Liam O'Mara IV, PhD π
@LiamOMaraIV
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Snarky history professor and commentator; bibliophile; antinationalist libsoc antifa mountain man; geeky cat & bird dad; views are my own, not my employer's.
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Joined July 2013
I want a world where all live in peace and dignity, without judgement for religion or sexuality or language, where borders don't stop people from being where and with whom they love, where no-one huddles in fear or struggles in poverty. Why do some folks hate that idea so much..?
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1476, #VladΘepeΘ, #DrΔculea, AKA #VladTheImpaler, began his third and final reign in #Wallachia. With his allies Stephen of Moldavia and Stephen BΓ‘thory of Hungary, he deposed Basarab the Old and chased out Ottoman sultan #MehmetTheConqueror.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1922, #HowardCarter opened the tomb of #Tutankhamun of #Egypt's #NewKingdom. The pharaoh died in 1323 BCE, ~3245 years earlier, and was buried with his stillborn children. A minor ruler who died young, he restored the old gods following the #Amarna period.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1939, the #SovietUnion staged a #FalseFlag attack with the #ShellingOfMainila. Soviet artillery fired seven shots at a Russian village near the border with #Finland, then blamed the Finns for doing it. This gave pretext to invade in the #WinterWar.
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Over four consecutive days, beginning on #ThisDayInHistory in 2008, #LashkarETaiba carried out a series of bombing and shooting attacks in #Mumbai, India. In 12 separate attacks, 175 people were killed. Links with rogue officials from #Pakistan's #ISI and army have been made.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1986, #Ukrainian Nazi #IvanDemjanjuk went on trial in Israel. He was confused with "Ivan the Terrible", a #Treblinka camp guard in the #Holocaust, so his conviction was overturned. Germany then prosecuted him for his actual service at #SobibΓ³r death camp.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 2008, the former #Cunard #OceanLiner #QueenElizabeth2 (#QE2) docked at her new permanent home in #Dubai, #UAE. Launched in 1967 as one of the last liners, she operated as a cruise ship half the year and on the North Atlantic for the other half until 2008.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1935, #Nazi Germany's racist #NurembergLaws were extended to the #Roma and #Sinti peoples (sometimes called #Gypsies) and the #AfroGerman population. There were sharp restrictions on employment & marriage, and both groups largely lost their citizenship.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1917, the #ManchesterGuardian published the #SykesPicotAgreement, a top-secret 1916 protocol dividing #Ottoman lands between #France, the #UK, and #Russia. The new #Soviet government had released the Russian documents on the dirty deal three days earlier.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1991, #Azerbaijan stripped autonomous status from #NagornoKarabakh. This followed two earlier votes in the largely-Armenian enclave, to unify with #Armenia and to pursue independence. More than 30 years of #EthnicCleansing & war followed these first moves.
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Early tension turned to full-fledged betrayal by #RedArmy at #Lenin & #Trotsky's order on #ThisDayInHistory in 1920. A #Makhnovist delegation was sent to Moscow and shot, and hundreds of #anarchists in #Ukraine were arrested, including all members of #Nabat the #Cheka could find.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1865, #Mississippi passed an early version of a #BlackCode, requiring African Americans to be employed by a white person, punishing vagrancy with gaol time and hence reΓ«nslavement, and forbidding black people from changing jobs. The #JimCrow era had begun.
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Opposition to #socialism is a thread linking fascists, liberals, and conservatives as comrades in arms. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1936, the #AntiCominternPact was signed by #NaziGermany and the #EmpireOfJapan. After World War II, the US became the heart of an anticommunist crusade.
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In 1947 on #ThisDayInHistory, the #HollywoodTen were cited for contempt of Congress by #HUAC and then blacklisted in the entertainment industry. The #HollywoodBlacklist grew in the following years, keeping known #leftists from writing, directing, or acting in Hollywood pictures.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1960, the #MirabalSisters were killed by the dictatorship of #RafaelTrujillo in #DominicanRepublic. Patria, Minerva, & MarΓa Teresa had been politically active in resistance. UN GA made this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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The #DullKnifeFight took place on #ThisDayInHistory in 1876. US forces & #Pawnee allies attacked a #NorthernCheyenne village in present-day #Wyoming. With 40 warriors killed, #MorningStar (aka #DullKnife) called retreat. A village of 200 lodges was burnt and 700 animals stolen.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1491, the #TreatyOfGranada gave to the #EmirateOfGranada just two months before it must surrender to #CastileAndAragon, completing the #Reconquista. Looted wealth made #Columbus's trips possible, as well as greater persecution of Jews & Muslims in #Spain.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1915, the massive memorial service for #IWW activist #JoeHill was held in #Chicago. Hill was wrongfully executed by #Utah, accused of murdering two men just because he had been shot on the same day. The state knew it had no evidence but took the excuse.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1177, #SalahAdDin (#Saladin) and his #Ayyubid sultanate suffered a rare defeat in the #BattleOfMontgisard. He was beaten by forces led by the 16-year-old leper king #BaldwinIV of the #KingdomOfJerusalem. The #Crusaders would hold Jerusalem ten more years.
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