#OnThisDay in 1915, #EddieHeywood, American jazz pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset", "Soft Summer Breeze"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1989).
#HappyBirthday #RIP ✞
#OnThisDay in 1915, #EddieHeywood, American jazz pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset", "Soft Summer Breeze"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1989).
#HappyBirthday #RIP ✞
Full Moon in Gemini, December 4, 2025, 23:13 UTC (☉ in ♐︎, 🌕 in ♊︎) #calendar #astronomical #OTD #OnThisDay
https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-gemini
Today in 1964, 61 years ago: Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
Today in 1868, 157 years ago: in Cádiz, an uprising led by Fermín Salvochea and José Paul y Angulo arose that spread through the neighboring towns and capitals claiming that Spain is a Federal Republic.
Today in 1975, 50 years ago: First flight of the Douglas A-4CSkyhawk fighter-bomber over Argentine territory. Vice-Commodore Juan Carlos Gabarret, first Chief of the A-4C Skyhawk Squadron, successfully performed the test flight of the A-4C Skyhawk fighter-bomber registration C-305.
Today in 1979, 46 years ago: The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
Today in 1956, 69 years ago: The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
#OnThisDay in 1940, #FreddyCannon [Picariello], American rocker ("Palisades Park"), born in Revere, Massachusetts [some sources give year as 1936].
#HappyBirthday #85 🎉🎂🎀💗🥳
Today in 1958, 67 years ago: Benin becomes independent from France.
Today in 1918, 107 years ago: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
Today in 1991, 34 years ago: Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
Today in 1977, 48 years ago: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
Today in 1950, 75 years ago: Korean War: Associated Press photographer Max Desfor photographs hundreds of Korean refugees crossing a downed bridge in the Taedong River: 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea.
Today in 1804, 221 years ago: The United States House of Representatives adopts articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
Today in 1786, 239 years ago: Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
Recorded #OnThisDay 41 years ago:
The Pogues - The Navigator (Peel Session)
The Navigator by The Pogues, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 4 December 1984.
Today in 1829, 196 years ago: In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets sati in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
Today in 1984, 41 years ago: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
Today in 2020, 5 years ago: The song Life Goes On by the popular South Korean band BTS becomes the first song in a language other than English to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.