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This community was inspired by !anniversaries@sopuli.xyz, where I will probably continue to cross-post to for now. (I created a new version of it here on lemmy.ml for people on instances which are not federated with sopuli.)

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62 years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1. It was the first human spaceflight to carry more than one person, and the first without pressure suits. It completed 16 orbits. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
155 years ago today, in British India the first "Criminal Tribes Act" was enacted. It criminalized entire communities by designating them and their members as habitual criminals. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
125 years ago today, US President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order officially renaming the "Executive Mansion" to "The White House" (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
52 years ago today, the final episode of *Star Trek: The Animated Series* aired (memory-alpha.fandom.com) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
15 years ago today, Dennis Ritchie died. At Bell Labs in the early 1970s he created the C programming language and was one of the creators of the UNIX operating system. Both remain ubiquitous today. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
115 years ago today, an armed rebellion began in the Wuchang District of Wuhan. It would eventually lead to the end of monarchy in China. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
40 years ago today, *Star Trek: The Next Generation* was announced in a press conference in the Paramount Studios backlot (www.startrek.com) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
70 years ago today, NASA astronaut Janice Elaine Voss was born. She flew on five space shuttle missions and spent a total of 49d 3h 49m in space. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
1575 years ago today, the Council of Chalcedon convened in what is today Kadıköy, Istanbul. The Council's judgments and definitions marked a significant turning point in the Christological debates. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
170 years ago today, the Second Opium War began (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
70 years ago today, Don Larsen pitched the sixth "perfect game" in Major League Baseball history, and the only one ever during a World Series. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
59 years ago today, a group of Ñancahuazú Guerrillas led by Che Guevara were captured by Bolivian soldiers under the direction of CIA officer Félix Rodríguez. Guevara was executed the following day. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
25 years ago today, George W. Bush issued an executive order creating the "Office of Homeland Security", headed by Tom Ridge. It would become an executive department a year later. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
82 years ago today, a revolt occurred in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
200 years ago today, the Granite Railway began operating in Massachusetts, carrying stone from Quincy to Milton. It is often considered the first commercial railway in the United States. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
110 years ago today, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets beat the Cumberland College Bulldogs 222–0 in what remains the most lopsided college football game in US history (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
67 years ago today, the Soviet spacecraft *Luna 3* captured the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
30 years ago today, Fox News was launched. To accelerate its adoption by cable providers, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the channel. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
25 years ago today, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Although victory was declared five weeks later, it was the beginning of a war in which it would take the US two decades to admit defeat. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
99 years ago today, the part-talkie film *The Jazz Singer* premiered. It was the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
50 years ago today, Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was bombed by CIA-backed Cuban anticommunist terrorists. All 73 people on board were killed, including the entire Cuban fencing team. (en.wikipedia.org) 0 Arthur Besse 1 »
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About this forum

Rules:

  • post title should begin with "X years ago today"
  • X ≥ 5.

This community was inspired by !anniversaries@sopuli.xyz, where I will probably continue to cross-post to for now. (I created a new version of it here on lemmy.ml for people on instances which are not federated with sopuli.)

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