#OtD 9 Dec 1959 British government Operation Legacy memo ordered the destruction of official files containing evidence of colonial crimes and brutality. The operation was highly successful as few in the UK know of its crimes. Learn more about Empire: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/insurgent-empire-anticolonial-resistance-and-british-dissent-priyamvada-gopal

#OtD 9 Dec 1959 British government Operation Legacy memo ordered the destruction of official files containing evidence of colonial crimes and brutality. The operation was highly successful as few in the UK know of its crimes. Learn more about Empire: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/insurgent-empire-anticolonial-resistance-and-british-dissent-priyamvada-gopal

Berta Persson 1st #Swedish woman bus driver. Bus licence inspector failed her twice for being a woman. 3rd time had male driver witnesses: she passed! Nicknamed Buss-Berta, she drove Kappelshamn-Visby route from 1927-34, had her 8th child during time. d. #OTD 9 Dec 1961 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_Persson @CarveHerName @histodons

Berta Persson 1st #Swedish woman bus driver. Bus licence inspector failed her twice for being a woman. 3rd time had male driver witnesses: she passed! Nicknamed Buss-Berta, she drove Kappelshamn-Visby route from 1927-34, had her 8th child during time. d. #OTD 9 Dec 1961 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_Persson @CarveHerName @histodons

#OnThisDay, 8 Dec 1972, Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan is sworn in as Minister of Tourism in Aotearoa / New Zealand. She's the first Māori woman to be a Cabinet minister.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 8 Dec 1972, Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan is sworn in as Minister of Tourism in Aotearoa / New Zealand. She's the first Māori woman to be a Cabinet minister.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

#OtD 7 Dec 1928 Noam Chomsky, legendary American linguist, radical, social critic, activist and member of the @iww union was born in Philadelphia. Chomsky contributed the foreword for our first book, available here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/working-class-history-everyday-acts-resistance-rebellion-book

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.

Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.

Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."

#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons

"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."

#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons

Recorded #OnThisDay 44 years ago:

Steel Pulse - Peel Session 1981

The complete session recorded by Steel Pulse on 5 December 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 January 1982.

Tracklist:

1. Ravers (0:30)
2. Blues Dance (5:35)
3. Man No Sober (12:01)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2018/06/steel-pulse-peel-session-1981.html

#SteelPulse #PeelSessions #OTD #Reggae

Recorded #OnThisDay 44 years ago:

Steel Pulse - Peel Session 1981

The complete session recorded by Steel Pulse on 5 December 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 January 1982.

Tracklist:

1. Ravers (0:30)
2. Blues Dance (5:35)
3. Man No Sober (12:01)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2018/06/steel-pulse-peel-session-1981.html

#SteelPulse #PeelSessions #OTD #Reggae

Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".

#internet #TheWeb #OTD #OnThisDay #history

"I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice."

Einstein sent a letter to Max Born #OTD in 1926, in which he gave his oft-quoted objection to the probabilistic interpretation of the wavefunction in quantum mechanics.

You may be surprised by where this is headed. (1/n)

https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/albert-einstein-to-max-born-1

Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".

#internet #TheWeb #OTD #OnThisDay #history

#TBT Record World's #CollegeRadio airplay report from #OTD in 1971. IMHO #RecordWorld was one of the better music trade weeklies. It was often the first to seriously cover niche markets like #LatinMusic and they even had a " #NewWave Hit Parade" for a while. College radio got their own section way before anyone else was paying attention! 🎵 🎶 📻 👍 😁 #Music #Radio #Broadcasting #Media

#TBT Record World's #CollegeRadio airplay report from #OTD in 1971. IMHO #RecordWorld was one of the better music trade weeklies. It was often the first to seriously cover niche markets like #LatinMusic and they even had a " #NewWave Hit Parade" for a while. College radio got their own section way before anyone else was paying attention! 🎵 🎶 📻 👍 😁 #Music #Radio #Broadcasting #Media

"I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice."

Einstein sent a letter to Max Born #OTD in 1926, in which he gave his oft-quoted objection to the probabilistic interpretation of the wavefunction in quantum mechanics.

You may be surprised by where this is headed. (1/n)

https://physicstoday.aip.org/letters/albert-einstein-to-max-born-1