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Farhad<p>On Apr. 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exile troops, armed and trained by the CIA, with U.S. air and naval support, launched an <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> at the Bay of Pigs with the intention of toppling Cuba's revolutionary government. Most of the invaders were captured or killed.</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=BayofPigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayofPigs</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americas</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=RegimeChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegimeChange</span></a></p>
FarhadOne of the most iconic pictures of <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Sweden?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sweden</a> from 1985. The polish woman, the daughter of a jewish holocaust survivor attacked the <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/skinheads?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skinheads</a> in Växjö not knowing her action become in icon of anti fascism around the world<br> Today, 20% of people vote for the neonazi party in the country and they are the second largest party in the country! <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/AntiFar?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFar</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/TIH?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIH</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a>
Farhadfrom the post of Jewish Voice for Peace‬ ‪<a class="u-url mention" href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/‪@jvp.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@‪@jvp.bsky.social</a>‬:<br> Words from <a class="u-url mention" href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/theimeu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theimeu</a>: <br> <br> Today marks 77 years since the massacre of Deir Yassin, an atrocity that came to define the <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Nakba?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nakba</a>, the ethnic cleansing of <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Palestine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> in 1948 to establish the state of <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Israel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> on stolen Palestinian land.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Genocide?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Gaza?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/History?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/TIH?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIH</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/NeverForget?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeverForget</a>
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 7 Jan 1779: Quebec Gazette announced a new subscription for a public library at Ville de Québec—the 1st public library estab. in what is now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. Some books were bought from local members of the public, but most were brought over from Europe. By 1788, the library held 2000 volumes. Despite loss of many books in a 1854 fire, the library’s 1866 catalogue listed 6990 vols in its collections. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnHist</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookhistodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookhistodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span></p>
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD<p>According to the chronicler Froissart, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 1 Jan 1387, Charles II, King of Navarre, suffering from illness, was ordered by his physician to be tightly sewn into a linen sheet soaked in distilled spirits. The sheet caught fire; the king later died of his injuries. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeirdHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Farhad<p><strong>How a massacre of Algerians in Paris was covered up 17 October 1961</strong></p><p><br>Around 30,000 Algerians had taken to the streets of Paris in a peaceful protest against a curfew, and calling for independence nearly seven years into the war against French rule in North Africa, which had occasionally spilled onto the streets of the French capital.</p><p>On 17 October 1961, the police killed at least 100 protesters, some of whom were thrown into the River Seine, making it one of the darkest pages of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>'s chequered colonial <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Algeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algeria</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Occupation</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=PoliceMurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceMurder</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58927939" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bbc.com/news/world-africa-5892…</a></p>
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 27 May 2019: Leslie Weir was appointed Librarian &amp; Archivist of Canada; she is the first woman to hold this role.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnBookHist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnBookHist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookhistodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookhistodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 12 Sep 1605: Happy birthday to Sir William Dugdale (d. 10 Feb 1686), English antiquary and herald, influential in the development of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> as an academic subject. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heraldry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heraldry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiquarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiquarianism</span></a> <br>Also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 12 Sep 1940: Cave paintings are discovered in Grotte de Lascaux, France. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookhistodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookhistodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 11 Sep 1942: Death of Adriano Cappelli (b. 1859), Italian archivist &amp; palaeographer at Parma State Archives, best known for his Lexicon Abbreviaturarum—a dictionary of c.14,000 abbreviations from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedievalManuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedievalManuscripts</span></a>. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palaeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manuscripts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookhistodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookhistodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medievodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medievodons</span></a></span></p>