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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 30, 1863 Opera "Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) by Georges Bizet premieres at the #ThéâtreLyrique in Paris #Opera #GeorgesBizet #Lespêcheursdeperles #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 29, 1899 #American Veterans of Foreign Service, later known as #VeteransofForeignWars (VFW), support group is established in #Columbus, #Ohio, by a group of #Spanish-American War veterans #VeteransofForeignService #VFW #Veterans

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 27, 1892 #Czech #composer Antonín #Dvořák becomes #Director of the #NationalConservatoryofMusicofAmerica in #NewYorkCity and remains until the spring of 1895 #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 26, 1835 Gaetano #Donizetti's #opera #LuciadiLammermoor premieres at the #TeatrodiSanCarlo in #Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now #Italy) #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1789 The First US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights, a set of amendments to the #Constitution that #guarantees #essential #liberties, including #freedomofspeech, #freedomofthepress, and the #righttopeacefulassembly #BillOfRights

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” #DalaiLama

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 22, 1869 Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold," the first piece of his "Ring" cycle, premieres in Munich, Germany #RichardWagner #Opera #DasRheingold #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear." #WinstonChurchill #Dictators #UnspokenFear

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Do not #dwell in the #past, do not #dream of the #future, #concentrate the #mind on the #present #moment.” #Buddha #Mindfulness

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.” #Buddha #Buddhism #Purity #Impurity

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Holding on to #anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” #Buddha

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 13, 1985 Composer John Williams #introduces the Today Show's new theme song, "The Mission" #Composer #JohnWilliams #TodayShow #ThemeSong #TheMission #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 6, 1791 Wolfgang Mozart's dramatic opera "La Clemenza di Tito" premieres at the #EstatesTheatre in #Prague #Mozart #Opera #LaClemenzadiTito #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#Quote of the day “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard #Life #Live #Forwards

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 2, 1924 Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart's operetta "Rose-Marie" opens to rave reviews at the #ImperialTheatre, #NYC; runs for 577 performances #RudolfFriml #HerbertStothart #operetta #Rose-Marie #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#OnThisDay September 1, 1785 Mozart publishes his 6th String Quartet, Opus 10 in #Vienna #Mozart #StringQuartet #Opus10 #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 30, 1751 George Frideric Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha" #Composer #Handel #Oratorio #Jephtha #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 28, 1850 Richard Wagner's opera “Lohengrin” premieres in #Weimar, #Germany #RichardWagner #Opera #Lohengrin #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 26, 1846 Felix #Mendelssohn's #oratorio #Elijah premieres at the #Birmingham #Festival in England #MusicHistory #ClassicMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 24, 1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526 #Mozart #Violin #Piano #Sonata #ViolinPianoSonata #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 23, 1947 US President Truman's daughter, Margaret, gives her first public singing concert. #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory #PresidentTruman #MargaretTruman #Singing #Concert

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States #America #USA #Hawaii #50thState #USHistory

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 20, 1882 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" #debuts in Moscow #Tchaikovsk #1812Overture #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 18, 1918 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (45) weds American socialite Dorothy Benjamin (25) in New York City, until his death in 1921. #Tenor #EnricoCaruso #DorothyBenjamin #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 17, 1876 Richard Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung" (Twilight of the Gods) premieres in #Bayreuth #RichardWagner #Opera #Götterdämmerung #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 12, 1851 American inventor Isaac Singer #patents his famous sewing machine #American #Inventor #IsaacSinger #SewingMachine #AmericanHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 11, 1957 Paul Hindemith's opera “Harmonie der Welt” #premieres in #Munich, Germany #PaulHindemith #Opera #HarmonieDerWelt #HarmonyoftheWorld #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 10, 1787 Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart #completes his #chamberpiece #EinekleineNachtmusik (A Little Serenade) #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 9, 1862 Hector Berlioz's opera "Beatrice et Benedict" premieres in #Baden-Baden, Germany #Opera #HectorBerlioz #BeatriceetBenedict #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 5, 1891 #World's #first traveler's cheques issued by American Express #AMX #TraverlerCheques

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 5, 1884 Cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island, New York City #StatueOfLiberty #Cornerstone #NYC

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 5, 1861 President Lincoln signs the first US personal income tax into law, imposing a 3% tax on incomes over $800 #PresidentLincoln #First #USIncomeTax

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 3, 1829 Gioachino Rossini's last and greatest opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) premieres at #SalleLePeletier in Paris #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Rossini #Opera #WilliamTell

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#OnThisDay August 2, 1947 Greek-American soprano Maria Callas makes her #Italian #debut in the title role of Amilcare Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" at the #Verona Arena #soprano #MariaCallas #AmilcarePonchielli #LaGioconda #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 30, 1965 Charles Ives's #composition "From the Steeples and the Mountains" premieres at #LincolnCenter, performed by the #NewYorkPhilharmonic more than 60 years after its composition #ClassicalMusic #MusicHistory #Composer #CharlesIves

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 30, 1905 US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes a secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura, agreeing to give Japan free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines #WilliamHowardTaft #secretagreement

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 28, 1976 #Tangshan Earthquake, 7.6 in magnitude, kills over 300,000 in northern China, the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century #Earthquake #7.6magnitude #NorthernChina #LargestLossLife

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𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 28, 1933 First singing telegram delivered to Rudy Vallée in New York City #First #Singing #Telegram #SingingTelegram #Delivered #RudyVallée #NYC

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#OnThisDay, July 26, 1882 Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal" premieres in #Bayreuth, #Germany #TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Wagner #Parsifal

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📆#OnThisDay, July 23, 1961 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first Black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival in #Germany, earning 42 curtain calls #TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #OperaSinger #GraceBumbry #BayreuthFeatival

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#OnThisDay 📆July 18, 1948 Emmerich Kálmán's dramatic #operetta #Marinka opens at #WinterGarden #Theater (later transferring to the #EthelBarrymore Theatre), #NYC; runs for 168 performances #EmmerichKálmán #TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📆July 17, 1717 George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" premieres repeatedly on a #barge cruising the River Thames in #London #TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Orchestral #Handel #WaterMusic #RiverThames

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#OnThisDay 📆July 16, 1782 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)" premieres in #Vienna with Mozart conducting #TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Mozart #Opera #DieEntführungausdemSerail #MozartConducting

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 14, - 1989 Jessye Norman sings #French #nationalanthem, La Marseillaise at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, to #celebrate200th anniversary of the #FrenchRevolution #Opera #Soprano #JessyeNorman #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#OnThisDay, July 13, 1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in #Vienna #VanMarcoCesti #Opera #IlPomod’Oro #AppleOrTomato #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistoey

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📆 #OnThisDay July 7, 1990 First 'Three Tenors' #concert featuring #PlácidoDomingo, #JoséCarreras and #LucianoPavarotti at Baths of #Caracalla in Rome; #recording becomes world's best-selling classical record #ThreeTenors #BestSelling #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 5, 1965 #Greek-American #soprano #MariaCallas makes her #final opera #stage #appearance in the title role of #Giacomo #Puccini's #Tosca at #ConventGarden, #London, England #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 4, 1831 America (My Country 'Tis of Thee) with #lyrics by #SamuelFrancisSmith has its first public performance at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts #America #MyCountryTisofThee #ParkStreet #Boston #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#OnThisDay July 1,1933 #Strauss and #vonHofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," #premieres at the #SemperoperOperaHouse in #Dresden, #Germany #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory #Opera #Arabella

𝒩𝒶𝓃𝒶🌱 @cko236.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#OnThisDay June 28, 1846 The saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax #AntoineJoseph #Patented #Saxophone #Adolphe #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusicHistory