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Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 663 Silla-Tang armies forced Yamato <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang; Yamato forces would have left from Fukuoka <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/fukuoka/another-day-and-yatai.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/fukuoka/another-day-and-yatai.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Georgios Kafantaris, who died OTD in 1946, was Prime Minister of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> for less than a month in early 1924, resigning after a failed assassination attempt <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/athens-to-paris/athens-thessaloniki.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/athen</span><span class="invisible">s-to-paris/athens-thessaloniki.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Emperor Go-Reizei, 70th Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, was born OTD in 1025 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/inner-shrine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/ise/inner-shrine.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
✿🦢🩰🎃꧁🫒༺❧☽ꕤ🪐ꕤ🔆☾❧༻🫒꧂<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ancientgreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancientgreece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ancientegypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancientegypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antiquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antiquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>L. B. Cole, born OTD in 1918, was an artist, editor, and publisher of the Golden Age of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ComicBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComicBooks</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-marvel/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-york-marvel/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>The reign of Zhu Changluo, the Taichang Emperor, born OTD in 1582, came to an abrupt end in less than one month when he was found dead one morning in the palace following a bout of diarrhea <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/li-river.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/china</span><span class="invisible">/li-river.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Emperor Go-Reizei, 70th Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, was born OTD in 1025 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/outer-shrine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/ise/outer-shrine.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>The Los-Angeles-class fast attack <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/submarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submarine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USSToledo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSToledo</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SSN769" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSN769</span></a>, was launched OTD in 1993 <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/submarine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/submarine.html</span><span class="invisible">?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Today is the feast day of New Hieromartyr Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna, today's Izmir on the Aegean coast of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/ephesus/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/turke</span><span class="invisible">y/ephesus/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>FIRE PRIGGERS. Villains who rob at fires under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 663 Silla-Tang armies forced Yamato <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang; Yamato forces would have left from Fukuoka <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/fukuoka/day-and-yatai.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/fukuoka/day-and-yatai.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>This megalithic structure near Nara, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, purports to be the tomb of Empress Kōken, the 48th monarch of Japan, who died OTD in 770 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kofun/empress-koken.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/kofun/empress-koken.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Emperor Go-Reizei, 70th Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, was born OTD in 1025 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/wedded-rocks.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/ise/wedded-rocks.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Boris III or Борѝс III was Tsar of the Kingdom of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> from 1918 until his death OTD in 1943 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/sofia/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulga</span><span class="invisible">ria/sofia/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Emperor Go-Reizei, 70th Emperor of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, was born OTD in 1025 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kyoto/temples/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/kyoto/temples/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Abd al-Rahman bin Hisham was Sultan of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morocco</span></a> from 1822 until his death OTD in 1859 in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Meknes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meknes</span></a> <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/morocco/squat.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/morocco/squat.</span><span class="invisible">html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
NationalMuseumAust Roulette<p>Page from The Australasian, December 16 1933, with an article entitled "Shearing Shed"</p><p>Page from "The Australasian" December 16 1933 with an article entitled "Shearing Shed"; inserted in pages 118-119.<br> <br><a href="https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/127634" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/</span><span class="invisible">hw/EMU.EMUIRN/127634</span></a> <br> <br>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastodonArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>British geologist William Smith, who died OTD in 1839, created the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/edinburgh/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/ed</span><span class="invisible">inburgh/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>OTD in 663 Silla-Tang armies forced Yamato <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang; Yamato forces would have left from Fukuoka <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/fukuoka/kushida-shrine.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan</span><span class="invisible">/fukuoka/kushida-shrine.html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, OTD in 1789 <a href="https://toilet-guru.com/blog/36.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toilet-guru.com/blog/36.html?s</span><span class="invisible">=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>