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Chris Bond @Vibracobra23@mastodon.social
· 1d ago

Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:

The Comsat Angels - Peel Session 1979

The complete session recorded by The Comsat Angels on 10 October 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 25th of that month.

Tracklist:

  1. Total War Girl (0:42)
  2. Independence Day (5:47)
  3. Ju-Ju Money (9:52)
  4. Baby (14:45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJMN4qw-JU0

#TheComsatAngels #PeelSessions #PostPunk #OTD

The Comsat Angels - Peel Session 1979

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
#OtD 29 Sep 1944 communist nurse and partisan Virginia Tonelli was burned alive in the San Sabba concentration camp in Italy. The fascists had tortured her for days, but were unable to get her to speak. Exasperated, her torturers then burned her alive https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/
E77-80: Italian resistance
Working Class History

E77-80: Italian resistance

A four-part podcast series on the Italian resistance to fascism, both during World War Two and immediately after, in conversation with anti-fascist partisans themselves.

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Rudy @rudy@mstdn.ca
· 12mo ago
#OTD Sept 28 1813, the "Burlington Races", in which a 10-ship American fleet engaged the 6-ship British squadron at York (Toronto)... they hammered each other with cannon all day in Lake Ontario, as they raced towards Burlington Bay... #WarOf1812 https://www.malcolmarmstrong.ca/image/slideshowlist/the_burlington_races
The Burlington Races, War of 1812 16in x 20in $2,000
The Marine Paintings of Malcolm Armstrong

The Burlington Races, War of 1812 16in x 20in $2,000

THE BURLINGTON RACES In September 1813 during the War of 1812 on Lake Ontario a British squadron of ships led by Commodore Yeo engaged US warships led by Commodore Chauncy. The first ships to exchange fire were Commodore Chauncy’s USS General Pike and Yeo’s HMS Wolfe. Pike lost her fore topmast but inflicted serious damage to the British ship including the shooting away of her main and mizzen topmasts and main yard. The next ship to arrive on the scene was the smaller HMS Royal George, Captain

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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#OtD 28 Sep 1846 British troops opened fire on starving food rioters in Dungarvan, Ireland, killing one. The Great Famine lasted until the 1850s, killing around a million people and forced even more to emigrate, while food was exported for profit https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10057/food-riots-in-dungarvan,-ireland
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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
· 2w ago
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"First, it was just one missile, but then another, and another, until the system reported that a total of five Minuteman ICBMs had been launched." Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, fediverse! (From 2018) https://www.vox.com/2018/9/26/17905796/nuclear-war-1983-stanislav-petrov-soviet-union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov #OnThisDay #otd #history #StanislavPetrov #ColdWar
41 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war
Vox

41 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war

On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
#OtD 24 Sep 2003 27 pilots in the Israeli air force wrote to their commander refusing to participate in assassination missions in the West Bank and Gaza. They stated the attacks were "illegal and immoral" and harmed "innocent civilians" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9703/israeli-air-force-pilots-refusal-to-partake-in-assassination-missions
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