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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 8h

The #EmpireMineStrike began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1950, to oppose pay #discrimination and #segregated housing. Eight months in, they were barred from picketing and their wives stepped in. After 15 months the company gave in. The 1954 film #SaltOfTheEarth documented the #strike.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 8h

Massive #CollectivePunishment was routine for British forces in the #AmericanRevolution, such as that on #ThisDayInHistory in 1775, when a squadron of the #RoyalNavy opened fire on the unresisting town of #Falmouth, #Massachusetts, burning 3/4 of it to the ground over two days.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 9h

The #SundayTimes published a front-page article on #ThisDayInHistory in 1971,detailing the #torture methods used by the British state's occupation forces in #NorthernIreland. This led to some practices being banned in 1972 though routine torture of prisoners continued until 1999.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 9h

#KeplersSupernova, a Type Ia #supernova, was observed by #JohannesKepler from #ThisDayInHistory in 1604, eight days after being recorded by #LodovicoDelleColombe. It was discussed in #Kepler's book #DeStellaNova and called a new star in the foot of the #constellation #Ophiuchus.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 10h

Calling all resistance to Western imperialism and racism "#terrorism" is dishonest, manipulative rhetoric. The war criminal #MargaretThatcher insisted on #ThisDayInHistory in 1987 that she could not meet with #SouthAfrica's #ANC (or the #IRA or #PLO) because they were terrorists.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 10h

The #1961ParisMassacre was #ThisDayInHistory, when the French state met an #Algerian #FLN protest with savage violence: ~200 people beaten to death & thrown in the river. The #police were led by #MauricePapon, a #Nazi collaborator & #WarCriminal who went unpunished for this act.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11h

The #1973OilCrisis, which began on #ThisDayInHistory, was a direct result of US and European foreign policy, specifically sending arms to Israel during the #1973War/#YomKippurWar. The #OPEC embargo saw global prices surge, but caused no change in the policies of Western powers.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1962, the #CubanMissileCrisis began. The US provoked the #USSR with an aggressive nuclear posture, later backing down and removing our missiles, but to this day US #propaganda has people believing the #Soviets the aggressor. The #ColdWar legacy is a curse.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

#Black runners #TommieSmith and #JohnCarlos raised fists in a #BlackPower salute on #ThisDayInHistory in 1968 at the #MexicoCityOlympics, protesting #racism. Widely hailed now as an iconic image, at the time it led to severe censure and the virtual end of their sporting careers.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

#JohnBrown and a dozen #abolitionists seized the armoury at #HarpersFerry on #ThisDayInHistory in 1859, hoping to arm a #slave uprising. Slavery never truly ended in the US, and all it takes for evil systems to flourish is for good people to do nothing. #JohnBrownDidNothingWrong

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Being yourself is a revolutionary act. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1854, the #Irish author #OscarWilde was born. Best known to-day for his plays, his sense of style, and being imprisoned for homosexuality, he was also a committed #anarchist and #socialist, and a superb social critic.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Monarchy and aristocracy are, by definition, crimes against humanity and should be opposed in the name of freedom. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1793, French Queen #MarieAntoinette was executed for high treason by the First Republic. Celebrate with a little cake..? 😉 #EatTheRich

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

With her civilian #OceanLiner service delayed by the outbreak of #WorldWarII, the #RMSQueenElizabeth of #Cunard Line, launched in 1938, finally commenced her proper maiden voyage on #ThisDayInHistory in 1946, having already steamed almost half a million miles as a troop ship.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Another #IDF #EthnicCleansing #WarCrime was seen in #Mhaibib/#Muhaibib, #Lebanon, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2024. Troops entered the village (which contained some ancient religious sites), drove out the population at gunpoint, rigged every house with explosives, & destroyed it all.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The #BlackPantherParty, a #socialist #antiracist group, was founded in #Oakland, CA, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1966 by #HueyPNewton & #BobbySeale. It operated health clinics and provided free food to children, scaring Washington into unleashing #COINTELPRO and killing its leaders.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#Pacifist #DavidMiller burned his #VietnamWar draft card on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965, He served two years in prison for his principled stand against #imperialism and exercising his #FirstAmendment right of protest. Thankfully the US ended conscription, sparing others his fate.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The #CassiniHuygens space probe to the #Saturn system, a joint project of #NASA, #ESA, & #ASI, launched from #CapeCanaveral, Florida, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1997. The #Huygens lander touched down on #Titan in 2005, and the highly successful #Cassini mission itself ended in 2017.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The #SalvadoranCivilWar began with a #coupdétat on #ThisDayInHistory in 1979 to overthrow #ElSalvador Pres. #CarlosHumbertoRomero. The twelve-year conflict killed 100,000 people, created over a million #refugees, and caused instability that has never fully ended for the country.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

