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Presidencies of the US<p>James Monroe assumed office as Secretary of State <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1811. Learn more about his tenure in Madison's cabinet (including his holding two offices at the same time) by listening to his Seat at the Table episode. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Monroe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monroe</span></a> <a href="https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/satt-022-james-monroe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">presidenciespodcast.com/satt-0</span><span class="invisible">22-james-monroe/</span></a></p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 6 Apr 1712 a major rebellion of enslaved people took place in NYC, when a group set fire to a building near Broadway and attacked colonists as they try to put out the blaze before escaping. More on slavery and resistance in this book: <a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shop.workingclasshistory.com/c</span><span class="invisible">ollections/books/products/a-history-of-pan-african-revolt-c-l-r-james</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>6 Apr 1580: An earthquake in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dover</span></a> straits <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> Causes structural damage in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>, Ghent, Northern <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>. Thomas Churchyard rushes out this pamphlet within two days.</p><p>The scale of this quake was used as reference point in construction of the Channel Tunnel. (eebo)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenberg, 1519 By Albrecht Dürer </p><p>An amazing portrait. (Dallas Museum Of Art)</p><p>Dürer died <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> 6 Apr 1528.</p>
John Arnold<p>_The Evening Post_, 7 April 1925:<br> DRIFTING SAND<br> FORESTRY OFFICERS INSPECT<br> COMBATING RELENTLESS<br> ADVANCE.<br> Good agricultural <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> in various parts of the Dominion is being seriously threatened by the continuous and unrelenting drift of sand, and although much has been done by the State Forestry Service… to combat this, further experimental work is at present being carried out…. Altogether there are 92,000 acres [37K ha] of dune country in the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellington</span></a> area, and 183,000 acres [74K ha] in the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auckland</span></a> district.<br> The menace… has become manifest particularly along the coast of the North Island between Wellington and New Plymouth, and the north coast of Auckland…<br> The theory advanced for the spread of the sand dune country is that before the advent of the European population…, the greater part of the sandy land was more or less stable, and Dr. L. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Cockayne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cockayne</span></a>, hon. botanist to the Department, declares that over-grazing and injudicious stock of land has caused it to become loose.<br> … settlers along the coast… refuted this suggestion…<br> As the waste sandy country is privately owned, very little action is being taken…, but… the Government, by… the Sand Drift Act… has power to undertake the work itself.<br>…<br><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250407.2.141" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><span class="invisible">papers/EP19250407.2.141</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPast</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Dunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dunes</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>Madonna and Child with a Pear 1512 By Albrecht Dürer - who died <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> 6 Apr 1528.</p><p>(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>6 Apr 1621: d. Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hertford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hertford</span></a>, son of Protector Somerset <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> His three (!) clandestine marriages greatly annoyed Elizabeth I (Sotheby's)</p>
Chris Bond<p>Recorded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> 39 years ago:</p><p>The Housemartins - Peel Session 1986</p><p>The complete session recorded by The Housemartins on 6 April 1986 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 14th of that month.</p><p>Tracklist:</p><p>1. Over There (0:07)<br>2. Happy Hour (3:00)<br>3. Get Up Off Our Knees (5:24)<br>4. Caravan Of Love (8:34)</p><p><a href="https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-housemartins-peel-session-1986.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014</span><span class="invisible">/07/the-housemartins-peel-session-1986.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheHousemartins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHousemartins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeelSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeelSessions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>6 Apr 1572: Geoffrey Fenton's translation 'Monophylo' is dedicated to Lady Hoby <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> Fenton, future secretary of state for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> had a daughter Katherine who married Richard Boyle, future Earl of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cork</span></a> in 1603. They had 15 children.</p>
jdmccafferty<p>6 Apr 1320: The Declaration of Arbroath addressed to the Pope by nobility &amp; clergy asserts the independent sovereignty of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
armadillosoft<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 4/6/21 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aBirdAday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aBirdAday</span></a> (or more) Allen's hummingbird singing - such as that is - in the neighborhood</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/51105163038/in/album-72157718944353285/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/armadillosof</span><span class="invisible">t/51105163038/in/album-72157718944353285/</span></a></p>
