crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 hours ago375 years ago today, René Descartes, a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, died. He is widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-link375 years ago today, René Descartes, a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, died. He is widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square2fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 hours ago95 years ago today, Mary Quant, a British fashion designer and icon, was born. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link95 years ago today, Mary Quant, a British fashion designer and icon, was born. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day ago670 years ago today, a tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-link670 years ago today, a tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day ago75 years ago today, Mark Spitz, an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion, was born. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link75 years ago today, Mark Spitz, an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion, was born. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day ago20 years ago today, Arthur Miller, an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link20 years ago today, Arthur Miller, an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-23 days ago75 years ago today, Frank McNamara and his attorney, Ralph Schneider, founded Diners Club International, the first independent payment card company in the world, with $1.5 million in initial capital.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link75 years ago today, Frank McNamara and his attorney, Ralph Schneider, founded Diners Club International, the first independent payment card company in the world, with $1.5 million in initial capital.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days ago300 years ago today, Peter the Great died. He was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link300 years ago today, Peter the Great died. He was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days ago20 years ago today, Hatun Sürücü, a Kurdish-Turkish woman living in Germany, was murdered at the age of 23 in Berlin, by her youngest brother, in an honor killing and sororicide.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-link20 years ago today, Hatun Sürücü, a Kurdish-Turkish woman living in Germany, was murdered at the age of 23 in Berlin, by her youngest brother, in an honor killing and sororicide.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days ago25 years ago today, the album Supreme Clientele by the rapper Ghostface Killah from NY was releasedplus-squarefeddit.nlimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1image25 years ago today, the album Supreme Clientele by the rapper Ghostface Killah from NY was releasedplus-squarefeddit.nlcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago80 years ago today, Bob Marley, a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, Bob Marley, a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago185 years ago today, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. It is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand, its constitution, and its national mythos.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link185 years ago today, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. It is a document of central importance to the history of New Zealand, its constitution, and its national mythos.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square2fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago160 years ago today, Finland established its modern system of secular municipalities, separate from church parishes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link160 years ago today, Finland established its modern system of secular municipalities, separate from church parishes.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days ago20 years ago today, Michalina Wisłocka, a Polish gynecologist, sexologist, and author of Sztuka kochania, died. It was the first guide to sexual life in a communist country.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link20 years ago today, Michalina Wisłocka, a Polish gynecologist, sexologist, and author of Sztuka kochania, died. It was the first guide to sexual life in a communist country.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days ago55 years ago today, Gabrielle Anwar, a British-American actress, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down12
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link55 years ago today, Gabrielle Anwar, a British-American actress, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-27 days ago470 years ago today, because he opposed Catholicism, John Rogers was burned at the stake as the first English Protestant executed for heresy under the reign of Mary I.plus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1image470 years ago today, because he opposed Catholicism, John Rogers was burned at the stake as the first English Protestant executed for heresy under the reign of Mary I.plus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days ago80 years ago today, the Yalta Conference started. It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the US, the UK and the USSR to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, the Yalta Conference started. It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the US, the UK and the USSR to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago30 years ago today, in mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link30 years ago today, in mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square3fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago35 years ago today, state president of South Africa F. W. De Klerk unbanned the ANC and other illegal organisations and announced the beginning of formal negotiations for a peaceful settlement.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, state president of South Africa F. W. De Klerk unbanned the ANC and other illegal organisations and announced the beginning of formal negotiations for a peaceful settlement.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago300 years ago today, J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link300 years ago today, J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago90 years ago today, Leonarde Keeler conducted the first use of his invention, the Keeler Polygraph—otherwise known as the lie detector.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down12
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link90 years ago today, Leonarde Keeler conducted the first use of his invention, the Keeler Polygraph—otherwise known as the lie detector.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
