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On this day in 1949, the Dutch gave sovereignty to Indonesia at the end of the Indonesian National Revolution (lemmy.ca)
The Indonesian National Revolution,[nb 1] also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia’s declaration of...
On this day, Dec 21 1898, Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
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On this day in 1966, the UN General Assembly endorsed the Outer Space Treaty, an international treaty binding the parties to use outer space only for peaceful purposes (lemmy.ca)
You can read more here:...
On this day, 2006 Dec 06, NASA revealed photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars (lemmy.ca)
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/…/07marscnd.html
[current events] There's a runaway kangaroo on the loose in Ontario, Canada (lemmy.ca)
See story here:...
On this day in history, we had TWO famous heart transplants: first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967, and the first permanent artificial heart in 1982 (lemmy.ca)
www.bbc.com/news/health-42170023...
On this day in 1982, Michael Jackson released Thriller, which became the best-selling album in the world and won a record-setting 8 Grammy Awards (lemmy.ca)
On this day, November 29 1997, around 28,000 couples gathered at RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.), for a satellite broadcasted “wedding” conducted by Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church (lemmy.ca)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church...
[Current Events] Backlash over fake female speakers shuts down developer conference (lemmy.ca)
Link: arstechnica.com/…/backlash-over-fake-female-speak…...
On this day, November 27 1895, the Nobel Prize was established - Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, leaving much of his wealth for the prize (lemmy.ca)
read more: www.nobelprize.org/…/alfred-nobels-will/
On this day in 1922, a team of archaeologists opened Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt (lemmy.ca)
On this day, Nov 26 1917, the NHL (National Hockey League) was founded. It featured four Canadian teams, and the first American club (Boston Bruins) was added in 1924 (lemmy.ca)
More info: nhl.com/…/this-date-in-nhl-history-november-26-28…
Canadian and American Thanksgivings are held almost two months apart, and there is a mildy interesting story behind the dates that are currently used (lemmy.ca)
An article if you’re curious: globalnews.ca/…/canadian-thanksgiving-different-a…
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Darius McCollum, one of the many times he was caught impersonating a transit worker (lemmy.ca)
TIL about Darius McCollum, a man who was arrested 32 times for impersonating a transit worker. He commandeered hundreds of buses and subway trains over the course of 30 years, staying on route and schedule without being paid. He attended Union meetings, even though he wasn’t a member....
Tarrare, c. 1772-1798 (leminal.space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
Bank of Australia robbery 1828 by William Blacksock, George Furrell, James Dingle, John Woolford, and Velveteen Rourke (media.tenor.com)
On 14 September 1828 a gang of five robbers—William Blackstone, George Farrell, James Dingle, John Wilford (alias “Creighton”) and Valentine Rourke—tunnelled through a sewage drain into the vault of the Bank of Australia in George Street, Sydney, and stole some £14,000 in promissory notes and coins...
Dancing Plague of 1518 (lemmy.ca)
Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took part, dancing for weeks with some dying in the process
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So story time. Way back in the day I needed to have some more Math credits to get into culinary school (math was not my best subject in high school), and enrolled in the local CC. Now to round out my classes to qualify as being a full time student & take advantage of those benefits, I took a couple electives including...