Daryl

Friend. Lover of education and people. Disabled veteran. History fanatic with a decent sized library. Open discussion without hate.

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June 4th, 1989.
Students filled Tiananmen Square asking to be heard.
The Chinese government's answer was tanks.
Hundreds dead. True number still unknown.
35 years later China is still trying to erase this day.
They haven't. 🧵 #history #historyunbuttoned #freedom

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June 3, 1965.
Ed White opened a hatch a hundred miles above Earth and floated into nothing.
One tether. A handheld zip gun. 17,000 mph.
When they ordered him back inside he called it the saddest moment of his life. 🧵 #history #onthisday #historyunbuttoned

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💬 She became Queen at 25. Never asked for it. Never quit. Twelve prime ministers. Seventy years. Drop a 🎩 if you respected her.

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June 2nd, 1953.
A 27 year old woman sat in Westminster Abbey.
Twenty seven million people watched on television.
It was the first coronation ever broadcast to the world.
She served for seventy years.
Happy 73rd anniversary of the coronation. 🎩 #QueenElizabeth #HistoryUnbuttoned #OTD

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A Soviet officer questions the sheer absurdity of a reported American missile attack consisting of only five missiles. The strategy behind such a limited strike is deeply perplexing. #ColdWar #MilitaryHistory

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The CIA's Acoustic Kitty project gave cats spy tech for missions. Tragically, the program ended abruptly during its first deployment due to an unforeseen accident. #CIA #Espionage #History

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Reply to Post 2:A few things most people get wrong about Marilyn Monroe:
Her real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson.
She held the rights to her own production company at a time when no actress did.
Her IQ was tested at one hundred sixty-three.
She was more than the icon they made her. 🎩
🎩 More history daily — https://t.co/xVHRo3kNzd 🔗 https://t.co/bUaOcXvIyH ☕ https://t.co/jPJb6crpT6

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June 1st, 1926.
A girl named Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles.
She grew up in foster homes.
No stable family. No safety net. No guarantee of anything.
Today is her 100th birthday.
You know her by a different name. 🎩 #MarilynMonroe #HistoryUnbuttoned #OTd

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She taught herself to become the most photographed woman in the world.
The studios tried to control her. She studied acting anyway.
They saw a pretty face. She was reading Dostoevsky at home.
Presence may draw attention. Discipline turns talent into legacy.
Get ready to ride this timeline. 🎩

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Health permitting and following a conversation with my doctor, I will be heading to Montana from June 16th through July 1st to visit my son and my best friend, and to attend MisCon.
Daily facts will continue dropping while I am away, along with a few videos. Fair warning though — the first few days of content may look a little different. I was experimenting with some new approaches and not all of them landed the way I hoped. Bear with me on those.
Your support means everything. Love you all!! #historyunbuttoned

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@TodayinHistory I want to start making videos based off of all the people on it that i can find! <3

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@MedievalScholar The Shroud of Turin! If it existed, which I believe it did! Without a doubt thats my choice! I love your choice though! What a cool piece of history.

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Boston's Great Molasses Flood: A disaster of unimaginable scale. Thick, sticky molasses surged through streets, trapping victims and highlighting urgent industrial safety concerns. #BostonHistory #Disaster

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Survived Hiroshima.
Got on a train home.
Home was Nagasaki.
Second bomb dropped three days later.
Survived that too.
This is not fiction. This happened. 🎩 #HistoryUnbuttoned #WWII

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Reply to Post 2:🎩 More history daily — https://t.co/iFIHLJQfys 🔗 https://t.co/3Bvu5hHF7n ☕ Support the channel: https://t.co/aj5K5XrMqi

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May 31, 1889.
The South Fork Dam had been failing for years.
Engineers warned about it. People wrote letters about it. Nobody fixed it.
That morning, it collapsed.
A wall of water 40 feet high hit Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 🌊 #JohnstownFlood #HistoryUnbuttoned #OTD

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2,200 dead in less than 10 minutes.
The dam was owned by a private club of Pittsburgh's wealthiest men, Andrew Carnegie among them.
Not a single one was ever held legally responsible.
Ignoring known risks can turn neglect into catastrophe. Get ready to ride this timeline.

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A 19-year-old girl stood in a square in Rouen, France.
They called her a heretic. They burned her at the stake.
She never recanted. Not once.
🔥⚔️ #JoanOfArc #HistoryUnbuttoned #OTD

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May 30, 1431. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at 19 years old. Condemned for heresy. Later exonerated. Later canonized. The people who silenced her didn't outlast her. Get ready to ride this timeline! 🔥⚔️ #HistoryUnbuttoned #JoanOfArc #OTD

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@TodayinHistory It is insane to think that they did it with what little gear they had!!

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@TodayinHistory I wish we could have been there to see what these things looked like. The image generated is beautiful and at least gives us an idea!