crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 hours ago165 years ago today, the Pony Express, an American express mail service, was founded. It used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-link165 years ago today, the Pony Express, an American express mail service, was founded. It used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square3fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 hours ago85 years ago today and onwards, 21,857 Polish internees and prisoners were executed during the Katyn massacre, according to Soviet documents declassified in 1990.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link85 years ago today and onwards, 21,857 Polish internees and prisoners were executed during the Katyn massacre, according to Soviet documents declassified in 1990.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 2 days ago150 years ago today, Edgar Wallace, a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link150 years ago today, Edgar Wallace, a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days ago95 years ago today, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America agreed it would abide by the Hays Code, a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link95 years ago today, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America agreed it would abide by the Hays Code, a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days ago185 years ago today, Beau Brummell, an important figure in Regency England, died. For many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link185 years ago today, Beau Brummell, an important figure in Regency England, died. For many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days ago25 years ago today, Gisèle Freund, a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, died. She was famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Gisèle Freund, a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, died. She was famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago100 years ago today, Bajram Curri, an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist, died. He struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link100 years ago today, Bajram Curri, an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist, died. He struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days ago40 years ago today, Marc Chagall, a Russian and French artist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link40 years ago today, Marc Chagall, a Russian and French artist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days ago80 years ago today, Eric Clapton, an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down15
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, Eric Clapton, an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square4fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago25 years ago today, Ian Dury, an English singer, songwriter and actor, died. He rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Ian Dury, an English singer, songwriter and actor, died. He rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago185 years ago today, George Smith, a pioneering English Assyriologist, was born. He first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link185 years ago today, George Smith, a pioneering English Assyriologist, was born. He first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago30 years ago today, the Schengen Agreement became effective. It led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-link30 years ago today, the Schengen Agreement became effective. It led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago25 years ago today, incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin won in the first round of the Russian presidential election.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin won in the first round of the Russian presidential election.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 days ago200 years ago today, Fredericka Mandelbaum was born. She operated as a criminal fence to many of the street gangs and criminals of New York's underworld, handling between $1–5 million in stolen goods.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link200 years ago today, Fredericka Mandelbaum was born. She operated as a criminal fence to many of the street gangs and criminals of New York's underworld, handling between $1–5 million in stolen goods.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 days ago120 years ago today, Jules Verne, a French novelist, poet and playwright, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link120 years ago today, Jules Verne, a French novelist, poet and playwright, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-210 days ago10 years ago today, an Airbus A320-211 crashed 100 km (62 mi; 54 nmi) north-west of Nice in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link10 years ago today, an Airbus A320-211 crashed 100 km (62 mi; 54 nmi) north-west of Nice in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days ago125 years ago today, Erich Fromm, a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link125 years ago today, Erich Fromm, a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-213 days ago40 years ago today, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was signed. It provided frameworks for international reductions in the production of chlorofluorocarbons.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link40 years ago today, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was signed. It provided frameworks for international reductions in the production of chlorofluorocarbons.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days ago75 years ago today, Roger Hodgson, an English singer, musician and songwriter, was born. He is best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of the progressive rock band Supertramp.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link75 years ago today, Roger Hodgson, an English singer, musician and songwriter, was born. He is best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of the progressive rock band Supertramp.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days ago65 years ago today, police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville to protest against the pass laws.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link65 years ago today, police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville to protest against the pass laws.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0fedilink
