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🎧 Murs – A Strange Journey Into the Unimaginable 🚀🔥
📅 March 16, 2018 (8 years)
The album marked Murs’ debut on the Strange Music roster.
#Murs #AStrangeJourneyIntoTheUnimaginable #Music #MusicCollection 🎵
#OnThisDay in 1465 Kunigunde of Austria was born as the daughter of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal.
#OnThisDay in 1983 Freda Dudley Ward, later known as Winifred May, Marquesa de Casa Maury, a mistress to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, died.
Happy birthday to Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris on this day in 1953.
#isabellehuppert #famousbirthdays #onthisday #french #actors
'The China Syndrome' was released on this day 47 years ago! (March 16, 1979)
Directed by James Bridges.
Written by Bridges, Mike Gray, & T. S. Cook.
Starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Wilford Brimley, & others.
[📽 via Columbia Pictures] #OTD #OnThisDay
#onthisday #onthisdate #otd March 16, 1926 #actor #comedian #jerrylewis was born (died August 20, 2017). On this special #podcast listen to a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio #comedy starring Jerry Lewis and #deanmartin rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2018/03/podc...
🧬 On This Day — 17 Feb 1792
Born: Karl Ernst von Baer, a pioneer in embryology who discovered the mammalian ovum and formulated von Baer’s laws of development. His work laid the foundation for modern developmental biology. #NITheCS #ScienceHistory #Biology #OnThisDay
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#OnThisDay in 1925, a massive earthquake devastated Dali, China. This original North German Lloyd cruise ad promised escape to England, France & Germany—a world away. Just $12.99
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Sergei Valentinovich Klokov (Semiel Valterovich Vedel), political prisoner in Russia
4 years ago #OnThisDay, Sergei Klokov (Semiel Vedel) was arrested in Russia for other. Convicted of spreading "false information," sentenced to 7 years. Case appealed.
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#PoliticalPrisoners #HumanRights
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Arx Fatalis: A Timeless Masterpiece Turns 24
Arx Fatalis, the captivating 2002 RPG, has stood the test of time, enchanting a new generation of gamers in 2026. Explore its immersive world and uncover its timeless secrets.
#Retro #RetroGaming #OnThisDay #Xbox #ArxFatalis
the famous 1882 photograph of a seated Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, albumen print on card mount. Wilde is wearing a velvet suit with collar, holding a walking stick, and affecting a thoughtful pose.
sepia toned photo of the st paul opera house, a grand but rather small 3 story stone building, large arched entrance under a cupola. The sidewalk in front is perched on stilts above a rocky landscape MNHS
#OnThisDay Mar 16 1882: During his tour of America, noted aesthete Oscar Wilde delivers a lecture on the Decorative Arts at the Opera House in St. Paul, Minnesota. The first modern celebrity, he was famous for being famous before his major works were written.
#TeresaBerganza was born in Madrid #OnThisDay in 1935, one of the most wonderful mezzo sopranos of the 20th c. I first saw her in Joseph Losey's #DonGiovanni film; here she is singing "Là ci darem la mano" with Ruggero Raimondi:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_li...
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#tweetfromalternatehistory #whatif NATO banned direct bilateral military appeals? 3rd May, 1949 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Washington Treaty Creates Exclusive NATO Command Channel
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Bob hund - Det överexponerade gömstället, #onthisday 2011.
#bobhund #alternative #indie #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #recordcollection #onthisdayinmusic #vinylsky
On this day in 1996, Everclear hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart with “Santa Monica.”
Written by lead singer Art Alexakis, the song came from Sparkle and Fade and became one of the band’s biggest breakthrough hits.
#Everclear #SantaMonica #SparkleAndFade #90sAlternative #OnThisDay
On this day in 1999, Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten was certified Diamond in the U.S.
That milestone marked 10 million+ copies sold, cementing Ten as one of the biggest and most enduring rock debuts of the era.
#PearlJam #Ten #Grunge #90sRock #OnThisDay
Opera the Old-Fashioned Way and the Beauty of Thaïs-Blog
On March 16th, 1894: #JulesMassenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra.
Cover art for the podcast Lights Out from Daffadillies Media
#OnThisDay in 1938, Lights Out listeners heard "Super Feature"
In a movie theatre lives a creature so realistic it's like it's coming right off the screen...
daffadilli.es/p443476
#AudioDrama #OldTimeRadio
I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, 200 Cathars burnt to death, …
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#calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Kenny Everett as host
#OnThisDay 1992 : The first edition of Gibberish was broadcast on BBC1.
Hosted by Kenny Everett, it ran for one series.
#90s
#GustavMahler set his own poems to music in "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen," which premiered #OnThisDay in 1896, the composer conducting; here's #ChristaLudwig — herself born on this day in 1928 — singing the "Songs of a Wayfarer"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=15zo...
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Frank Thornton
#OnThisDay 2013 : Frank Thornton passed away. He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served?
Cliff Michelmore
#OnThisDay 2016 : 10 years ago today, it was announced that Cliff Michelmore had passed away. He was best known for his work on the BBC's Tonight programme and then Southern Television's Day By Day local news programme.
#onthisday #onthisdate #otd March 16, 1983 radio and TV personality #arthurgodfrey died at 79. On this special #podcast listen to a #goldenage of #radio #oldtimeradio #otr #audio episode of Arthur Godfrey Time. rileyandkimmyshow.blogspot.com/2023/03/podc...
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TV listing from the first Mike & Angelo
#OnThisDay 1989 : The first episode of Mike and Angelo was broadcast on Children's ITV. The show ran until the year 2000 and featured two different actors who played Angelo over the 12 series.
Watch first episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cczu...
#80s
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📅 On this day in 1792:
King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
#March16 #OnThisDay
🚀 FIRST LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET LAUNCH
March 16, 1926 — In a snowy farm field in Auburn, Massachusetts, Robert Goddard stands beside history. His tiny 10-foot rocket, fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, climbs 41 feet into the cold New England air—the […]
[Original post on social.coabai.com]
#OnThisDay in 1967, #Tolkien writes to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr.
Tolkien says he has not been informed as to the status of a German translation of The Lord of the Rings. He notes that a "proposed translator was turned down partly owing" to his criticisms. He also mentions that he does not (1/2)
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#OnThisDay in 1988, the U.S. Army Reserve ran ads urging Americans to 'do something constructive'—a powerful recruiting message during a pivotal Cold War era. Own the original. $12.99. #ArmyReserve
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