6 février 1945 : Naissance du chanteur et guitariste jamaïcain Bob Marley.
Ayant rencontré de son vivant un succès mondial, il reste à ce jour le musicien le plus connu du reggae, et celui qui a permis de populariser la musique jamaïcaine à travers le monde 🎶.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley
6 février 1945 : Naissance du chanteur et guitariste jamaïcain Bob Marley.
Ayant rencontré de son vivant un succès mondial, il reste à ce jour le musicien le plus connu du reggae, et celui qui a permis de populariser la musique jamaïcaine à travers le monde 🎶.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley
#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.
#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1987, Mary Gaudron QC was the first woman to be sworn as a justice in the High Court of Australia.
FEBRUARY 5, 1917
The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. This law imposed literacy tests on immigrants and expanded the list of “undesirables” barred from entering the country, marking a major shift in U.S. immigration policy.
#OnThisDay, 5 Feb 1919, Mary Pickford co-founds United Artists in Hollywood. The production company was an attempt by actors and directors to control their own work rather than being owned by a studio.
#ReclaimTheFrame #HollywoodHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
FEBRUARY 5, 1917
The U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. This law imposed literacy tests on immigrants and expanded the list of “undesirables” barred from entering the country, marking a major shift in U.S. immigration policy.
On this day in 1989, 37 years ago: The Sky Television Network is launched in the UK with 4 channels. The Sky Channel which was later renamed to Sky One, a European sports coverage channel called Eurosport, the Sky Movies film channel, and Sky News. Sky Movies would become encrypted on February 5th 1990, requiring customers to get a decoder box to receive it. #OnThisDay
On this day in 1989, 37 years ago: The Sky Television Network is launched in the UK with 4 channels. The Sky Channel which was later renamed to Sky One, a European sports coverage channel called Eurosport, the Sky Movies film channel, and Sky News. Sky Movies would become encrypted on February 5th 1990, requiring customers to get a decoder box to receive it. #OnThisDay
5 février 1626 : Naissance de l'épistolière française Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, connue sous le nom de Madame de Sévigné.
Les lettres qu'elle écrivit à sa fille sont devenues un incontournable de la littérature française.
Elles constituent également une source remarquable de l'analyse des relations intergénérationnelles et de leur histoire 📖.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_S%C3%A9vign%C3%A9
5 février 1626 : Naissance de l'épistolière française Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, connue sous le nom de Madame de Sévigné.
Les lettres qu'elle écrivit à sa fille sont devenues un incontournable de la littérature française.
Elles constituent également une source remarquable de l'analyse des relations intergénérationnelles et de leur histoire 📖.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_S%C3%A9vign%C3%A9
#OnThisDay, 5 Feb 1919, Mary Pickford co-founds United Artists in Hollywood. The production company was an attempt by actors and directors to control their own work rather than being owned by a studio.
#ReclaimTheFrame #HollywoodHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
#RosaParks #CivilRights #OTD #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
#RosaParks #CivilRights #OTD #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
FEBRUARY 4, 1861: FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
Delegates from six seceding Southern states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to begin forming the Confederate States of America, drafting a constitution that protected slavery and established a new government, a pivotal moment leading up to the American Civil War.
FEBRUARY 4, 1861: FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
Delegates from six seceding Southern states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to begin forming the Confederate States of America, drafting a constitution that protected slavery and established a new government, a pivotal moment leading up to the American Civil War.
Wow, Facbook was founded today in 2004. My wife was a pretty early adopter. She joined first, more-or-less as soon as they opened it to the public. She dragged my onto it a few months later. :-)
