#OnThisDay, 24 Feb 1968, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - along with her male supervisor and three other men - published a paper confirming the discovery of pulsars. She had built the array, picked up the signal and argued it was not an anomaly. Hewish received the Nobel prize for it in 1974: Bell Burnell did not.

In 2018 Bell Burnell received a £3m prize for her work. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 24 Feb 1968, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - along with her male supervisor and three other men - published a paper confirming the discovery of pulsars. She had built the array, picked up the signal and argued it was not an anomaly. Hewish received the Nobel prize for it in 1974: Bell Burnell did not.

In 2018 Bell Burnell received a £3m prize for her work. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

A trio of striking, non-native geese.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/16015636814/in/album-72157648687426934

#OTD 2/23/2015 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more)

A trio of striking, non-native geese.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/16015636814/in/album-72157648687426934

#OTD 2/23/2015 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more)

#OnThisDay, 23 Feb 1965, Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough President, the first woman to hold the office. She had been a state senator, and would go on to be a federal judge.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 23 Feb 1965, Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough President, the first woman to hold the office. She had been a state senator, and would go on to be a federal judge.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

47 years ago today
Sex Pistols released the soundtrack album, The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle, February 23, 1979

It features the singles "C’mon Everybody," "Something Else," "Silly Thing," and "The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle."

#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

Aus Anlass seines heutigen Geburtstages – Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (Frédéric François Chopin, auch Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen):
Lang Lang — Chopin, “Raindrop” Prelude on the Steinway & Sons Spirio | r
Der Steinway-Künstler Lang Lang spielt Frédéric Chopins Präludium in Des-Dur, Op. 28: Nr. 15 „Raindrop“ auf dem Steinway & Sons Spirio | r, dem weltweit besten hochauflösenden Selbstspielklavier, das Live-Aufführungen aufzeichnen und wiedergeben kann.
Chopin ließ sich zu „Raindrop“ von einem Tagtraum inspirieren, den er am Klavier in einem Kloster auf Mallorca hatte. Laut George Sand, die den Komponisten aus seinen Träumereien riss, als sie während eines Gewitters ins Kloster zurückkehrte, sah sich der Komponist in einem See ertrinken, während schwere Wassertropfen in regelmäßigem Rhythmus auf seine Brust fielen.“
#Klassik
#classicalmusic
#OTD
https://fediserve.de/preview.php?v=R2d2spnXyLA

Aus Anlass seines heutigen Geburtstages – Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (Frédéric François Chopin, auch Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen):
Lang Lang — Chopin, “Raindrop” Prelude on the Steinway & Sons Spirio | r
Der Steinway-Künstler Lang Lang spielt Frédéric Chopins Präludium in Des-Dur, Op. 28: Nr. 15 „Raindrop“ auf dem Steinway & Sons Spirio | r, dem weltweit besten hochauflösenden Selbstspielklavier, das Live-Aufführungen aufzeichnen und wiedergeben kann.
Chopin ließ sich zu „Raindrop“ von einem Tagtraum inspirieren, den er am Klavier in einem Kloster auf Mallorca hatte. Laut George Sand, die den Komponisten aus seinen Träumereien riss, als sie während eines Gewitters ins Kloster zurückkehrte, sah sich der Komponist in einem See ertrinken, während schwere Wassertropfen in regelmäßigem Rhythmus auf seine Brust fielen.“
#Klassik
#classicalmusic
#OTD
https://fediserve.de/preview.php?v=R2d2spnXyLA

#OTD 30 years ago the Space Shuttle mission STS-75 launched. It carried the peculiar Tethered Satellite System as its main experiment and was the first space mission where a #Linux based computer was used in space. I remember it well because I saw the launch; my father was part of the ground crew and brought us over to the US with him. It was a memorable experience that filled teenage-me with awe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-75

40 years ago 😩
The Dead Kennedys played their last concert with Jello Biafra at UC Davis' Freeborn Hall, February 21, 1986

DEAD KENNEDYS POLICE TRUCK LIVE Brixton Ace, London, England 1982

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory #otd

40 years ago 😩
The Dead Kennedys played their last concert with Jello Biafra at UC Davis' Freeborn Hall, February 21, 1986

DEAD KENNEDYS POLICE TRUCK LIVE Brixton Ace, London, England 1982

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #punkrockhistory #otd

Steller's jay with knitted brows

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/32876180087/in/album-72157707026682461/

#OTD 2/21/19 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more)

Steller's jay with knitted brows

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/32876180087/in/album-72157707026682461/

#OTD 2/21/19 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more)

#OTD Einer der wirkmächtigsten Texte aller Zeiten: das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei by Marx & Engels. Der 21. Februar 1848 wird als Entstehungsdatum gefeiert, leider falsch. Thomas Kuczynski wies nach, dass es um den 1. März gedruckt wurde. Power to the people: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/manifest-der-kommunistischen-partei

#manifest #engels #marx #karlmarx #redbooksday2026 #redbooksday

https://song.link/d/1692417087

Unbekannte Komponisten

Johann Wenzel KALLIWODA
21.02.1801, Prag - 03.12.1866, Karlsruhe
Komponist, Violinist
Fürstl. Fürstenbergischer Hofkapellmeister in Donaueschingen, 1822 - 1866

#otd #unknowncomposers #classicalmusic