MPI for Gravitational Physics<p>On this day fourteen years ago, on 6 April 2011, the second radio pulsar discovered with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@einsteinathome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>einsteinathome</span></a></span> was published.</p><p>Our distributed computing project had started almost exactly two years earlier to analyze data from the Arecibo radio telescope with the help of tens of thousands of volunteers.</p><p>This second discovery was special: the pulsar orbits the common center of mass with a white dwarf in just 9.4 hours and it belongs to a rare “species”.</p><p>ℹ️ <a href="https://www.aei.mpg.de/191149/einstein-home-detects-unusual-stellar-pair" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aei.mpg.de/191149/einstein-hom</span><span class="invisible">e-detects-unusual-stellar-pair</span></a></p><p>📄 <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/732/1/L1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">1088/2041-8205/732/1/L1</span></a></p><p>At the time, it was assumed that this pulsar could be used to observe relativistic effects. This was finally achieved in 2022 after many more observations: <a href="https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/12/aa44699-22/aa44699-22.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aanda.org/articles/aa/full_htm</span><span class="invisible">l/2022/12/aa44699-22/aa44699-22.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/pulsar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pulsar</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/TheoryOfRelativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheoryOfRelativity</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>This wonderfully articulated Dürer Rhino seems like a good thing to post right now (BM) </p><p>The artist died <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> 6 Apr 1528, aged 56.</p>
Raurquiz<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thecityontheedgeofforever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thecityontheedgeofforever</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/spock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mccoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mccoy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdithKeeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdithKeeler</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrekpicard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrekpicard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surrender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/picard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>picard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/riker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/7of9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7of9</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/captainshaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captainshaw</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/laforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laforge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/troi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>troi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drcrusher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drcrusher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jackcrusher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jackcrusher</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vadic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vadic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/startrek58" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek58</span></a> @startrek @startrekonpplus</p>
Writers of Wrongs<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1913, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EastHarlem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastHarlem</span></a> crime figure Amadeo <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Buonomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buonomo</span></a>, known for his use of a protective chain mail shirt, died of a gunshot wound suffered a day earlier.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/caught-without-his-chain-mail-shirt.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/ca</span><span class="invisible">ught-without-his-chain-mail-shirt.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
Innerlinke Kritik 👻<p>"Der 6. April (1914) gilt als offizieller Gedenktag an die ostthrakischen Opfer des osmanischen Genozids an den Griechen. An diesem Tag wurden viele Griechen aus ihrer Heimat Ost-Thrakien von den Jungtürken gewaltsam vertrieben. Dieser Tag ist im kollektiven Gedächtnis der Thrakier als "Schwarzes Ostern" (Màvro Pàscha) verankert (...)."</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%87%CE%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ΜαύροΠάσχα</span></a></p><p>Quelle: Pontian Greek Youth of Europe (Instagram)</p><p>Slides+Bildbeschreibung s. Kommentar.</p>
Scottish Lost Places<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1964, Dalmellington railway station was closed. New Cumnock railway station is now the nearest station, 16km away.<br>Dreghorn railway station, Springside railway station, Ruthwell railway station, etc. closed on the same day.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmellington_railway_station" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmelli</span><span class="invisible">ngton_railway_station</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishRailways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishRailways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EastAyrshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastAyrshire</span></a></p>
x - Washington Capitals :verified_business: 🤖<p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 2004, the Capitals won the NHL Draft Lottery, after owning the third-best chance to select first overall.</p><p>Our Top-50 Moments detail the transactions that led to the franchise-altering moment in the latest ep on <a href="http://YouTube.com/Capitals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">YouTube.com/Capitals</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALLCAPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALLCAPS</span></a> | <span class="h-card"><a href="https://twitter.com/LeidosInc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LeidosInc@twitter.com</span></a></span></p>
Writers of Wrongs<p>Charles <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Binaggio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binaggio</span></a> and Charles <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gargotta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gargotta</span></a> were found murdered inside First District Democratic Club HQ in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/KansasCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KansasCity</span></a> on this date in 1950.</p><p>Read about it:<br><a href="https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/67-years-ago-bullets-take-kc-political.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/67</span><span class="invisible">-years-ago-bullets-take-kc-political.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
jdmccafferty<p>6 Apr: date on which Celsus or Cellach, Abbot of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Armagh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Armagh</span></a> v. significant politician &amp; reformer entered the Roman martyrology - he died on 1 Apr 1129, but due to a mistake in a martyrology in printed in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Leuven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leuven</span></a> in 1563 was assigned <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> calendar</p>
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