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Poets.org
@POETSorg
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"They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America."
—Langston Hughes, born #OTD in 1902.
poets.org/poem/i-too
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Air Disasters OTD
@OnDisasters
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#OTD in 1965: LAN Chile Flight 107, a Douglas DC-6, crashes shortly after taking-off from Santiago (Chile) killing all 87 aboard. The plane flew into a mountain in the Andes area of “Las Melosas”. Cause: “pilot failed to adopt the correct procedure for climbing out of Santiago”. pic.twitter.com/jg5o5h5UaI
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Pittsburgh Steelers
@steelers
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A score and a smile 😃
#OTD in 2006, we defeated the Seahawks in #SBXL. @mvp86hinesward pic.twitter.com/CvDUyntym0
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Scott F
@TheFrizz87
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Don Hoak was born #OTD in 1928. Was an All-Star with the Reds in 1957, batting .293 19 89 .863 while leading NL in doubles. Joined Pirates in 1959 & hit .294. The next year he finished 2nd for MVP. From 1957-61 his average season was .287 12 69 .802. pic.twitter.com/5ubVAGSV8a
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PugetSoundNavyMuseum
@PSNavyMuseum
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Happy birthday, cruiser USS Olympia! Commissioned #OTD in 1895 in San Francisco. This souvenir launching mallet is in our artifact collection. pic.twitter.com/DXhoTOfxhc
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ThisDateInBuffaloSportsHistory
@BuffSportsHstry
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Born #OTD in 1982 Kevin Everett, Buffalo Bills TE and special teams player. Still thinking of you and rooting for you! pic.twitter.com/ZTuqowBij1
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Air Disasters OTD
@OnDisasters
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#OTD in 1958: Munich Air Disaster (Germany): BEA Flight 609, an Airspeed Ambassador, crashes on take-off due to slush on the runway, killing 23 of 44, including 8 Manchester United footballers (known as “Bubsy Babes”). Initial reports blamed Captain, but he was later cleared. pic.twitter.com/bMGlKlShDn
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Jason Major
@JPMajor
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The crescent of Uranus, imaged by a departing Voyager 2 on February 3, 1986. #OTD pic.twitter.com/ah8G6PqiVC
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Legal Defense Fund
@NAACP_LDF
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#OTD in 1960, 4 Black students in Greensboro, NC sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter & demanded service. They were denied so they sat quietly at the lunch counter until the store closed. The next day, 25 men & 4 women continued the protest. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/UkQcSi2PhR
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Doctor Who Official
@bbcdoctorwho
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Remembering Elisabeth Sladen, our Sarah Jane, who was born #OTD in 1946. 💙💙 #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/94GN4M3yO7
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ThisDateInBuffaloSportsHistory
@BuffSportsHstry
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Born #OTD in 1937 Larry Hillman, Buffalo Sabres defense 1971-72 and 1972-73. One of Punch's old Maple Leafs who he brought back to help out the young franchise. pic.twitter.com/rGwlSgGzWV
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Zionism On This Day
@OtdZionism
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#OTD in 1983, a car bomb prepared by Israeli army exploded beside Palestinian Research Center in Beirut, killed 8 employees and 2 Lebanese soldiers and injured around 60. In addition, the explosion caused lose of important documents. pic.twitter.com/uKEzlcBxr2
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ALBA
@LincolnBrigade
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Lincoln Brigade Volunteer Thomas Brown was born #OtD in Wichita Falls, Texas, 1910. He moved to the midwest as a young man; joined the Communist Party; sailed for Spain in 1937; served as a camp instructor, and was able to talk his way out of capture once, but not twice. pic.twitter.com/WZuBeTlusI
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Buzz Aldrin
@TheRealBuzz
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#OTD, 49 years ago, #Apollo14 landed on the lunar surface. Coming off the heels of the nearly disastrous #Apollo13, the United States was eager to show the world that we could bounce back and push ahead – and under extreme pressure we did! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/aPlgHCJ9xs
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Pittsburgh Steelers
@steelers
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CRMC
@CivilRightsCntr
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Trayvon Martin was born #OTD in 1995. He had a full life ahead of him until he was murdered in 2012. His death sparked a national conversation about racial profiling & — following the acquittal of his killer — #BlackLivesMatter. Happy birthday, Trayvon. #TheMarchContinues pic.twitter.com/fskDUVok5Q
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PreRaphaeliteSociety
@PreRaphSoc
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Writer and critic William Michael Rossetti died #OTD in 1919
One of the 7 founding members of the PRB, he edited their short-run journal 'The Germ' & was later a prolific critic & biographer including of his Rossetti siblings & Swinburne. He married Lucy Madox Brown in 1874. pic.twitter.com/oSifxHStUM
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Dr. Manuela Rossol 🏳️🌈👩🔬🔬🔭
@astromonocyte
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#OTD in 1843, the Great Comet of 1843 (C/1843 D1) was discovered. pic.twitter.com/PmSxXIZS6z
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize
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A new era in the American quest for equality started in 1955, when Rosa Parks - born #OTD - refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled. Photo: Rosa Parks and Nobel Laureate Martin Luther King, 1955. pic.twitter.com/3AEehdMJGt
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BeyHERstory
@BeyHERstory
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#OTD February 4, 2014: Beyoncé updates her Tumblr. 6 Years Ago Today! pic.twitter.com/9beJse21wW
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