Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days ago55 years ago today, a Lunar Roving Vehicle (aka Moon buggy) was driven on the Moon for the first time by Apollo 15 astronautsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-link55 years ago today, a Lunar Roving Vehicle (aka Moon buggy) was driven on the Moon for the first time by Apollo 15 astronautsplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days ago45 years ago today, MTV ("Music Television") began broadcasting. Here are the first two hours of it.plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-link45 years ago today, MTV ("Music Television") began broadcasting. Here are the first two hours of it.plus-squarewww.youtube.comArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days ago35 years ago today, nine years after negotiations for it began, the Soviet Union and the United States signed START I (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-link35 years ago today, nine years after negotiations for it began, the Soviet Union and the United States signed START I (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days ago56 years ago today, the United Kingdom's Royal Navy discontinued sailors' daily rum rationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-link56 years ago today, the United Kingdom's Royal Navy discontinued sailors' daily rum rationplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 8 days ago100 years ago today, Betye Saar, an American artist and educator, was born. Her assemblages lampoon racist attitudes toward African Americans, and her installations feature mystical themes.plus-squarewww.britannica.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link100 years ago today, Betye Saar, an American artist and educator, was born. Her assemblages lampoon racist attitudes toward African Americans, and her installations feature mystical themes.plus-squarewww.britannica.comcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago6 years ago today, NASA's Mars 2020 mission launched aboard an Atlas V rocket. It included the Perseverance rover, which is still operating today, as well as the Ingenuity helicopter.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link6 years ago today, NASA's Mars 2020 mission launched aboard an Atlas V rocket. It included the Perseverance rover, which is still operating today, as well as the Ingenuity helicopter.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago70 years ago today, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation which changed the US national motto from E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one") to In God We Trust.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-link70 years ago today, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation which changed the US national motto from E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one") to In God We Trust.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago110 years ago today, munitions awaiting shipment in New York Harbor were detonated by German spies resulting in one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-link110 years ago today, munitions awaiting shipment in New York Harbor were detonated by German spies resulting in one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in history.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 9 days ago175 years ago today, Annibale de Gasparis discovered the asteroid 15 Eunomia in our solar system’s asteroid belt.plus-squaressd.jpl.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-link175 years ago today, Annibale de Gasparis discovered the asteroid 15 Eunomia in our solar system’s asteroid belt.plus-squaressd.jpl.nasa.govcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 10 days ago50 years ago today, the Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattened Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.plus-squareauthors.library.caltech.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-link50 years ago today, the Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattened Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.plus-squareauthors.library.caltech.educrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days ago160 years ago today, the first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable became operationalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-link160 years ago today, the first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable became operationalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square2linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago70 years ago today, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link70 years ago today, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canalplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago10 years ago today, Hillary Clinton received the Democratic Party's nomination for Presidentplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-link10 years ago today, Hillary Clinton received the Democratic Party's nomination for Presidentplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 13 days ago25 years ago today, Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.plus-squareweb.archive.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days ago42 years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a spacewalkplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-link42 years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a spacewalkplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days ago50 years ago today, the pareidolic "Face on Mars" image was taken by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraftplus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1image50 years ago today, the pareidolic "Face on Mars" image was taken by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraftplus-squarelemmy.mlArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days ago61 years ago today, Bob Dylan performed using electric instruments for the first timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link61 years ago today, Bob Dylan performed using electric instruments for the first timeplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days ago60 years ago today, BASE jumping pioneers Mike Pelkey and Brian Schubert jumped off of El Capitanplus-squarewww.johnnyutah.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link60 years ago today, BASE jumping pioneers Mike Pelkey and Brian Schubert jumped off of El Capitanplus-squarewww.johnnyutah.comArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 15 days ago15 years ago today, Amy Winehouse, a British singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman, died from alcohol poisoning. She is known for her distinctive contralto vocals.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down12
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link15 years ago today, Amy Winehouse, a British singer, songwriter, musician, and businesswoman, died from alcohol poisoning. She is known for her distinctive contralto vocals.plus-squarewww.theguardian.comcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzMEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days ago75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-link75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
