⚡️ Russian state TV interrupted by "No War" protest.
During the “Vremya” news program on Russia’s main TV channel, Maria Ovsyannikova, a Channel One employee, rushed in front of the camera with a poster saying “stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda.”
We know we haven’t posted in a few weeks. We have been catching up on some personal things in life. And have had some recent technical difficulties (no surprise there😹) We will be back to posting soon. We promise!
56 years ago today, during the Gemini IV mission, my dear friend Ed White made history, becoming the first American to conduct a spacewalk. I will never forget him and how his many contributions to our nation's space program helped propel us forward, especially to the Moon.
246 years ago today, Paul Revere started his ride Boston to Lexington Massachusetts to warn the revolutionist that British troops were in their way. By yelling “the regulars are coming” #historypodcast#historytweet#OnThisDay
It’s #JackieRobinsonDay – 74 years ago he broke the modern era color barrier in major league baseball. Honor him with a donation to his living legacy @JRFoundation: https://t.co/7mfD6MYnr4
“I played hard, and always to win.”
-Jackie Robinson
13 April 1903 | Czech Jewish woman Olga Freundová was born in #Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943.
She did not survive.
Hedy Lamarr really was something else.
"The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest."
If you think selfies are a modern phenomenon, check these: a British paratrooper snapped a few pictures of himself while parachuting in 1944.
It was a request made by photographer Haywood Magee, who was assigned by a magazine to shoot a story on British paratroopers.
Today is the 112th anniversary of the NAACP. In 1909 a group of African American leaders joined together to form a civil rights organization to combat racial violence. They chose Feb 12 1909 because it was Abraham Lincoln’s 100th B-day. #BHM#historypodcast
31 years ago today on February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela walked free from a Cape Town South Africa Jail after decades in prison for fighting apartheid. #BlackHistoryMonth#ripmadiba