Today in History

A side project of @WorldHistory101

[pourmecoffee @pourmecoffee]

Deciding whether your tweet is limitworthy.

[Today in History @HistoryForToday]

@ABC Rate limits will make Twitter less enjoyable for most users, who will spend less time on the site and be reluctant to even look at (much less follow) new accounts. The Twitter experience has fundamentally changed.

[Today in History @HistoryForToday]

@AP Rate limits will make Twitter less enjoyable for most users, who will spend less time on the site and be reluctant to even look at (much less follow) new accounts. The Twitter experience has fundamentally changed.

How this is going to bring advertisers back is a mystery to me.

[Today in History @HistoryForToday]

Rate limits will make Twitter less enjoyable for most users, who will spend less time on the site and be reluctant to even look at (much less follow) new accounts. The Twitter experience has fundamentally changed.

How this is going to bring advertisers back is a mystery to me.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Twitter began limiting how many posts users can read each day, an unusual move that came as Elon Musk says he is fighting companies trying to use the platform's data for developing AI programs https://t.co/16Yu2otGJm

[World History 101 @WorldHistory101]

Time To Say Goodbye

https://t.co/Moi5mc3f9D

[Today in History @HistoryForToday]

"Under the new limits, verified accounts will be limited to reading 6,000 posts per day while unverified accounts will have access to 600 tweets per day." https://t.co/ELXTMQgNim

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

#OTD in 1967, Robert H. Lawrence was chosen for the MOL program: the first African-American selected as an astronaut for a U.S. space program. Tragically, he was killed in an accident before going to space.

More about Lawrence's legacy: https://t.co/0h9bHsQFfU

📸 @usairforce

[LambethPalaceLibrary @lampallib]

Today is the Feast Day of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. This finely decorated initial from the early 15th century Chicheley Breviary shows the saints with their traditional attributes - Peter holds a key and Paul a sword. [MS 69] #FeastDay

[alex kershaw @kershaw_alex]

Eighty years ago today, Third Infantry Division commander, Lucian Truscott, one of the finest US generals of WWII, makes final preparations for the invasion of Sicily. The liberation of Europe is about to begin. @WWIIMemorial #AgainstAllOdds

[JFK Library Foundation @JFKLibraryFdn]

Said 60 years ago today on June 28, 1963 in front of the Oireachtas Éireann. President Kennedy was the 1st foreign leader to address the Irish Parliament.

Listen: https://t.co/MUplhy6eQ3

[LBJ Library @LBJLibrary]

#OnThisDay (06/28/1941): #LBJ, who was running against W. Lee O'Daniel for a #Senate position, speaks with voters on #ElectionDay in Johnson City, TX.

LBJ ended up losing the election, but would go on to narrowly win the same Senate seat vacated by O'Daniel seven years later.

[Dustin Fitzharris @TheDustinFitz]

55 years ago today, #ArethaFranklin appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

“She does not seem to be performing so much as bearing witness to a reality so simple and compelling that she could not possibly fake it.” - Time

[U.S. National Archives @USNatArchives]

#OTD in 2007, a triumphant moment for American wildlife as the #BaldEagle, our national symbol, soared off the Endangered Species list. This event was a testament to conservation efforts and the resilient spirit of these birds. 🦅

https://t.co/tI2aC6qwur

[National Museum USAF @AFmuseum]

The 1st successful aerial refueling took place #OTD 1923 when a DH-4B carrying Lts. Virgil Hine & Frank W. Seifert passed gasoline through a hose to another DH-4B flying beneath it carrying Lts. Lowell H. Smith & John P. Richter.

https://t.co/k1LoacEa1B

[JFK Library Foundation @JFKLibraryFdn]

60 years ago: a homecoming.

After delivering his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, JFK flew to Ireland for a 4 day visit. On June 27, 1963, he and his sisters Eunice and Jean visited the Kennedy Family Homestead, where their great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy was born.

#JFK60

[World History 101 @WorldHistory101]

On June 26, 1974, the UPC barcode was scanned for the first time to sell a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum. http://t.co/wnIfRpGAlq

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

#OTD in 1942, the Grumman F6F Hellcat flew for the first time. The F6F would become the most successful Navy fighter of WWII, with Hellcat pilots claiming 5,163 victories and a 19:1 kill-to-loss ratio.

[Center for Brooklyn History @brooklynhistory]

Happy Birthday to the Cyclone, which opened on this day in 1927! This wooden beauty was designated as New York City landmark in 1988 and continues to delight generations of New Yorkers.
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[Cyclone], circa 1955, V1973.4.1456.11; Postcard collection, Center for Brooklyn HIstory