Remembering History: August 2013

Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. - Sylvia Plath On February 10, 1963 Sylvia Plath was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in her kitchen. Plath had placed her head in the oven, while the gas was turned on and the pilot light unlit. She was 30.

Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. - Sylvia Plath On February 10, 1963 Sylvia Plath was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in her kitchen. Plath had placed her head in the oven, while the gas was turned on and the pilot light unlit. She was 30.

Hitler after the fall of Paris - 1940

Martin Luther King Jr. Pledging Alpha Phi Alpha, circa 1952 by Black History Album, via Flickr

Gertrude Ederle. First woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 (beating the men's record by one hour and 59 minutes!)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Miss Hodges of Salem 1850.

MATA HARI (1876-1917). Stage name of Gertrud Margerete Zelle. February 1917.

Marie Antoinette

Sandling Farmhouse, Kent. In the winter of 1522 Sir Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn became sweethearts and used the farmhouse for clandestine meetings with the besotted knight. Alas their love was destined never to be, Thomas was reluctantly betrothed to the wealthy daughter of Baron Cobham. Thomas was sent to Italy and Anne became the wife of King Henry VIII who was determined to marry her, the rest as they say is history, by B Lowe

Sandling Farmhouse, Kent. In the winter of 1522 Sir Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn became sweethearts and used the farmhouse for clandestine meetings with the besotted knight. Alas their love was destined never to be, Thomas was reluctantly betrothed to the wealthy daughter of Baron Cobham. Thomas was sent to Italy and Anne became the wife of King Henry VIII who was determined to marry her, the rest as they say is history, by B Lowe

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots death warrant, signed by Elizabeth I Tudor, Queen of England. The end of Royal competition, hate and love

McDonald's Menu 1962 Ad

When a woman mourned for her husband in the 1860’s, she spent a year in morning. Little or no social activities: no parties, , no outings, no visitors, and a wardrobe that consisted of nothing but black. The following year, she is allowed to wear a shorter veil and adorn her gown with black trimmings. During the final 6 months of her mourning period, which can extend to 5 years, she may wear lavender or gray. It was not unusual for a widow to dress in mourning attire for the rest of her life.

When a woman mourned for her husband in the 1860’s, she spent a year in morning. Little or no social activities: no parties, , no outings, no visitors, and a wardrobe that consisted of nothing but black. The following year, she is allowed to wear a shorter veil and adorn her gown with black trimmings. During the final 6 months of her mourning period, which can extend to 5 years, she may wear lavender or gray. It was not unusual for a widow to dress in mourning attire for the rest of her life.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to officiate at same-sex marriage - NBC Politics

1800ca. Back of Empress Josephine's court dress

After the Fall of Rome - Merovingian kings - The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region known as Francia in Latin for 300 years from the middle of the 5th century, their territory largely corresponding to ancient Gaul as well as the Roman provinces of Raetia, Germania Superior and the southern part of Germania Magna.

After the Fall of Rome - Merovingian kings - The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region known as Francia in Latin for 300 years from the middle of the 5th century, their territory largely corresponding to ancient Gaul as well as the Roman provinces of Raetia, Germania Superior and the southern part of Germania Magna.

Birkenau, Poland, Women wearing Yellow badge on the platform.1944

> Blackfoot, Bow River, by Edward S. Curtis

Schrafft's, at 912 Flatbush Ave. Interior, Candy Counter and Fountain from Front. 1930.

Crane assembles unisphere

Steinway piano Mansion Astoria Queens NYC

#history

An 11-year-old David Lynch meets Vincent Price

When Debbie Harry wrestled Andy Kaufman, 1983

RuPaul at a high school prom, 1983

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Lead Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen and First African-American Air Force General.He earned his wings on March 7th 1942 #history

Life Before Alarm Clocks A knocker-up was a profession in England and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution and at least as late as the 1920s, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

Life Before Alarm Clocks A knocker-up was a profession in England and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution and at least as late as the 1920s, before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

Lucille Brown and her husband Louis Armstrong, 1949

UCLA,1929

Former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared at, or sometime after, 2:45 pm on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit. He reportedly was to meet there with two Mafia leaders.

Former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared at, or sometime after, 2:45 pm on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit. He reportedly was to meet there with two Mafia leaders.

