Published #OnThisDay 20th October 1979:

An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6227/

#SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews #IrishHistory #IrishPolitics #OTD

Mathematician & inventor Charles Babbage died #OTD in 1871.

Babbage is considered by some to be "father of the computer". He is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine, programmed using a principle openly borrowed from the Jacquard loom.

Books by Babbage at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/556

#books #mathematics

"The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is or has been is but the twilight of the dawn."
The Discovery of the Future (1901)

Herbert George Wells died #OTD in 1946. Prolific in many genres, he wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. via @wikipedia

Books by H.G. Wells at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30

#books #literature

48 years ago today
Talking Heads stage debut at CBGB supporting the Ramones.

Again the beginning of a great career, which was clearly promoted in the CBGB

#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #newwave #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Know your history: #OTD in 1921, an out-of-control white mob in #Tulsa, Oklahoma murdered hundreds of Black people, then successfully suppressed or removed references to the massacre for decades:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/1921-tulsa-race-riot/

Chien-Shiung Wu, who obtained experimental proof of parity violation in weak nuclear decay, was born #OTD in 1912. Her 1956 experiment involving the decay of Cobalt-60 confirmed that the weak interaction does not respect what many had assumed was a fundamental symmetry of nature.

33 years ago today, girl power at the Bowery 🔥👊💥

L7 and Lunachicks at CBGB, May 25, 1990.

Photos by Chris Boarts Larson.

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #cbgb #lunachicks #L7 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

🖤 Remembering Jeffrey Ross Hyman aka Joey Ramone, born on this day in 1951, Forest Hills. 🖤

Photo by Danny Fields

#punk #punks #punkrock #joeyramone #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

44 years ago today
Jimmy Jimmy is the third single by the Northern Irish band The Undertones, released on this day in 1979 and was also included on the band's self-titled debut album

#punk #punks #punkrock #theundertones #jimmyjimmy #history #punkrockhistory #otd

In memory of Christopher Bailey, Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, co-founder and lead singer of the punk rock band The Saints, died a year ago at the age of 65 in Haarlem. #RipChrisBailey

#punk #punkrock #thesaints #ChrisBailey #history #punkrockhistory #otd