A spiritual-intellectual descendant of #Nietzsche who shares his birthday, #MichelFoucault was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1926. The French philosopher and historian expanded Nietzsche's genealogical method and critique of #power, notably in 1975's seminal #DisciplineAndPunish.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Classical philologist & iconoclastic philosopher #FriedrichNietzsche was born in Röcken, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1844. Subject to crippling #migraine all his life, with a father who also died young & in agony, Nietzsche's work is a tribute to perseverance.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#ThomasSankara, revolutionary leader of #BurkinaFaso, was murdered in a #coup on #ThisDayInHistory in 1987 by #BlaiseCompaore, whose rule was deemed more acceptable by the #capitalist/#imperialist powers. He was finally convicted in 2022 for killing the Marxist leader and gaoled.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A full million #Canadians went out on a one-day #strike on #ThisDayInHistory in 1976 against widely-hated wage and price controls. PM #PierreTrudeau had broken a campaign pledge against such policies, and this #labour action forced the #Liberal government to end #WageControls.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1977, #Christian #bigot and anti-#LGBTQ campaigner #AnitaBryant got a pie to the face during a public appearance. Folding hate and judgement into Christian messaging is a betrayal of the #Gospel message. Actual love involves acceptance, not condemnation.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Building on what #RichardNixon had done, #RonaldReagan proclaimed another #WarOnDrugs on #ThisDayInHistory in 1982. These policies of #Prohibition only strengthen #cartels & criminals, but that is the point, as they allow expansion of the #PoliceState and racist #CarceralSlavery.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

During the US #RevolutionaryWar British forces sowed chaos by offering freedom to #Black slaves who joined the army. Facing a hard siege, #LordCornwallis betrayed this promise on #ThisDayInHistory in 1781, driving them from #Yorktown to be cut down by the Americans or reënslaved.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1066, #HaroldGodwinson, the last #Saxon king of England, may've taken an arrow in the eye at the #BattleOfHastings. A victorious #WilliamTheBastard rebranded himself #WilliamTheConqueror, launching centuries of #NormanFrench rule & this confusing language.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The most controversial of the #Fatimid sultans took power as an #Ismaili #caliph on #ThisDayInHistory in 996. #AlHakim, called the #MadCaliph, is infamous for his persecution of Jews and Christians, and for ordering the destruction of the #ChurchOfTheHolySepulchre in #Jerusalem.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The #QibyaMassacre was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1953. #IDF troops under #ArielSharon crossed into the #WestBank and shot up the village of #Qibya, killing 69 #Palestinians, two-thirds of whom were women & children. In the process they blew up the mosque, the school, and 45 houses.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The use of force against #union organizers has been normal for centuries and must be stopped. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1999 in #Guatemala, 200 hired thugs forced union leaders at a #DelMonte subsidiary to resign on threat of execution and to read a statement of surrender on radio.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#LaEscuelaModerna, the Modern School, was threatening enough to the state that its founder, Catalan radical #FrancescFerrer, was executed by Spain on #ThisDayInHistory in 1909 on trumped-up charged. His #anarchist approach to #education dropped force and gained excellent results.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#MargaretThatcher, one of the United Kingdom's most destructive and incompetent prime ministers, was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, #England. Her terms in office lowered British #LivingStandards, raised #poverty, and wrecked the #SocialContract.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The #RomanEmperor #Claudius died of poison on #ThisDayInHistory in 54, likely at the instigation of his fourth wife, who sought to ensure the succession of her son by a prior marriage, #Nero. The new emperor killed his step-brother & rival #Britannicus, Claudius's biological son.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The revival of a spoken #Hebrew language is an unprecedented accomplishment and helped make the #Zionist project of colonial dispossession possible. The first known conversation in the reconstructed tongue was #ThisDayInHistory in 1881 between #EliezerBenYehuda and some friends.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The first recorded #strike in history began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1157 BCE during the reign of Pharaoh #RamesesIII of #Egypt. Workers whose pay (in kind/food) was 18 days late stopped work and demanded food. The next day they protested in #Thebes until they were finally paid.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

In another #WarCrime during the UK's brief, and little remembered, war in #Vietnam, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945 her troops shelled a #Buddhist temple, killing 100 of those hiding inside, justifying the destruction of a cultural site to kill the #VietMinh #FreedomFighters inside.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The first #ColumbusDay was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1792, his anniversary of arrival on the #JulianCalendar. #ChristopherColumbus was a monster and he no more deserves a holiday than #Hitler or the #KKK. Yes, I'm one of those lefties #Trump accuses of trying to "destroy his name".

