So apt ... #History #HistoryMatters

A Country store on dirt road, North Carolina in 1939. Colorized by Sanna Dullaway #History #HistoryMatters

Tower Bridge, London under construction, 1889. #History #HistoryMatters

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18 April 1909 Joan of Arc was beatified in Rome by the Roman Catholic Church. This preceded her full canonization as a saint in 1920. #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1874 Explorer David Livingstone was buried in Westminster Abbey #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1939 Slovakia, which was a client state of Nazi Germany from March 14, 1939 until April 4, 1945, passes its own version of the antisemitic and racist German Nuremberg Laws. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1782 John Adams obtains the Dutch Republic's recognition of the U.S. as an independent government. Interestingly, he also owned a home there, which became the first U.S.-owned embassy. #History #HistoryMatters

Tucked away in Bishopsgate Churchyard, near Liverpool Street Station is a Grade II-listed, ornate former Turkish bathhouse. Built in 1895 by Henry & James Forde Nevill, it was a luxurious bathhouse for wealthy city gentlemen. Now no longer a Turkish bath. #History #HistoryMatters

The only surviving war elephant armour in the world from 17th century India displayed at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1560 Philip Melanchthon, German reformer and close friend of Martin Luther, died in Wittenberg. After Luther’s death, he became the leading voice of the Reformation. He authored the Augsburg Confession (1530), the foundational statement of Lutheran doctrine #HistoryMatters

A coloured postcard of the County Ground at Hove in 1908 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1775 The American revolution begins as British troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first first military engagements of the war. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1768 The Italian artist Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) died. He was primarily a painter of city views of Venice, Rome and London. He also painted imaginary views and was an accomplished print maker. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1775 Rebel American troops began the siege of the British held town of Boston during the War of Independence. The New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army. The British abandoned Boston 11 months later. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1824 Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron), regarded as one of the greatest British poets, died of Malaria. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1881 Benjamin Disraeli died. He is the only Prime Minister to have been of Jewish birth. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1882 Charles Darwin died at his home in Kent. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1943 Chemist Albert Hoffman accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 in Basel, Switzerland, while working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory. He had created the synthetic drug in 1938, but this was the 1st time he had used it. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1943 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis began when residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw staged an armed revolt to prevent deportations to the extermination camps The Jewish defenders held out until 16 May 1943 #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1951 Shigeki Tanaka won the Boston Marathon. He had survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima during the Second World War. He won the event in 2:27:45, the third fastest time in the event’s history up to that point. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1956 Hollywood star Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The religious ceremony followed a civil ceremony held in the throne room in the Palace of Monaco on the previous day. The celebration of the Nuptial Mass was held in the Cathedral of Monaco. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1971 USSR launched Salyut 1, the first space station launched into low Earth orbit. The launch was originally planned for 12 April 1971, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight on Vostok 1, but technical problems delayed it by a week. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1982 NASA named Sally Ride as the first US woman astronaut. 18 June 1983 she became the first American woman to travel in space when NASA’s space shuttle Challenger was launched into space on its second mission. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1982 NASA named Guion Bluford as the first black American astronaut. 30 August 1983 he became first African American to travel into space on the third mission of the space shuttle Challenger. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1992 Frankie Howerd died. Best known for his seemingly off-the-cuff, but carefully scripted comedy monologues which were littered with double entendres, audience put downs and catchphrases such as “Oooh, no missus” and “Titter ye not”. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, USA, was destroyed by a huge bomb, planted by Timothy McVeigh, a disaffected war veteran. A total of 168 people were killed, including 19 children. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 2011 Ex-Cuban President Fidel Castro resigned as the first Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, a title he had held since July 1961. He had already handed over the presidency to his younger brother Raul in February 2008. #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 Pte George Williams (424144) 1/10 Bn the London Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial George is also remembered at the University of Manchester #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1919 Pte James W Whipp (362714) of the Army Labour Corps died of an illness and was buried in St Chad's Churchyard, Romiley James is also remembered on the Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1916 2nd Lt Charles Cartwright of 8 Bn Bedfordshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate. Charles is also remembered at St Catharines College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1918 Gunner Charles Thomas Fox (W/1440) of the Royal Field Artillery died from wounds and was buried in the Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Charles is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 Private John Sydney Leatherbarrow (203324) 4 Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers died and was buried in the Gaza War Cemetery John is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 2nd Lt Arthur Hyde Hills of 8 Bn Hampshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Jersualem Memorial. Arthur is also remembered at @caiuscollege.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 Private Alfred Eckersall (267648) 2/6 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers died of pneumonia and was buried in St. Edmund's Churchyard, Southwold, Suffolk. Alfred is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 Gunner James McGregor Harper (112240) Royal Garrison Artillery was killed in action and buried in the Beaurains Road British Cemetery James is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1918 Pte Robert Craig (30450) 5 Bn South Wales Borderers and former @celticfc.bsky.social, @officialbhafc.bsky.social, @kilmarnockfc.co.uk, and Morton FC player died from wounds and was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1917 2nd Lt Thomas George Rudolph Dehn of 3 Bn Wiltshire Regiment died from wounds and is commemorated at Manchester Crematorium. Thomas is remembered @ballioloxford.bsky.social and The University of Manchester and Manchester Grammar School #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1916 Sapper Joseph Wild (51868) Royal Engineers died from wounds and was buried in the Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension Joseph is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

19 April 1918 2nd Lt William McConnell Rutherford of 10 Bn East Yorkshire Regiment died from wounds and was buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery. William is also remembered at @caiuscollege.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Sunday 5 September 1926 - 5th Anniversary of Cheadle War Memorial. The Stockport District Advertiser published a report of the annual anniversay with pictures, as people came to remember the 101 killed in the Great War #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn hosted four Lancashire Championship matches between 1932 and 1935 It was also the home ground of Blackburn Rovers between 1878 and 1881 and hosted one football international in 1881 when Wales beat England 1-0 h/t @PictureSporting #HistoryMatters #History

The Mont des Arts Carillon, Brussels, Belgium It is a 1965 musical clock with 24 bells, 12 historic figurines, and a jacquemart that marks the hour from above. h/t @archpng #History #HistoryMatters

Tianluokeng Tulou Cluster, Fujian, China. Known as “Four Dishes and One Soup,” this iconic group consists of five traditional Hakka earthen buildings arranged in a formation that made it one of the most recognizable tulou sites in China. #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1587 John Foxe, the English Protestant historian and martyrologist, died. Best known for his monumental work Actes and Monuments of Matters Happening to the Church, commonly called Foxe’s Book of Martyrs #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1506 Pope Julius II established the Vatican Museums and initiated the rebuilding of the St. Peter's Basilica. The same year he organized the famous Swiss Guard for his personal protection #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1861 Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer from Lincoln and General Scott to command the Union armies at the beginning of Civil War. #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1942 The Doolittle Raid, a U.S. bombing of Tokyo, occurs. It is the first raid on Japan by the U.S. during World War II. The raid was planned and led by Lt. Col James Doolittle. Sixteen B-25B Mitchell bombers were flown off the USS Hornet. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1783 General George Washington issues General Orders to the Continental Army announcing the "Cessation of Hostilities between the United States of America and the King of Great Britain." The Preliminary Articles of Peace were signed on November 30, 1782 in Paris. #History #HistoryMatters

18 April 1897 The Ottoman-Greek War of 1897, aka the Thirty Days' War, and known in Greece as the Unfortunate War, begins. The Greeks in Crete wanted union with Greece. The Ottomans were victorious, proving Greece was unprepared for war. #History #HistoryMatters