called la belle h��ritière, disdaining a host of suitors, began desiring the only one who didn't look at her. The prince's troubles, repeated and magnified by a thousand complacent echoes, her parents' disapproval, the perils of an indissoluble bond between an aspiring saint and a rake had no other effect than to change her desire into will: she had seen the monster and engaged her pride into taming him.

– Edmond d'Alton-Shée (1869). Mes Mémoires

The date of the wedding was set for the 24th of September 1824 in the church San Fedele, built on the orders of saint Carlo Borromeo in the first half of the fifteenth century behind Palazzo Marino, where Marianna de Leyva, the Nun of Monza, was raised, before being forcedly sent to a convent.

– Pier Luigi Vercesi (2021). La donna che decise il suo destino: Vita controcorrente di Cristina di Belgioioso

[meerawrites]

Happy Indian Independence Day! 🇮🇳

[for-valour]

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Papa Bertie's beloved 'pride', and 97 today! (b. 21/04/1926) Thank you for your wisdom, your grace, and for your unfailing service, ma'am.

All together again as a family for your first celestial celebration :')

[nordleuchten]

La Grange 4h July 1812

Here is, my dear friend, the Anniversary of that Great day on which Both the deed and the Expression were worthy of Each other—This double Rememberance in your Quiete Retirements is Happily Refreshed By the Extension of independance to all America—an event which, altho’ we Have Had the pleasure to foresee and the Good fortune to prepare it, we should not, Had it not Been for the Ambition of an European despot, probably Have witnessed—you Have Seen me in france, a few days after one 4h of July, very Sanguine and I was Approved By you in a short declaration the Effect of which we Hoped to Be as durable as it Had Been Communicative and determining—But whatever Has Since Been the violation, Corruption, and Lately the Avowed proscription of Liberal ideas, I am Convinced more Seed Has Been preserved than is Commonly thought; nor do I Question their Reviving Again to Enliven the old as well as the New world.

The Marquis de La Fayette to Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1812

“Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-05-02-0167. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 5, 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008, pp. 212���215.] (07/04/2024)

[greensparty]

Happy Birthday Sir Ringo Starr

On July 7, 1940, Richard Starkey was born in Liverpool, England. To the world he is know as Ringo Starr. He is forever known as ¼ of The Beatles!

In addition to my coverage of The Beatles, I've been fortunate enough to cover Sir Ringo over the years: In 2022  I was lucky enough to review his All Starr Band concert, which was my second time seeing him after I was lucky enough to see the group live on Starr’s birthday in July 2010, when Paul McCartney joined him for an encore on “Birthday”. I got to review his 2019 album What’s My Name, his 2022 EP EP3, the 2023 EP Rewind Forward. and in May I got to review the Crooked Boy EP.

To celebrate his 84th birthday, here is the official music video for his 1973 song "Photograph", which went to #1. George Harrison co-wrote it and plays on it too!

[davbertieloml]

Happy VE Day 🇬🇧✌🏻

On this day 79 years ago, to mark the end of the war in Europe, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrated VE Day at Buckingham Palace on 8 May 1945 with happiness jubilation sweeping across the land 🇬🇧✌🏻🌟

[queerquaintrelle]

Happy birthday Abraham Woodhull (October 7, 1750)!