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#RentStrikes work in the absence of state violence. Tenants in #PanamaCity, organized in the Liga de Inquilinos y Subsistencia, withheld rent, and on #ThisDayInHistory in 1925 #police killed four. The next day US, troops occupied the city, killing two more & breaking the #strike.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The first orbital #spaceflight with a multi-person crew (three cosmonauts) and without the need for pressure suits, #Voskhod1, was launched by the #SovietUnion on #ThisDayInHistory in 1964, showing once again that its #StateCapitalist economy could innovate at a very rapid pace.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1972, the #USNavy tolerated a virtual #lynching by angry white racists aboard aircraft carrier #USSKittyHawk. #Black sailors responded to multiple #racist attacks by arming themselves and fighting back, and of course only they were punished for the affair.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#DesmondDoss was the first #ConscientiousObjector to receive a US #MedalOfHonor, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945. The #SeventhDayAdventist combat medic is credited with saving between 75 & 100 lives during the #BattleOfOkinawa, and was the subject of the 2016 film #HacksawRidge.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The first #Oktoberfest was held in #Munich/#München on #ThisDayInHistory in 1810 to celebrate a dynastic marriage between Louis of #Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. It has since become a global phenomenon where people gather in biergartens to drink lagers and dance.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#USSCole, an #ArleighBurke-class destroyer of the #USNavy, was damaged in a suicide attack by #alQaeda on #ThisDayInHistory in 2000. The vessel was refueling in #Yemen when a small boat pulled up and exploded, killing 17 crew & wounding 39 while blowing a large hole in the hull.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The #GentlemensAgreement of 1907 was a response to orders given #ThisDayInHistory in 1906 to #segregate students of #Japanese origin in #SanFrancisco. For easing the #racist restrictions on those already in the country the US government forced Japan to prevent further emigration.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The #MorantBayRebellion in #Jamaica began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1865. Though #slavery had been abolished in 1834, little care was given for the poverty of the freedmen, who suffered devastating epidemics. #MartialLaw was used to stop the protests, with 400 #Black people killed.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A probable #SlaveRebellion for #ThisDayInHistory in 1735 on the British sugar colony of #Antigua was aborted at the last minute. When discovered (via torture), authorities exacted a horrifying toll, killing 88, many being burnt alive & others gibbeted, hung by the hands for days.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#AnitaHill delivered her testimony in the #Senate confirmation hearing for #ClarenceThomas on #ThisDayInHistory in 1991. She described his #SexualHarassment in great detail and passed a #polygraph test. #JoeBiden made a crooked deal and blocked four other women from testifying.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Following a successful siege, the #SackOfWexford commenced on #ThisDayInHistory in 1649, with the #NewModelArmy of #OliverCromwell again showing its brutality in #Ireland, with thousands massacred, priests included. Cromwell's only regret was that the troops also looted the city.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The #SecondVaticanCouncil, the #CatholicChurch's 21st ecumenical council, opened on #ThisDayInHistory in 1962. Spanning the papacies of #JohnXXIII and #PaulVI, it finally removed the dogma of collective Jewish guilt for deicide, and shifted the #RomanRite to vernacular languages.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The #DukeOfWindsor, the abdicated #EdwardVIII, began #ThisDayInHistory in 1937 a 12-day tour of #NaziGermany. He made his sympathy for #Nazism and #AdolfHitler plain, and had a long private meeting with the Führer. The #MarburgFiles later revealed active collusion with the Nazis.

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD @liamomaraiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pres. #DwightDEisenhower apologized to Finance Minister #KomlaAgbeliGbedemah of #Ghana on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, since the latter had been refused service in a #HowardJohnson's restaurant in #Dover, #Delaware, due to the USA's reprehensible & widespread #JimCrow #segregation.

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