cm0002@literature.cafe · 3 hours ago56 years ago today, three days after a sperm whale washed ashore in the city of Florence, Oregon, the state's Department of Transportation attempted to remove it using a half ton (450 kg) of dynamiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-link56 years ago today, three days after a sperm whale washed ashore in the city of Florence, Oregon, the state's Department of Transportation attempted to remove it using a half ton (450 kg) of dynamiteplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 3 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 5 hours ago45 years ago today was the first time that a crewed, reusable orbital vehicle returned to space, when NASA launched the Space Shuttle Columbia on its STS-2 mission.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15external-link45 years ago today was the first time that a crewed, reusable orbital vehicle returned to space, when NASA launched the Space Shuttle Columbia on its STS-2 mission.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 5 hours agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day ago24 years ago today, Grigori Perelman posted the first of three papers outlining a solution of the Poincaré conjecture. Today it remains the only Millennium Prize Problem with a verified solution.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15external-link24 years ago today, Grigori Perelman posted the first of three papers outlining a solution of the Poincaré conjecture. Today it remains the only Millennium Prize Problem with a verified solution.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day ago60 years ago today, James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin flew on Gemini 12. It was the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight, the 18th crewed American spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15external-link60 years ago today, James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin flew on Gemini 12. It was the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight, the 18th crewed American spaceflight, and the 26th spaceflight of all time.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day ago20 years ago today, the PlayStation 3 was released in Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-link20 years ago today, the PlayStation 3 was released in Japanplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day ago115 years ago today, on 11-11-11, many cities in the midwestern United States broke high and low temperature records on the same dayplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-link115 years ago today, on 11-11-11, many cities in the midwestern United States broke high and low temperature records on the same dayplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day ago100 years ago today, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officialsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-link100 years ago today, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officialsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 1 day agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days ago43 years ago today, two years before its eventual release, Microsoft announced Windows.plus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118image43 years ago today, two years before its eventual release, Microsoft announced Windows.plus-squarelemmy.mlcm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days ago51 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379 which "determines that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-link51 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379 which "determines that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination"plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days ago75 years ago today, the first NANP customer-dialed long-distance telephone call was made when Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, NJ dialed 10 digits and reached Mayor Frank Osborne in Alameda, CA.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-link75 years ago today, the first NANP customer-dialed long-distance telephone call was made when Mayor M. Leslie Downing of Englewood, NJ dialed 10 digits and reached Mayor Frank Osborne in Alameda, CA.plus-squareweb.archive.orgcm0002@literature.cafe · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 4 days ago20 years ago today, Israel bombed a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up116
arrow-up116external-link20 years ago today, Israel bombed a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 4 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days ago109 years ago today, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian Provisional Governmentplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14
arrow-up14external-link109 years ago today, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian Provisional Governmentplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days ago95 years ago today, on the 14th anniversary of the Bolsheviks' October Revolution, the Communist Party of China proclaimed the Chinese Soviet Republicplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-link95 years ago today, on the 14th anniversary of the Bolsheviks' October Revolution, the Communist Party of China proclaimed the Chinese Soviet Republicplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days ago30 years ago today, NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyorplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up12
arrow-up12external-link30 years ago today, NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyorplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 5 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 7 days ago30 years ago today, US President Bill Clinton won re-electionplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up17
arrow-up17external-link30 years ago today, US President Bill Clinton won re-electionplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 7 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
cm0002@suppo.fi · 7 days ago20 years ago today, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to deathplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13external-link20 years ago today, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to deathplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@suppo.fi · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 11 days ago85 years ago today, Ansel Adams photographed the Moon rising over Hernandez, New Mexicoplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11image85 years ago today, Ansel Adams photographed the Moon rising over Hernandez, New Mexicoplus-squarelemmy.mlcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 11 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 12 days ago15 years ago today is the day officially designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the world's population reached seven billion people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-link15 years ago today is the day officially designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the world's population reached seven billion people.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 12 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 13 days ago35 years ago today, the Madrid Conference of 1991 began. Israel credits it as a turning point in their international recognition, gaining diplomatic relations with 25 countries in the following year.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-link35 years ago today, the Madrid Conference of 1991 began. Israel credits it as a turning point in their international recognition, gaining diplomatic relations with 25 countries in the following year.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
cm0002@no.lastname.nz · 13 days ago65 years ago today, the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. It yielded the equivalent of 50 megatons of TNT.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-link65 years ago today, the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba - the most powerful nuclear weapon or weapon of any kind ever constructed and tested. It yielded the equivalent of 50 megatons of TNT.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@no.lastname.nz · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
