#February18

3 weeks ago

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📅 On this day in 1735:

The ballad opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America (Charleston, S.C.)

#February18 #OnThisDay

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GBs Archives

@gbsarchives.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

On This Day (2/18/2022), the GBs started the New Miserable Experience 30th Anniversary Tour "Celebrating 30 Miserable Years."

#OTD #OnThisDay #February18 #GinBlossoms #NewMiserableExperience #NME30

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DiningGuide Today

@diningguide.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Today is Drink Wine Day, Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day, and Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day.
#February18 #Wine

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GBs Archives

@gbsarchives.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

On This Day (2/18/1993), the GBs started the "Let You Down Live" Tour.

#OnThisDay #February18 #GinBlossoms #LetYouDownLive

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@jazzagemusic.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

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📅 On this day in 1637:

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.

#February18 #OnThisDay

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furlight

3 weeks ago

furlight (@onthisdayinjazzagemusic) ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC! FEBRUARY 18TH…

ON THIS DAY IN JZZ AGE MUSIC!
FEBRURY 18TH...

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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #February18 #February18TH #InDahomey #AfricanAmericanHistory

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📅 On this day in 1332:

Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.

#February18 #OnThisDay

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3 weeks ago

#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1892 (d. 10/8/1944) ~ Wendell Wilkie, Lawyer

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#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1892 (d. 10/8/1944) ~ Wendell Wilkie, Lawyer

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#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1934 (d. 11/17/1992) ~ Audre Lorde, Caribbean-American writer and civil rights activist

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#BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1922 (d. 8/13/2012) ~ Helen Gurley Brown, Author

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#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1931 (d. 8/5/2019) ~ Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize for Literature (1993)

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#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1931 (d. 8/5/2019) ~ Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize for Literature (1993)

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#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1902 (d. 12/27/1992) ~ Kay Boyle, Writer, Educator & Political Activist

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@woodstockwhisperer.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

#TheQuoteCurator #BornOnThisDate #February18 2/18/1883 (d. 10/26/1957) ~ Nikos Kanzantzakis, Author (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ)

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Jimmy Jewel Saxophonist | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley Jimmy Jewel Saxophonist Jewel was one of the horn players with the Keef Hartley Band when it played at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Here is a bit about Jimmy.

Born on #February18, happy birthday to #JimmyJewel who played saxophone with #KeefHartleyBand at #Woodstock and much more. woodstockwhisperer.info/2017/02/18/j...

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@woodstockwhisperer.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Jimmie Lee Jackson Murdered | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley Jimmie Lee Jackson murdered Jackson was born in Marion, Alabama. He fought in the Vietnam war and eventually returned to Marion where he worked as a laborer.

Remembering Jimmie Lee Jackson. Born December 16, 1938. On #February18, 1965, State Police #Marion #AL beat Jackson while he tried to protect his mother and grandfather during a protest march. He died 8 days later. woodstockwhisperer.info/2016/02/18/j...

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📅 On this day in 1268:

The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov.

#February18 #OnThisDay

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