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@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · 3d ago

46 years ago today
The Clash released the legendary single “London Calling” from the band’s double album of the same name

The Clash - London Calling Live in Vienna 1981

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #londoncalling #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · 4d ago

Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".

#internet #TheWeb #OTD #OnThisDay #history

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · Nov 28, 2025

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · Nov 15, 2025

#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They had refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.

*some sources say 23, others 11.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #ColdWarHistory #Histodons
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