#OnThisDay, 12 Aug 1990, American Sue Hendrickson finds the remains of a T Rex, the largest specimen found to date, in South Dakota.
The fossil remains are now known as Sue and are on display in Chicago.
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Sinclair’s defeat shaped how socialists navigated the Democratic Party for decades.
Will Mamdani rewrite that legacy or relive it?
https://theconversation.com/when-socialists-win-democratic-primaries-will-zohran-mamdani-be-haunted-by-the-upton-sinclair-effect-260168
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Democratic Socialist Zohran #Mamdani shocked NYC by winning the Democratic mayoral primary—beating Andrew #Cuomo in a landslide.
But it wasn’t unprecedented. For historians, it looked a lot like socialist novelist Upton Sinclair’s primary victory in 1934 (thread)
https://theconversation.com/when-socialists-win-democratic-primaries-will-zohran-mamdani-be-haunted-by-the-upton-sinclair-effect-260168
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#OnThisDay, 11 Aug 1942 Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil receive a patent for their radio guidance system – the tech that now underpins wifi.
Learn more about Hedy's remarkable life here: https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/1/14/star-wars-episode-iii-hedy-lamarr-ymrt-29
It's always great to see the story behind the coin. E-Sylum this week has an article with a video on the 2009 United States Louis Braille $1 coin.
https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n32.html#article7
#Numismatics #Newsletter #CoinCollecting #Braille #Blind #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
Today's piece I thought I'd share is this 19th Century Baptism Medallion from #Germany. Featuring #Jesus on one side, and Jesus being baptised by John the Baptist (Thanks @ossobuffo) on the other side, it's in great condition compared to some I've seen.
Learn more about the #medallion, #baptism, and explore heads and tails in the full write up: https://coinofnote.com/19th-century-german-baptism-medallion/
#Numismatics #MondayMedal #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
A few weeks ago, my brother watched me do some minor renovations on the house. "Cutting wood like an historian" has now become an officially sanctioned saying in the family.
A splendid c1618 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of Gujarati minor Rulers Rao Bharah & Jassa Ram now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London
When #Jahangirnama (Memoirs of the Mughal ruler #Jahangir) was being made, the #Mughal court was in #Ahmedabad giving #Artist #Bishandas the only opportunity (this was the only time he travelled outside his province) to study these two minor Rulers of #Gujarat!
Here is a #medallion featuring #Pope Pius XI - head of the Catholic #church from 1922 - 1939 - he oversaw the creation of #Vatican City as an independent country (previously part of the Papal States from 756 until conquered by Italy in 1870).
The reverse reads "Ricordo Di Roma" or "Memory of #Rome", common on souvenirs.
No post for this, but here is a Pius XI coin I did write up: https://coinofnote.com/1931-vatican-5-centesimi/
#Numismatics #PiusXI #SaturdayNightCoinShow #History #Histodons @numismatics @numismatics
#OnThisDay, 10 Aug 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court.
Was delighted to see two copies of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY on the History shelves (under General History) of Smith and Son, an iconic Parisian English-language bookshop. Now they're signed.
#OnThisDay, 9 Aug 1956, more than 20,000 women of all races march through Pretoria, South Africa, to petition against the law forcing women to carry passes in order to move about.
Since 1994, a public holiday on 9 Aug marks National Women's Day in South Africa.
Read more about the women who led the movement here: https://issuu.com/topcomedia/docs/public_sector_leaders_august_2021/s/13071366
#OnThisDay, 8 Aug 1995, Farida Sultana and seven other women agree to establish a culturally specialist support service for Asian, Middle Eastern and African women in violent and abusive situations in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Shakti organisation started providing services a few weeks later. Read more: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/farida-sultana
We recently added a unique manuscript to our #collection: a Book of Hours, written around 1480 at Selwerd Abbey. It is a relic from a period when #Groningen and its surroundings stood at the cultural forefront of the Low Countries.
The manuscript can already be consulted in person at the library and will soon be made fully accessible online!
Read more: https://www.rug.nl/library/collections/special-collections/news/20250801-getijdenboek1480selwerd
Mit dem Deutschen #Auswandererhaus #Bremerhaven öffnete heute vor 20 Jahren das erste #Museum in der BRD zum Thema #Migration. Für uns besucht & besprochen hat es damals:
Joachim Baur, Ein #Migrationsmuseum der anderen Art. Das Deutsche Auswandererhaus in Bremerhaven, #WerkstattGeschichte 42/2006, https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/diebe/
Classicist Spencer McDaniel points to some questionable scholarship on the age of marriage in Classical Athens https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2023/02/28/at-what-age-did-ancient-greek-women-typically-marry/ #antiquidons #histodons #ancMedToot
Tales of Times Forgotten · At What Age Did Ancient Greek Women Typically Marry? - Tales of Times ForgottenIt is well and widely known that ancient Greek parents typically compelled their daughters to marry at a shockingly young age, one at which they would legally be considered minors in most countries in the twenty-first century. Greek men, by contrast, typically married much older, usually when they were in their late twenties or thirties. … Continue reading "At What Age Did Ancient Greek Women Typically Marry?"
#OnThisDay, 7 Aug 1948, American high jumper Alice Coachman wins Olympic gold, the first Black woman to win a gold medal.
Later in life, she established the Alice Coachman Track and Field Foundation to help support younger athletes and provide assistance to retired Olympic veterans.
#OnThisDay, 7 Aug1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen wins her fourth gold Olympic medal at a single games: the first woman to do so.
Fanny had been regarded by critics as 'too old' at 30, and nicknamed 'the Flying Housewife”. Yes, really. 
Watch footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_G0H-b3QE
Update: seven months after vetoing an overwhelming majority vote by its membership to stand in solidarity with #palestine’s academics amid the #genocide in Gaza, the AHA has put out “Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education.”
Among other things, it suggests you can use generative #AI to “produce a historical image.”
In case you were wondering if it was possible for AHA to become more embarrassing #histodons #history #academia #academicchatter https://spore.social/@abshlimon/113845432042219799
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Faced with an overwhelming vote by its members to condemn scholasticide in #Palestine, the American Historical Association council has vetoed the resolution. Entirely in character for an organization that’s long been useless, but still galling #histodons #history #gaza #genocide https://www.historians.org/news/business-meeting-resolution-update/
Here's an interesting one I saw from "The Sized" on facebook. Not a coin but a different kind of #bullion: "A 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 80s to employees who had worked at the German LEGO factory for over 25-years. They are valued at over $15,000. These standard-sized 2x4 LEGO bricks were given out 1-2 times a year from 1979-81"
#Numismatics #Treasure #History #Lego #Histodons #History @numismatics @histodons