#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1055, Theodora Porphyrogenita is proclaimed sole 'emperor' of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her sister Zoë. The sisters had previously ruled the empire - the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe - together.
#RegnantWomen #History #ByzantianHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1055, Theodora Porphyrogenita is proclaimed sole 'emperor' of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her sister Zoë. The sisters had previously ruled the empire - the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe - together.
#RegnantWomen #History #ByzantianHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
So, jetzt mal ehrlich: Wie findet ihr unseren Recruiting-Rap für das #histocamp26? 😹 Den ganzen Track und wie ihr mitmachen könnt, gibt's hier: https://www.openhistory.de/feuer-und-flamme-fuers-histocamp/ #histodons
RE: https://chaos.social/@openhistory_eV/115458380474990197
Apropos Geschichte und KI: Dazu wird es unsererseits am 9.2., 16-18 Uhr, einen Online-Termin im Rahmen unserer Reihe #histojob geben, für den wir @SebastianK als Gast gewinnen konnten.
Titel der Veranstaltung: "Skynet Macht Geschichte - Zukunft KI?"
Weitere Infos mit Link zum Meeting folgen demnächst!
#geschichte #ki #wisskomm #Geschichtswissenschaft #histodons #skynet
cc @phako
So, jetzt mal ehrlich: Wie findet ihr unseren Recruiting-Rap für das #histocamp26? 😹 Den ganzen Track und wie ihr mitmachen könnt, gibt's hier: https://www.openhistory.de/feuer-und-flamme-fuers-histocamp/ #histodons
RE: https://chaos.social/@openhistory_eV/115458380474990197
Apropos Geschichte und KI: Dazu wird es unsererseits am 9.2., 16-18 Uhr, einen Online-Termin im Rahmen unserer Reihe #histojob geben, für den wir @SebastianK als Gast gewinnen konnten.
Titel der Veranstaltung: "Skynet Macht Geschichte - Zukunft KI?"
Weitere Infos mit Link zum Meeting folgen demnächst!
#geschichte #ki #wisskomm #Geschichtswissenschaft #histodons #skynet
cc @phako
#OnThisDay, 9 Jan 1998, Dr Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, held talks with loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison in an effort to continue the peace talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement.
Archive news: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0108/931726-mo-mowlam-visits-maze
#OnThisDay, 9 Jan 1998, Dr Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, held talks with loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison in an effort to continue the peace talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement.
Archive news: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0108/931726-mo-mowlam-visits-maze
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1816, mathematician Sophie Germain wins the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman supreme court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.
Hortense Sparks Ward, Hattie Leah Henenberg and Ruth Virginia Brazzil are appointed to hear a case involving the “Woodmen of the World” fraternal association.
The fraternity counted most judges and attorneys in the state as members. This meant the men had to recuse themselves: appointing women avoided conflict of interest.
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman supreme court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.
Hortense Sparks Ward, Hattie Leah Henenberg and Ruth Virginia Brazzil are appointed to hear a case involving the “Woodmen of the World” fraternal association.
The fraternity counted most judges and attorneys in the state as members. This meant the men had to recuse themselves: appointing women avoided conflict of interest.
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1816, mathematician Sophie Germain wins the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.
Perey was a student of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.
#WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
In the 1930s, she'd sung at the Lincoln Memorial in DC after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall due to her race.
Listen to her sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_5ZEtM_fQ
Learn more about her: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInMusic #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
In the 1930s, she'd sung at the Lincoln Memorial in DC after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall due to her race.
Listen to her sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68_5ZEtM_fQ
Learn more about her: https://carvehername.org.uk/eight-famous-women-singers/
#WomenInMusic #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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