#OnThisDay, 9 May 1922, the International Astronomical Union formally adopts Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system. The principles in it still underpin modern classification.
#OnThisDay, 8 May 1946, Estonian teens Aili Jürgenson and Ageeda Paavel blew up a Soviet war memorial in response to Soviet destruction of Estonian war memorials. They served eight years in the gulag as punishment. In 1988 they were awarded the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle to recognise their fight.
Robert Johnson was born on this day in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a master of the blues, particularly the Delta blues style, and as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
#OnThisDay, 8 May 1865, Dr Mary Harris Thompson founds the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. At the time one of the city's two existing hospitals did not admit women patients.
Very early #OnThisDay, 6 May 1944, Marguerite 'Peggy' Knight parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance.
Knight fought her way out of an attempted capture, and returned to the UK in September 1944.
1981 schreibt der österreichische Lyriker und Essayist Erich Fried diese Zeilen in seinem Gedichtband "Lebensschatten" - und bezieht sich auf das Wettrüsten in den späten 1970er und 80er Jahren. Der Satz hat an Gültigkeit nichts verloren. Heute würde Erich Fried 103 Jahre alt.
#OnThisDay in 1942, British troops landed on the island of #Madagascar. The British assumed the French would pit up little resistance, but the subsequent campaign lasted almost exactly six months.
It was the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the #SecondWorldWar, with the first use of tank landing ships (LSTs), and the first use of tanks in an amphibious operation.
#OnThisDay, 5 May 1938, Dorothy Anderson presents her medical research that identified cystic fibrosis at a meeting of the American Pediatric Association.
Heute #onthisday 1818 wurde Karl #Marx geboren. Er war ein bedeutender #Ökonom des 19. Jahrhunderts, wird aber leider immer noch ideologisiert. Empfehle daher dringend, auch Ökonominnen des 21. Jhts. wie Elinor #Ostrom, Maja #Göpel u.a. zu lesen. 📖
#OnThisDay, 3 May 1933, Nellie Tayloe Ross takes up post as director of the US Mint. She is the first woman to hold the position, and stays in post for 20 years.
Les familles Biguais, Coïc et Georgelin ont été évacuées de la poche de Saint-Nazaire, fin 1944 ou début 1945, je ne sais. De cet épisode ma grand-mère se souvenait avoir dormi dans la paille, et d'avoir croisé un beau soldat afro-américain. Le 8 mai 1945, ils prennent la pose devant le pont d'Ingrandes (Maine-et-Loire).