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HistoryFaces [https://t.co/uA3WUtPCJL] remembers the birth of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, 12/18/1863. His assassination triggered the events that began WWI. But, there is a love story before the death scene. #OTD#franzferdinand#sophiechotek

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Howard Hughes (HF Series 3) piloted Orville Wright’s last airplane flight. The front page including the article about the event and a clipping are attached. #OTD#wrightbrothers

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bazooka attack. Attached are front pages from LA, Cincinnati, & NY's Daily News. A review of many news articles shows the majority mention Guevara sporting a beard. BTW... Per the NY Times, 3 foes of Castro were arrested on 12/23/1964 for a bazooka attack little remembered today.

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“dispirited remnant was not known... So far Sherman has done no harm, except to individuals & the railroads. The Augusta and Atlanta road will be in running order within 30 days." He was wrong. #OTD#Shermansmarch

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of literature & honor & dignity... for the general benefit of youth in the U.S.” In 1785, Webster Traveled to Virginia, introducing himself to Washington 5/19/1785. Virginia’s copyright statute became law on 1/7/`786. Webster went to Maryland & Delaware. #OTD#noahwebster

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HistoryFaces [https://t.co/uA3WUtPCJL] remembers 12/6/1912, when German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt discovered the bust of Series 1’s Nefertiti in the workshop of Thutmose. She likely played an important role in changing Egyptian religion to a form of... #OTDnefertiti

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“a young Negro girl, who, was but a few years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa... under the disadvantage of serving as a slave... She has been examined by some of the best judges, and is thought qualified to write them." #OTD#philliswheatley

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individuals & ...as such, is potentially the greatest threat to efforts by authorities to neutralize the BPP & destroy what it stands for.” Attached: FBI list of North Carolina BPP free programs. #OTD#blackpantherparty

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For the story of Dickens’ visit to Philadelphia (my hometown) during his 1842 tour of the U.S., check out our Dickens Blog #1: https://t.co/7YBf5Q8Qga…. Did you know Poe and Dickens got together? Check out this Poe blog: https://t.co/YeI1wmbU2J. #OTD#CharlesDickens

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Conrad knew only a few words of English when he arrived in England in 6/1887. He shipped out as a seaman in 10/1887, serving 16 years in the British merchant navy. DYK? All of Conrad’s novels take place in colonies of empires other than the British Empire. #OTD#josephconrad

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HF [https://t.co/uA3WUtPCJL] salutes Series 3’s Dr. Mary Edward Walker, the only female winner of the Medal of Honor (as of now), on her birthday 11/26/1832. A fighter for gender equity arrested more than once for impersonating a man, because of what she wore. #OTD#marywalker

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Needless to say there are more rational... ways of dealing with the drug problem.” And, almost 40 years later, we are still looking for one. #OTD#CarrieNation#temperance

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because... I don’t think I would have been too much of a match for him. But anyway, that fistfight was averted."

Future thread: When "Bobby Met Jimmy (Hoffa)," about their confrontation during Hoffa’s Senate testimony in 1957 [https://t.co/mAn1hdDTAT…]. #OTD#RFK#RoyCohn

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HistoryFaces [https://t.co/uA3WUtPCJL] remembers Series 2’s Emma Lazarus, American poet & activist, who died 11/18/1887. She is best known for the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty’s base, 1883’s The New Colossus, which suddenly became newsworthy in 2019... #OTD#emmalazarus

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@ChesterArthur My condolences for the loss of yourself

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Anthony died in 1906. On 8/18/1920, the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote was ratified. #OTD#susanbanthony

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Carmichael became a fiery activist, best known for popularizing "Black Power." Hounded by the FBI & CIA, he moved to Africa in 1969 & became Kwame Ture, after Kwame Nkrumah & Sékou Touré, 1st President of Guinea, where Ture died. DYK?... #OTD #kwameture#stokelycarmichael

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HistoryFaces [https://t.co/uA3WUtPCJL] remembers Series 1’s Kwame Ture (AKA: Stokely Carmichael) who died 11/15/1998. Working for SNCC in 1965, he registered so many African Americans to vote in Lowndes County they outnumbered the White vote. #OTD #kwameture#stokelycarmichae

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...an odd book, professing to be a novel... [Melville should be] more careful to maintain the fame he so rapidly acquired, & not waste his strength on such purposeless & unequal doings as these rambling volumes about spermaceti whales-London Literary Gazette#OTD#Melville#MobyDick

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@ChesterArthur As would the real Chet Arthur