#OTD in 1939, German occupiers carried out the Wawer massacre near Warsaw. In a reprisal operation, 107 Polish civilians were murdered by firing squad. One of the first mass crimes of German terror against the Polish civilian population during WW2.

Theodore Roosevelt 🇺🇸 died #OTD in his sleep (1919) #POTUS ❤

Next Mecha Girl of the day is Fiora from Xenoblade Chronicles!

#OTD in 1943, USS Gurnard (SS-254) took a photo of Mount Fuji through the periscope before sneaking into Tokyo Bay. The crew then had Christmas dinner as the Imperial Japanese Navy patrolled above them.

#OTD 1 January 1985: Physics laureate Donna Strickland is shown aligning an optical fiber at University of Rochester. Her Nobel Prize-awarded research has led to improvements within the field of laser physics. Strickland was the third woman to be awarded the physics prize.

$BTC / $USDT - TA OTD 📊 It seems #Bitcoin has swallowed the green pill since the beginning of 2026! Basically, we have been going "up only" since New Year's Eve! Really nice to see! But is the downtrend over or still time to be cautious? Follow me to find out! 👇

OTD 19 years ago Djibril Cissé scored his first Hat-trick for Marseille 💙

French Marxist and leading member of the Situationist International, Guy Debord was born Dec. 28, 1931. Debord, who wrote "The Society of the Spectacle," transformed the Situationists from an artistic into a political movement that influenced the May 1968 events in Paris. #OTD

Next Mecha Girl of the day is Ruri Hoshino from Martian Successor Nadesico!

✈️ #OTD in 1968, a wonder of Soviet aviation design, the legendary #Tu144 (#Chager) pierced the winter horizon. 🚀 Carrying bold dreams of travel at twice the speed of sound in comfort, it became the world’s first supersonic passenger aircraft ever to soar the skies.

A sweet 16 years of Captaincy #ALLCAPS | #OTD

OTD Boland and Sam Konstas gave test farewell to chokli Kohli 🗿 https://t.co/aLAfS17rZx

#OTD in 1988, George Graham made @TonyAdams Arsenal captain at the age of 21. Tony remains the only player in the history of English football to captain a title-winning side in three different decades (1989, 1991, 1998 and 2002). https://t.co/0i92KYBJAj

Next Mecha Guy of the day is Leon S. Kennedy from the Resident Evil series, but as he's seen in TEPPEN!

📆 #OTD on January 2, 192 years ago, Vasily Perov was born in #Tobsk, #Moscow Governorate — an outstanding Russian painter, professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and one of the founders of the Peredvizhniki movement #VasilyPerov #Art #Russia

31 Dec 1869: #French painter Henri #Matisse is born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. He died in 1954 in Nice. While best known as a painter, he was also a draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor. #artist #History #OTD #ad https://t.co/T9JsapDzmm

The Love Live song of the day is 'Koi no Signal Rin rin rin!' by Rin Hoshizora! Rin's songs are so cute 🥺🥺🥺

Happy birthday to Ivor The Engine, the little Welsh railway engine from the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company, who first appeared on our screens today in 1959. Toot-toot! #onthisday #otd #wales

Today’s Bear of the Day is Luna from Bear Sanctuary Müritz in Stuer, Germany! Luna was rescued from an Albanian amusement park as a cub by @fourpawsint in November 2016 and brought to the sanctuary! She’s a small, playful bear with bright fur and she loves watermelon! #beartwt