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Fun facts about daily holidays around the world, from science, history, and cultures. Follow for a daily dose of knowledge! Joined October 2023
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18 hours ago

#OnThisDay May 06, 1937: The German airship #Hindenburg burst into flames as it attempted to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Of the 97 people on board, 35 died from the fire or jump from the burning airship. youtube.com/watch?v=fURATK…

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2 days ago

#OnThisDay May 05, 1961: Navy Commander Alan Shepard launched aboard the Freedom 7 capsule, becoming the 1⃣st American to travel into space during a 15-minute suborbital flight.

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4 days ago

#OnThisDay May 03, 1375 BC or possibly 1223 BC: One of the earliest eclipses recorded was observed in Ugarit, according to analyses of a cuneiform tablet discovered in 1948. The tablet describes the Sun being "put to shame" during the total solar eclipse, which lasted 2m 07s.

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5 days ago

#OnThisDay May 2, 1945: Photojournalist Yevgeny Khaldei staged the famous photograph of Soviet soldiers raising their flag at the Reichstag building in Berlin, which depicted the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in a symbolic way of the defeat of fascism.

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6 days ago

#OnThisDay May 1, 1006: Observers around the world witnessed the brightest supernova ever recorded - 16 times brighter than Venus! Detailed sighting reports stretch from Egypt to Iraq, China, Japan & as far north as Switzerland, made without telescopes.

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7 days ago

#OnThisDay April 30, 1975: Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the capital of South Vietnam, fell to military forces from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Thiss marked the official end of the Vietnam War and reunification of Vietnam under communist rule. #VietnamWar #FallOfSaigon

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a week ago

#OnThisDay April 29, 2022: World's longest glassed-bottomed bridge, the Bach Long (White Dragon), 632m long, opens in Moc Chau, Vietnam. The 290m of the bridge stretches between mountains and 342m extends along a cliff edge 150m above the jungle floor.

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2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 26, 1984: Ronald Reagan arrived in China for a historic diplomatic meeting with President Li Xiannian, only the 3rd 🇺🇸 president to visit 🇨🇳 since Nixon in 1972. 📷: Ronald Reagan Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping at The Great Hall of The People in Beijing

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2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 25, 1990: Space shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit, fulfilling a decades-long dream of an orbiting observatory. Happy Birthday Hubble! #Hubble #Bday

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2 weeks ago

According to Greek legend, #OnThisDay April 24, 1184 BC, the Greeks ended the 10-year #TrojanWar by pretending to sail away and leaving behind a giant wooden horse as a "gift" for the Trojans. The Greeks hiding inside the horse opened the city gates to allow their army to enter.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 19, 1971: the Soviet Union launched #Salyut 1, becoming the world's first space station to achieve orbit and marking the start of space station operations.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 18, 1906: A massive M7.9 earthquake struck San Francisco, California at 5:13 am, causing widespread damage. It's estimated around 3,000 people lost their lives as a result of the earthquake and ensuing fires that burned for nearly 4 days across much of the city.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 17, 1875: Modern snooker was invented in India by Col (Sir) Neville Chamberlain (1856-1944). The game formally reached England in 1885 and the modern scoring system began from 1891.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 16, 1705: Queen Anne of Great Britain knighted famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton during a ceremony at Trinity College in Cambridge. Newton was the second scientist to receive the honor of knighthood from the British monarch, after Sir Francis Bacon.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 15, 1912: Ignoring iceberg warnings, #Titanic hit an iceberg at near full speed. Outdated safety rules & not enough lifeboats led to over 1,500 deaths (mostly women & children) in the North Atlantic Ocean around 400 miles south of Newfoundland at 2:20am.

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3 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 14, 1611: The word "telescope" was first used publicly by Prince Federico Cesi at a banquet held by the Accademia dei Lincei (Academy of Lynxes) in honor of Galileo. Cesi announced the name to christen Galileo's instrument after Galileo demonstrated it.

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4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 12: Double space history! While in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the 1⃣st human to reach space aboard Vostok 1, NASA's space shuttle Columbia blasted off on its inaugural mission in 1981, ushering in a new era of reusable spacecraft. #SpaceRace

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4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 11, 1921: Radio station #KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast a boxing match live between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee. This was the 1⃣st live radio broadcast of a sporting event. The live fight broadcast helped establish radio as an entertainment medium.

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4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay April 10, 1849: American inventor Walter Hunt received a patent for his "dress pin," later known as the safety pin. #Hunt sold the rights to his invention for just $400, never earning much more from the ubiquitous fastening device. #Inventions #SafetyPin

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