History

Wikimedia UK has been supporting the heritage sector to share their knowledge for many years, so the news of redundancies at English Heritage is a blow. Everyone loses from this loss of knowledge and expertise; not just visitors — including school groups — but also Wikipedia, which relies on high quality, independent sources.

#EnglishHeritage #GLAM #museums #history #culturalheritage

An African strontium map sheds light on the origins of enslaved people.

Science News reports: "Pinpointing birthplaces based on dental records can deepen understanding of the slave trade."

https://flip.it/uMl3Bf

#Anthropology #History #BlackHistoryMonth #Slavery #Science

#TIL about Dandara dos Palmares, an Afro-Brazilian warrior queen of runaway slaves in colonial Brazil.

Much of her life is shrouded in mystery, but her tributes include appearance in at least two videogames, including Civilization VI.

https://enslaved.org/fullStory/16-23-92877/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandara_dos_Palmares

#history #Dandara #DandaraDosPalmares #Brazil

Happy birthday to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was born on this day in 1913 ✊

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

#RosaParks #CivilRights #OTD #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Black History Month began on Saturday across the United States, kicking off a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the month dates back almost a century when historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. “I think Black folks understood what they had contributed to America’s historical narrative, but no one was talking about it,” said Kaye Whitehead, president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. @AssociatedPress has more on the month’s origins, importance to the American story, and its perseverance in 2025.

https://flip.it/Wkuk.S

#Culture #History #BlackHistoryMonth #AfricanAmerican #USA

Do science dioramas still have a place in today’s museums?

From Science News: "Many exhibit experts believe they still have value but need reimagining."

https://flip.it/Z92ceK

#Science #Museum #Diorama #Education #History

On this day in 1969, The Beatles played their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert was eventually broken up by the police.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert

#OTD #OnThisDay #music #MusicHistory #history #TheBeatles

The U.S. Air Force last week halted its course on "airmindedness," which includes videos of the Tuskegee Airmen and Women's Airforce Service Pilots — the first Black and female pilots, respectively, to fly for the military. This was in response to President Trump's order barring DEI programs. Now, the course has been reinstated, albeit in an adjusted form that no longer includes specific DEI material. Here's more from Air Force Times.

https://flip.it/9srcY1

#DEI #TuskegeeAirmen #WomensAirforceServicePilots #BlackHistory #WomensHistory

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It's been 80 years since the Red Army liberated 7,000 prisoners from Auschwitz. Here's what to know about Holocaust Remembrance Day: lessons we shouldn't forget, survivors' experiences, and the ongoing fight against antisemitism.

A collection of stories curated by us: https://flip.it/msdcgM

#Holocaust #HolocaustRemembranceDay #History #Auschwitz #Antisemitism

Today in 1996, Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

"The essence of the text lies in its twofold approach: one that deals with the memory and remembrance of those who were massacred during the Holocaust and the other with educating future generations of its horrors."

It's truly disappointing that we need this reminder today more than ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #holocaust #HolocaustRemembranceDay #FightFascism

Paleontologists claim to have re-discovered dinosaur species in pre-WWII photographs.

From @Gizmodo: "The fossil, destroyed in an air raid 80 years ago, had faded from memory until a paleontologist found archival images."

https://flip.it/RUG4qm

#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science #History

Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene.

A fire historian writes for @ConversationUS: https://flip.it/-y4.RG

#ClimateChange #Wildfires #Science #History

The two landmark cases Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were decided on this day in 1973, protecting the right to have an abortion.

Today, Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and the new administration made it very clear that they will continue their war against reproductive rights.

But we keep on fighting. Support an abortion fund today:

https://abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

✊

#history #OTD #OnThisDay #ReproductiveRights #RoeVWade #DoeVBolton #abortion

Ah, well, in less important news, apparently today in 1981, the DMC DeLorean went into production.

"Though its production was short-lived, the DeLorean became widely known after it was featured as the time machine in the Back to the Future films."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean

#OnThisDay #OTD #history #delorean #BackToTheFuture

Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women.

@CBSNews reports that the pattern — called matrilocality — is historically rare and was unknown in Europe.

https://flip.it/3hCwqk

#DNA #Genetics #Anthropology #Science #Women #History

Reminder for those of you in Portland, OR: I am teaching a class at Dark Star Magick on Sunday the 26th titled "Freemasonry and the Occult". Even if you are not in #PDX, there is an online option! #freemasonry #occult #history https://darkstarmagick.com/events-main/class-freemasonry-and-the-occult/

Ancient humans ate a wide variety of plants, study shows, debunking the efficacy of the paleo diet. @ScienceAlert has more:

https://flip.it/E9G7I7

#Science #Humans #History #Food #Paleo #Foodstodon

A bit of TV history: #OnThisDay in 1953, 73.9% of TV viewers in the US watched the "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" episode of the I Love Lucy TV show.

"When the episode premiered [...], 73.9% of all American homes with television sets tuned in, amounting to 44 million viewers watching the episode, a record until September 9, 1956, when Elvis Presley appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show, at CBS, which drew a share of 82.6%, a figure unrivaled since. It received higher ratings than the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which received 29 million viewers, the day afterward."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0Q9gaYtPo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Goes_to_the_Hospital

#OTD #history #TV #TVHistory #ILoveLucy

Wansdyke to the west of Englishcombe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK. Despite centuries of study, we're still not sure who built it or why. It was probably the Romano-British or the early Saxons, & may have been for defence or a political boundary. #History #Archaeology #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

The large wooded Iron Age hillfort of Stantonbury Camp, on the line of the later Wansdyke. Next to it is the smaller Winsbury hill, named 'Wineca's Fort' in a 10th Century charter. At Stanton Prior, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#History #Archaeology #Landscape #LandscapePhotography

Three Shires Stones, marking the point where the counties of #Somerset #Wiltshire & #Gloucestershire meet. The large 'cromlech' was erected in 1859, but the smaller stones are engraved with the date 1736, but they were mentioned as early as 1611. A 10th Century Charter refers to the 'one stone'. #History #Archaeology #Photography

#OnThisDay, 16 Jan 1970, Dilma Rousseff, a member of the Brazilian guerrilla movement against the military government, was arrested. She was labelled the “Joan of Arc” of the movement.

In 2011 she became the first woman to be president of Brazil.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. @AssociatedPress reports:
https://apnews.com/article/celtic-women-iron-age-britain-89c1cc54090afe389fdf61594986851b

#Celtic #Archaeology #Britain #IronAge

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For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. AP News reports:
https://apnews.com/article/ancient-tattoos-lasers-peru-mummies-2b6c0dd724e18af39727553721075449

#Tattoo #Peru #Mummies #Caral #Tattoos #Archaeology

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Rebecca Karl: “If we do history, we have to teach our students that the past is a moving target, and at the risk of tipping my hand, that history is always history of the present.” #palestine #israel #genocide #history #histodons

https://truthout.org/articles/scholar-says-ahas-vote-on-gaza-scholasticide-shouldnt-be-controversial/