This flight test mannequin is Ivan Ivanovich ("John Doe"). Ivan orbited the Earth on March 23, 1961, to test the pressure suit and spacecraft used by Yuri Gagarin weeks later when he became the first man in space. Ivan has remained inside his spacesuit since his flight in 1961.

This flight test mannequin is Ivan Ivanovich ("John Doe"). Ivan orbited the Earth on March 23, 1961, to test the pressure suit and spacecraft used by Yuri Gagarin weeks later when he became the first man in space. Ivan has remained inside his spacesuit since his flight in 1961.

Leif Erikson - born 960 - 980 A.D. in Iceland - died 1020 in Greenland. He was a Viking Explorer and the first recorded European to set foot on the North American continent in the year 1000 A.D. in the area of northern Newfoundland, nearly 500 years before the discovery of the America's by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Leif Erikson - born 960 - 980 A.D. in Iceland - died 1020 in Greenland. He was a Viking Explorer and the first recorded European to set foot on the North American continent in the year 1000 A.D. in the area of northern Newfoundland, nearly 500 years before the discovery of the America's by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

prehistoric googling

The Twin Towers with the Statue of Liberty in foreground. Sucks that I have to put this in my "history" board.

Sally Ride - first woman in space

Michael and Janet Jackson as children (1969-1979) | InspireFirst

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made 13 missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian and Union spy during the American Civil War. After escaping from slavery, into which she was born, she made 13 missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage

Freud's couch

ClassicPics ‏@History_Pics A mounted cop in action in Boston, c.1920s pic.twitter.com/y7oSCR8aRu

The Chemise worn by Mary Queen of Scots During her Execution; shown at Coughton Court

The tiny table at which Jane Austen worked.

07 Aug 44: IBM dedicates the pioneering computer notable for producing reliable results and its ability to run 24/7. It soon will be used to help the US Navy produce tables for aiming artillery shells and bombs. It was 55 ft long and 8 ft high, weighed in at 5 tons and contained 760,000 components and 500 miles of wire. Its clickety-clack sounded like a "roomful of ladies knitting." #WWII

07 Aug 44: IBM dedicates the pioneering computer notable for producing reliable results and its ability to run 24/7. It soon will be used to help the US Navy produce tables for aiming artillery shells and bombs. It was 55 ft long and 8 ft high, weighed in at 5 tons and contained 760,000 components and 500 miles of wire. Its clickety-clack sounded like a "roomful of ladies knitting." #WWII

The Hope Diamond! Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. The weight of the Hope diamond for many years was reported to be 44.5 carats. In 1974 it was removed from its setting and found actually to weigh 45.52 carats. Saw this at the Smithsonian....amazing!

The Hope Diamond! Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. The weight of the Hope diamond for many years was reported to be 44.5 carats. In 1974 it was removed from its setting and found actually to weigh 45.52 carats. Saw this at the Smithsonian....amazing!

The Personal Battle Flag of General JEB Stuart

1800s Civil War Era Forks 3 Prong Flatware Utensils

The things of Tsar's family found in The Ipatiev House after the assassination of Nikolay II's family

ohmohamed [licensed for non-commercial use only] / 5th Grade Interactive Notebook

5th Grade Social Studies Unit 3: European Exploration and Colonization (Beginnings to 1620)

c. 1900. Checking her out

HM King George V 1920--not a Romanov, but a first cousin to Tsar Nicholas, who refused to grant the family asylum when there was still an opportunity to do so. He closely resembled his cousin.

Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia and her fiance, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Their grandmothers, Princesses Alexandrine and Charlotte of Prussia, were sisters, and Friedrich Franz was also a direct descendant of Tsar Paul I. Anastasia did not enter the marriage with enthusiasm (Grand Duchess Vladimir, Friedrich's sister pressed the match), but when Friedrich Franz died she said, "I have lost my best friend."

Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia and her fiance, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Their grandmothers, Princesses Alexandrine and Charlotte of Prussia, were sisters, and Friedrich Franz was also a direct descendant of Tsar Paul I. Anastasia did not enter the marriage with enthusiasm (Grand Duchess Vladimir, Friedrich's sister pressed the match), but when Friedrich Franz died she said, "I have lost my best friend."

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